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A moment in time
I can predict what an article is about using the title and photos.
THINK! What should you do with rubbish?
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WITH RUBBISH?
I happened to see this 6-year-old girl in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She wasn't playing with the toy. She was making it with ice-cream sticks. The toy was still simple, but it was a success for such a little girl. She still wanted to make more and more toys. While I was taking some photos of the toys, she was smiling nicely. What a clever girl!
(Chiang Mai, Thailand)
I went to a café in Thân Văn Nhiếp Street, District 2 on a beautiful Sunday morning. The café was full when I got there. Some people were making decorations from old tyres and bottles. They were talking but they were working very hard too. Although their business was different, it was meaningful to the environment. Their start-up seemed to be a success story.
(Hồ Chí Minh City, Việt Nam)
1. Read the Study Strategy. Then use the strategy to do exercise 2.
| STUDY STRATEGY |
| Predicting content Before you read a text: 1. Look at the title and the photos. Can you guess the topic? 2. Read the text to see if your ideas are right. |
2. Look at the photos. What are the people doing? Why are they doing it? Which countries are they in? Read the texts and check.
3. 🎧1.41 Read and listen to the text. Write True or False. Explain your answers.
1. The 6-year-old girl in Chiang Mai, Thailand made some toys with ice-cream sticks.
2. According to the photographer, the toy was good.
3. The café was empty.
4. Some people were relaxing with decorations.
5. The writer liked the café with recycled decorations.
4. VOCABULARY PLUS Use a dictionary to check the meaning of the words in blue in the text.
Language point: Although
5. Find the word although in the second text. What is it used for?
Their business was different, but it was meaningful to the environment.
→ Although their business was different, it was meaningful to the environment.
6. Combine the two sentences using although and but.
1. She is a little girl. She is helpful.
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2. Many collectors want to own her toys. She does not want to sell them.
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7. 
USE IT! Work in pairs. Do you think that recycling can change the world? Can you think of an idea to make toys from rubbish?
