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Using Key Words Correctly olnl paittea
Write the missing words in the short essay below by choosing a word from
the WORD LIST below. Use your glossary if necessary.
THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES
Trees are as important to humans as food
and 1e, waTer. Trees clean the air of toxic
chemicals such as carbon ? Ci dioxide and
otherpollutants. They also produce about 30%
of the oxygen on_carth The trees lining
city streets can save up to 50% on air-conditioning なる
in the summer and control 4. notse pollutioní. Forests hold soil in
place and keep water from running off the land. Trees provide shelter,
food, recreation, beauty, and homes for birds, insects, and other ani-
mals. We use the 5 t Wo0d from trees in many ways, from paper to
houses.
We could not exist if there were no é d. Trees. Sadly, we are destroying
them faster than they can grow. Rainforests, which are vital to the earth's
health, are decreasing yearly. Many birds and animals have become
7extinct due to tree loss. Climate change has badly affected the trees
which give us coffee and 8_0. Co coa beans.
In Japan, about 60% of the 9k.land is mountain forests; however,
Japan is one of the biggest importers of wood in the world. Seventy percent
of Japan's building materials come from overseas. Eighty percent of Ja-
pan's chopsticks are 10 Q. Imporled It is estimated that 20 percent of Japan's
imported timber comes from illegally logged trees, mainly in Southeast
11 h. Asta.
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We need to become more aware of the threat to the world's trees and
use wood resources wisely. One good thing we can do is this: 12_f.plant
a tree.
WORD LIST
ji earth
k. land
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A. imiBorted
b. noise
C. dioxide
g. cocoa
d. trees
K. Asia
. plant
e. water
1.extinct
fwood
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HEALTHTALK LESSON 4
