English-club

1. China: The electronic wastebasket of the world - presentation about  the world’s e-waste capital - 1 group 2. E-waste- the digital dark side - presentation about problems related to the topic- 2 group 3. Solutions - recycle it right ( e-waste recycle in Estonia) - 3 group

On the outskirts of Ghana’s biggest city sits a smoldering wasteland, a slum carved into the banks of the Korle Lagoon, one of the most polluted bodies of water on Earth. The locals call it Sodom and Gomorrah. Correspondent Peter Klein and a group of graduate journalism students from the University of British Columbia have come here as part of a global investigation to track a shadowy i ndustry that’s causing big problems here and around the world. Their guide is a 13-year-old boy named Alex. He shows them his home, a small room in a mass of shanty dwellings , and offers to take them across a dead river to a notorious area called Agbogbloshie. Agbogbloshie has become one of the world’s digital dumping grounds , where the West’s electronic waste, or e-waste, piles up—hundreds of millions of tons of it each year. 1. How is the slum outside Ghana’s biggest city described? 2. Why did the news correspondent and graduate students go to Ghana? 3. What is the “shadowy in

Brainstorming  Electronic waste Language  development   избавление; устранение o    the disposal of ordure/garbage— вывоз мусора o    sewage disposal — сброс сточных вод 2.       амер. ; = garbage disposal(unit) мусородробилка, измельчитель (остатков пищи;устанавливается под раковиной на кухне) Syn: waste disposal ,  waste disposer избавление (отчего-л.); удаление (чего-л.) ·         the disposal of property — продажа имущества ·         waste disposal — уничтожение отходов ·         the disposal of rubbish — вывоз   или   сжигание мусора ·         the disposal of radioactive waste — захоронение радиоактивных отходов ·         bomb disposal — обезвреживание бомб  dispose избавляться;уничтожать ·         to dispose of one's car/one's belongings — продавать машину / свои   вещи ·         to dispose of rubbish — выбрасывать мусор ·         to dispose of incriminating papers — уничтожать компрометирующиедокументы ·         to dispose of the opposition/the en

  Coggle Teen Hearing Loss Hearing loss is becoming more common in teens and the cause is obvious: loud noise. Have you often seen a young person with a headset such as MP3 and iPod? You can be sure that the volume is very high, especially when they can't hear you or someone else calling their name. They are glued to their cell phones and often speak loudly into them. More than that the listener, another teen, has a cell phone pressed very close to his/her ears. More young people today have "boom boxes" and other high-tech sound systems than they did a generation ago. And then there's a number of young rock and pop stars attracting crowds of teens to their concerts. From a common-sense point of view, we should mention that today's teens live in an environment that is louder than ever before. Studies in different countries show that many teens know the cause and effect relationship between high volume and damaged ears, but continue to crank up their iPod