This weekend is special: we are thinking about the water, the environment and our planet.
Let's start with Friday celebrations!
On Friday the 22nd of March, we celebrate "World Water Day".
READING ACTIVITY.
What is the "International World Water Day"? Read this:
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  International
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing
attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the
sustainable management of freshwater resources.An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day. |
You can read more information about World Water Year 2013 in this webpage:
http://www.unwater.org/water-cooperation-2013/home/en/
LISTENING ACTIVITY.
This is a Video Message from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (South Korean)
on the importance of Water Cooperation, the theme of World Water Day 2013.
Watch the official video of the United Nations to know more about it:
WRITING ACTIVITY.
The ending of the video is: "Water is life".
Answer the following questions.
1) "Water is life." - Do you agree with this sentence? Why or why not?
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2) Why is water so important?
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3) What can we do to save water every day?
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That is all my friends!
Please share this post and celebrate World Water day with your family and friends!
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