Listen for main ideas and choose the answer that best completes each statement.
The interview is mainly about _________.
a. World Water Day
b. reducing your water bill
c. simple ways to save water
According to Chandra Cassidy, it is important for everyone to save water because ________. (Choose the two correct answers.)
a. the world's climate is changing
b. people can save money on their water bills
c. many poor people don't have any water
Cassidy's main passage is that _______.
a. most people are paying too much for water
b. we can help the environment by changing our behavior in small ways
c. the world's population is growing too fast
Listen for details and write the missing numbers.
1. Water covers _____ percent of the earth, but less than _____ percent is fresh water.
2. Right now we have almost ______ people on earth.
3. In 30 years the population is going to be _________.
4. It takes _________ gallons of water to produce just one pound of beef.
5. Leaks can waste more than ________ gallons a year. That's more than _______ percent of all the water we use.
Use an outline to summarize the tips for saving water at home.
Don't run the water when you _____________.
Take ________________.
Don't eat _________.
Fix ___________.
