Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Drip, drip, drip. Do you know that sound?
Water leaking out of a tap is a common problem for people with indoor plumbing. Not only is the sound annoying, but the constant drips can also waste a lot of water!
Not all waste is caused by a broken sink, though. You might not be a model citizen if you take long showers or leave the lukewarm water on until it is perfectly hot or cold. Water should be conserved whenever you can. It’s easier to save water than to recycle it!
Find out what Jeff and Mason think about water in this English lesson.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Jeff: You know what blows me away in this day and age, Mason, is that people waste water. Still. It’s a precious resource. For example, they’ll leave the water running while they brush their teeth.
Mason: Well…
Jeff: You don’t do that, do you?
Mason: It’s not really wasting the water if I’m just getting rid of the water that’s not right. I need really cold water for brushing and rinsing my teeth, and the water that first comes out of the tap? It’s just kind of lukewarm, right? That’s no good.
Jeff: Don’t you realize there are water shortages, droughts? Not even all over the world. In this country.
Mason: Yeah. But they recycle all that stuff, right? Everything that goes down the drain is conserved because we process it, and it just comes back.
Jeff: It doesn’t work like that.
Mason: What?
Jeff: You have a ways to go before you’re a model citizen, my friend.
Mason: That’s the way indoor plumbing totally works. We have municipal bodies, and they give me my water, and they take it back. I know it’s not a perfect system, but, come on, where does it go?
Jeff: Nothing is free, my friend. Nothing. Especially water.
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Discussion
Jeff is unhappy that many people waste water today, even though they know it is important to save water. Mason doesn’t worry about water that much, though. He thinks that running water until it’s perfectly cold is OK.
Mason trusts the local government to take care of his water, so he doesn’t really pay attention to how much he uses. Jeff thinks Mason should care more about the places where there is not enough water.
It may be easy to turn on the kitchen tap and fill a drinking glass, but nothing is free.
Do you try to save water? Is it more important to conserve it or to have the perfect temperature of water? How expensive is water where you live?
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