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Modify the words in the box below using the suffixes you have learned in Unit 2 to complete the text.
Some of the words will be used more than once
ENVIRONMENT | MEANING | CONSUME | EMIT | ATTRACT | VEGETABLE | HELP | SCIENCE
PAUL MCCARTNEY BACKS ‘MEAT FREE MONDAY’ TO CUT CARBON 1. ___________
Sir Paul McCartney has followed in the footsteps of the world’s leading climate 2. ___________ by calling on people to go meat-free one day a week and cut carbon 1. ___________. Backed by celebrities ranging from Chris Martin to Sheryl Crow, the former Beatle and music legend launched his Meat Free Monday campaign asking households to cut out meat on Mondays and slow global warming. McCartney thinks many of us feel 3. ___________ in the face of 4. ___________ challenges, and it can be hard to know how to sort through the advice about what we can do to make a 5. ___________ contribution to a cleaner, more sustainable, healthier world. According to the former Beatle, having one designated meat free day a week is actually a 5. ___________ change that everyone can make, that goes to the heart of several important political, 4. ___________ and ethical issues all at once. Reducing meat 6. ___________ won’t just slow climate change, he said, but would help to fight global hunger and improve the welfare of animals. Last year the world’s leading authority on climate change, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, told the Observer that going meat-free once a week was the “most 7. ___________” way for individuals to reduce emissions. Earlier this year The Guardian revealed that hospitals in the NHS were taking meat off menus as part of a strategy to cut greenhouse gas 1. ___________, while just last month the Belgian town of Ghent announced plans to make every Thursday a meat-free day. The links between meat and climate change have been well-known for several years. A UN study in 2006 showed that the livestock industry was responsible for a staggering 18% of man’s global greenhouse gas 1. ___________, partly because of deforestation in the Amazon. McCartney’s meat-free mission will be supported by several high-profile chefs, including Giorgio Locatelli and Yotam Ottolenghi, who have created 8. ___________ recipes for the campaign’s website. Linda McCartney Foods is also promoting the message, while Oliver Peyton and other restaurant owners will be highlighting meat-free dishes. The ongoing campaign hopes in the future to measure the number of people switching to meat-free Mondays and reducing CO2 1.___________.
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PAUL MCCARTNEY BACKS ‘MEAT FREE MONDAY’ TO CUT CARBON 1. __EMISSION_________
Sir Paul McCartney has followed in the footsteps of the world’s leading climate 2. ___scientist________ by calling on people to go meat-free one day a week and cut carbon 1. ______emissions_____. Backed by celebrities ranging from Chris Martin to Sheryl Crow, the former Beatle and music legend launched his Meat Free Monday campaign asking households to cut out meat on Mondays and slow global warming. McCartney thinks many of us feel 3. __helpless_________ in the face of 4. ___emission________ challenges, and it can be hard to know how to sort through the advice about what we can do to make a 5. _____meaningful______ contribution to a cleaner, more sustainable, healthier world. According to the former Beatle, having one designated meat free day a week is actually a 5. ____attractive_______ change that everyone can make, that goes to the heart of several important political, 4. ____environmental_______ and ethical issues all at once. Reducing meat 6. ____consumption_______ won’t just slow climate change, he said, but would help to fight global hunger and improve the welfare of animals. Last year the world’s leading authority on climate change, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, told the Observer that going meat-free once a week was the “most 7. ____helpful_______” way for individuals to reduce emissions. Earlier this year The Guardian revealed that hospitals in the NHS were taking meat off menus as part of a strategy to cut greenhouse gas 1. ___emissions________, while just last month the Belgian town of Ghent announced plans to make every Thursday a meat-free day. The links between meat and climate change have been well-known for several years. A UN study in 2006 showed that the livestock industry was responsible for a staggering 18% of man’s global greenhouse gas 1. ___emissions________, partly because of deforestation in the Amazon. McCartney’s meat-free mission will be supported by several high-profile chefs, including Giorgio Locatelli and Yotam Ottolenghi, who have created 8. _____helpful______ recipes for the campaign’s website. Linda McCartney Foods is also promoting the message, while Oliver Peyton and other restaurant owners will be highlighting meat-free dishes. The ongoing campaign hopes in the future to measure the number of people switching to meat-free Mondays and reducing CO2 1.___emissions________.
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