#WorldEnvironmentday #airpollution #conversationpractice In today's news, we will discuss World Environment Day. This year it is hosted in Beijing and the theme is Air Pollution. We will have a conversation about Air pollution and World Environment Day since it is so important to our future. It is also a great topic to discuss since every country suffers from air pollution. I am your English teacher Chris, and I am excited to have a conversation with you. The UN regards clean air as a basic human right, yet most people in the world breathe polluted air. Let's discuss air pollution and its effect on the world and the people in it. Let's have a conversation in English about how we can reduce air pollution and its causes. We will answer some questions from the article and talk about specific parts of the article to better understand what is happening on this year's World Environment Day. Always remember to wear your mask if you live in an area with heavy Air Pollution. I personally use a Vogmask because it is very comfortable and effective for filtering out fine air pollution particles. I highly recommend it to anyone in search of a comfortable mask. You can get yours here: https://amzn.to/2RgLyUJ Let's use this news article and the information in it to start a discussion. We will use this to practice our conversation skills and discussion skills together. Remember to be respectful. Today's Questions: What is the theme of World Environment Day? List the basic human rights mentioned. Is the air in Beijing becoming more or less polluted? According to the UN, would reducing air pollution save money? Name three things you can do to minimize air pollution. Key vocabulary: United Nations: international organisation to help countries work together global: the whole world sanitation: public health needs such as clean water and disposal of human waste non-toxic: not poisonous biodiversity: how broad the range of plants and animals is rapporteur: independent expert obligations: the things you are supposed to do fundamental: the basic, important things at the foundation of something States: countries reaffirmed: state again strongly airborne: carried in the air constitution: basic set of laws and ideals of an organisation or country Link to the article https://www.kidsnews.com.au/environment/the-un-regards-clean-air-as-a-basic-human-right-yet-most-people-in-the-world-breathe-polluted-air/news-story/337725a590a55a0449d8990f56b97842 This video includes affiliate links that help support the channel. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d-xcqdQxV8

Welcome to Level 5 Lesson 5 of the Adult Phonics course. Today we will learn how to do the OW letter pair sound and the OU vowel pair sound. Amazon Affiliate Link. Buy what you want and help support the channel: https://amzn.to/2Sn3AFj Support the Channel: https://paypal.me/listenandlearnEng?locale.x=en_US This will be a fun phonics lesson for adults to help you learn American English pronunciation. Today we will do lesson 5 in the Level 5 Adult Phonics series. We will learn the letter pair OW and it's unique sound. I will teach you how to correctly say the words Cow, Owl, Gown, Brown, Crown, and Clown in an English accent. Owl is not a hard word to say. We will learn the two vowel pair OU. I will teach you how to correctly say the words House, Mouse, Blouse, Cloud, Mouth, and Count in an American English accent. The vowel pair OU and letter pair OW are common sounds and they are important pairs in English. It is important to say OW and say OU correctly. This is why we study them in Phonics. I just want you to start to notice the patterns for spelling. I want you to focus on reading and pronouncing the sounds correctly. That is the most important part. This is how a native English speaker learns to read and speak. And you can too. Practice speaking like this with me while you are alone. There is no pressure in my lessons, so you can relax and answer to the best of your ability. Please Like / Share / Subscribe to help the channel grow. Join the Facebook community here: https://www.facebook.com/Listenandlearnenglish Buy my study workbook "Let's Build a Sentence: The Easy Way": https://amzn.to/2V8oEAe Buy my children's book "The Storyteller: The King": https://amzn.to/2VjjPmo Buy my 2nd children's book "The Storyteller: Nightmare Island": https://amzn.to/2J7fZJ0 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY26OgaNlGw