Tedtalk class 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

What are we going to do?

-Resolutions to save the planet

- How to use a paper towel?

Resolutions to save the planet

Remember? What is a resolution?

Which 5 things could we do in 2023 to save the planet?

What do you think this talk will be about?

paper towel=papieren handdoekje (bv in wc)

Discuss

1. Where do you use a paper towel?

2. On average, how many paper towels do you use to dry your hands?

3. Is there a 'right' way to dry your hands?

4. Why should we think about how we use paper towels?

I used a calculator to add the long list of FIGURES.

1. names
2. shapes
3. numbers

Don't throw your paper in the trash; RECYCLE it instead.

1. organize
2. reuse
3. write on

Our gass bill is huge. We need to REDUCE the amount of energy we use each month.

1. make larger
2. make smaller
3. pay back

When the paper towel comes out of an automatic machine, you need to TEAR it OFF before you can use it.

1. remove
2. save
3. buy

Please take the rug outside and SHAKE it to remove the dust.

1. sell immediately
2. move up and down or side to side
3. throw away

After I do my laundry, I FOLD my clothes and put them in the drawer.

1. watch again
2. check before using
3. make smaller by bending

I think the smartphone is the most amazing INVENTION of the 21st century.

1. a new, man-made creation
2. expensive toy
3. type of fashion

I WAVED to my friend in the parking lot, but she didn’t see me.

1. moved my hand to get someone’s attention
2. shouted to get someone’s attention
3. talked to get someone’s attention

After he washed his hands, Bob dried them with a paper towel from the DISPENSER on the wall.

1. place where you throw something away
2. machine that dries your hands
3. machine that gives you something

The medical tests PROVED that my uncle did not have cancer.

1. asked a questions
2. showed something
3. hoped is true

TEDtalk Joe Smith

- Joe will give a talk about using paper towels

-During the video there will be some questions

-After the video you should tell me in Dutch what is his idea?

00:47

According to Joe Smith, how many paper towels do American use each year?

1. 130 million
2. 13 billion
3. 30 billion

How does Joe think he can save the planet? (you can answer in Dutch)

04:00

Why is he showing how to dry his hands a couple of times?

1. because there are different ways to do it
2. he shows how to do it with the different kinds of paper towels
3. because he likes to wash his hands a couple of times

Work for yourself

-On classroom there is an assignment to help you analyse the video again

- Do the assignment and hand in on classroom if you are done. 

- This is homework too!

04:21

Why does he say 517,130.00 pounds of paper?

1. That is the amount of paper that can be saved every year if everyone uses 1 paper towel a day
2. That is the amount of paper we throw away every year
3. It is the amount of paper we could recycle every year