Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
Preparation
A Plastic Ocean
A Plastic Ocean is a film to make you think. Think, and then act. We need to take action on our dependence on plastic. We've been producing plastic in huge quantities since the 1940s. Drink bottles, shopping bags, toiletries and even clothes are made with plastic. 1) _____. What happens to all the rest? This is the question the film A Plastic Ocean answers. It is a documentary that looks at the impact that plastic waste has on the environment. Spoiler alert: the impact is devastating.
The film begins as a journey to film the largest animal on the planet, the blue whale. But during the journey the filmmakers (journalist Craig Leeson and environmental activist Tanya Streeter) make the shocking discovery of a huge, thick layer of plastic floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean. 2) _____. In total, they visited 20 locations around the world during the four years it took them to make the film. The documentary premiered in 2016, and is now on streaming services such as Netflix.
It's very clear that a lot of research went into the film. There are beautiful shots of the seas and marine life. 3) _____. We see how marine species are being killed by all the plastic we are dumping in the ocean. The message about our use of plastic is painfully obvious.
4) _____. In the second half, the filmmakers look at what we can do to reverse the tide of plastic flowing around the world. They present short-term and long-term solutions. These include avoiding plastic containers and 'single-use' plastic products as much as possible. Reuse your plastic bags and recycle as much as you can. The filmmakers also stress the need for governments to work more on recycling programmes, and look at how technology is developing that can convert plastic into fuel.
We make a staggering amount of plastic. In terms of plastic bags alone, we use five hundred billion worldwide annually. Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year, and at least 8 million of those are dumped into the oceans. 5) _____. Once you've seen A Plastic Ocean, you'll realise the time is now and we all have a role to play.
The topic is important. We need to save our environment, our world.
great practice for school
I could not see the reading text when I used Opera browser. I tried to browse on Firefox. It worked.
I haven't watched that documentary, but the article affected me stageringly. I am absolutely going to find out and watch that series. It is so crucial to save marine life, all of us have a role to fix it.
I can't see the text in the desktop version of website on Crome. It works on FireFox desktop version
Hello hadaga,
I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with the page. I've tried opening the page using Chrome on my computer and everything is working correctly so I can only guess that it must be related to your browser settings, and the fact it opens in another browser would seem to confirm this. Perhaps if you check your settings in Chrome preferences, especially those related to multimedia content, you may find out what is blocking that part of the page.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
i had same problem as you, on my computer adblocker was caused this
Reading text is not shown, and I don't know why
Hello british_user_123,
That's rather strange! I've checked the page myself and everything seems to be in order so I can only imagine that there is a compatibility issue with the device you're using. If possible, try accessing the page on a different device to see if this solves the problem. Sometimes certain devices have problems with certain content, especially mobile devices.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
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