You are going to watch an episode about disappearing water supplies. Before watching answer the questions below.

• What things do we use water for in our daily lives?
• Are planet’s water supplies endless?
• Is the problem of water pollution actual for today?

23 Tick the three most important things we can do to save our planet’s water supplies, then make up sentences as in the example.

Example: We can save the water from our bath and use it for the garden.

1 save water from our baths and use it for the garden;

2 pass laws to stop factories from wasting and polluting water;

3 recycle water;

4 stop factories from pouring chemicals into lakes and rivers

5 repair leaking pipes.

Match the words 1-5 from the episode to their definitions A-E.

1shortage A a tube inside which water or gas flows from one place to another

2 survival B when paper, glass, plastic, etc. is put through a process so that it can be used again

3 recycling Ccontinuing to live or exist

4 supply D when there is not enough of something

5 pipe E an amount of something that is available for use

Watch the episode once again. Choose one word from two in bold to make the sentences correct. Then watch the episode and check your answers.

1 We all need water – not just for our gardens / homes and factories, but to survive.

2 The problem / solution begins at home.

3 Governments can help by passing laws to stop animals / factories from wasting and polluting water.

4 Many cities have successfully wasted / saved water by repairing pipes.

5 There are many things we can do to save our planet’s disappearing / contributingwater supplies.