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I will definitely miss you

great big story

The once plentiful sea turtles of Zanzibar are disappearing. Poaching and bycatch have severely reduced the population of these elegant reptiles. But there’s still hope. The Mnarani Marine Turtle Conservation project is working hard to look after the turtles in order to bring their numbers up to previous levels. A Great Big film by filmmaker Dan the Director.

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :

• Surrounded by the Indian Ocean
• When I scuba dive I feel great
• My first dive
• A world of its own
• I don’t see many turtles
• To participate in the conservation of turtles
• For educational purposes
• I am an uneducated fisherman
• Save the sea turtles
• We had a lot of poachers
• We talk to the village fishermen about conservation
• Our children and grand children will not be able to see them
• Looking after him, feeding him
• We are going to release you back to the sea

Map of Zanzibar

 

 

Zero waste

great big story

The village of Kamikatsu in Japan has taken their commitment to sustainability to a new level. While the rest of the country has a recycling rate of around 20 percent, Kamikatsu surpasses its neighbors with a staggering 80 percent. After becoming aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide associated with burning garbage, the town instated the Zero Waste Declaration with the goal of being completely waste-free by 2020.

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :

• Tea fields
• Idyllic mountains
• Produces no trash
• Created carbon dioxide emissions
• Zero waste
• A new way of living
• No such thing as throwing something in the trash
• Everything has to get recycled
• In the beginning it was difficult
• She’s a housewife
• The classification system
• Is the key to Kamikatsu’s success
• A huge burden
• A way of life
• Looking at trash differently

Map of Kamikatsu – Japan

 

 

The Ocean starts with you

great big story

Soda and soap bottles don’t belong in the sea, but it’s too often where they end up. In fact, experts estimate that an entire garbage truck worth of plastic hits our oceans every minute—the vast majority of it coming from developing nations like Haiti. To alleviate the problem, the Plastic Bank pays people to collect plastic waste that can be recycled and reused. Richardson Gustave oversees the organization’s daily operations around his home city of Port-au-Prince, coordinating transportation and inspection, and ensuring that collectors have the equipment needed to complete this vital task. This is the second story in our latest series, “The Brave,” all about the incredible people protecting our Great Big Planet.

Want to help protect our oceans? Get involved: https://oceanconservancy.org/ Ocean Conservancy is working to protect the ocean from today’s greatest global challenges. With their partners, they create science-based solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on it.

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :

• Faced with one of the biggest challenges
• Huge amount of plastic
• Make a change
• One bottle less
• Pays people to collect plastic
• Preventing the plastic from going into the ocean
• Attack the problem
• Dispose of any waste
• Alleviating poverty
• It dawned on me that I have to make a change
• We have to be more responsible
• They collect the plastic
• In return you get cash or other services for that plastic
• Going around the centers
• In a sufficient time
• A plastic bank
• 30 Collection centers
• People who are in need
• We are creating a positive change
• They are my greatest inspiration
• Whatever we can do to get it done is what we do
• This is a global issue

 

 

the youngest Olympian in history

 

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :

• skateboarding will be making its first appearance as an Olympic sport
• has her sight set on goal
• she trains in the US
• youngest ever summer Olympian
• it makes me feel happy and free
• that carefree attitude is the key to her success
• She’s been skating and surfing since she could walk
• Picking up tips from her father
• she trains regularly
• her Olympic dream
• just have fun and get out there
• she’s already a precocious talent
• the youngest Olympian in history
• she’ll have to qualify against the world’s best women

 

 

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wildest dreams

visit California

What’s it like to try an extreme sport, for the first time? This wild man isn’t afraid to show you. (Ok, maybe he’s a little afraid.) Jonny Moseley travels to Lone Pine, California in the Sierras to get a lesson from his buddy, Red Bull sponsored slacklining champ, Alex Mason.

Vocabulary Chunks to learn from video :

• A pro slack-liner
• This location that is so beautiful
• Tight rope
• Check this place out – it’s so gorgeous
• Check out these rock formations
• I think I’m in the spot
• That is so sick
• Just channel the energy
• It looks so damn easy but it’s not
• I’m pretty flexible
• Jut give it a try
• It’s dark, it’s raining, there’s lightning, there’s thunder
• I knew I was going to be really scared
• That is not what I expected

 

 

dreaming big

visit California

Pro-skater Bob Burnquist has done turns on almost every surface imaginable, including a floating skate ramp on the crystal-blue waters of Lake Tahoe. Surrounded by majestic peaks, this High Sierra gem is definitely one for your bucket list. Winter and springtime snow lets you carve it up at world-class alpine resorts, while summer brings out the water toys—sailboats, stand-up paddleboards, kayaks, and more.

Vocabulary Chunks to learn from video :

• Dream as big as I can
• Make it happen
• I love wild ideas
• The freedom to manifest them
• It’s a floating ramp
• All this work will be for nothing
• All my dreams came true
• Wake up, dream it, make it happen
• A mega ramp
• It just doesn’t end
• I’m living it everyday

 

 

i’m running after you

 

matthew mole

Of all of the places
and all of the spaces that I’ve ever seen and that I’ve ever been its true
I’d walk through a town I could only have dreamed but the beauty surrounding means nothing to me, it’s you
Where you are is where I always want to be
Anywhere as long as you are there with me
I will take you to the places I have seen
Take my heart and run along
‘Cause I’m running after you,
I’m running after you,
And i’ll do what I can do,
And I’ll do it all for you
We’ll come back home,
we’ll come back home one day
But right now we are called to see a place
Where you and I will change the world we know
Anywhere that I’m with you is home
Where you are is where I always want to be
Anywhere as long as you are there with me
I will take you to the places I have seen
Take my heart and run along
Cause I’m running after you,
I’m running after you,
And I’ll do what I can do,
And I’ll do it all for you
All the things that we will see and all the things we’ll know
Take my hand and walk with me, we’ll never be alone
‘Cause I’m running after you,
I’m running after you,
And I’ll do what I can do,
I’ll do it all for you,
And I’ll do it all for you

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my people

Jeremy Loops

Jeremy Hewitt, (born 4 March 1984), known by his stage name Jeremy Loops, is a South African singer and songwriter.

People go without wait for my honey
Waiting here for you
Others choose to stay in the tiny cage
Not my people, not you
So won’t you stay, we can figure it out
Find our hope, maybe lose our doubt
You should know whatever I do, when distance calls
I’ll be sending for you
Singing

My people, oh my people
Nothing compares to the soul of my people
My people, oh my people
Nothing compares to you. ooh
‘Cause people like you
‘Cause people like
‘Cause people like you
Oh my people
‘Cause people like you
‘Cause people like
‘Cause people like you
My people, Oh my people

I tried to find my place out there
To start with something new
To try to find my way out there
To escape from all that I knew
I had to find a way to make peace out there
To try to grow up alone to
Find a way to make peace out there but
It never felt like home

Without

My people, oh my people
Nothing compares to the soul of my people
My people, oh my people
Nothing compares to you. ooh
‘Cause people like you
‘Cause people like
‘Cause people like you
Oh my people
‘Cause people like you
‘Cause people like
‘Cause people like you
My people, Oh my people

Say I
I found a place I love
I found a place I love
And there’s something about it
It is keeping me honest

Been living with a cold heart
Now I’m moving to the darkness now
I’m just getting started
Yeah I’m just getting started

I found a place I love
I found a place I love
Where

My people, oh my people
Nothing compares to the soul of my people

My people, oh my people
Nothing compares to you. ooh
‘Cause people like you
‘Cause people like
‘Cause people like you
Oh my people
‘Cause people like you
‘Cause people like
‘Cause people like you hmm and me

My people, oh my people

Artists: Jeremy Loops, James Hersey

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