English Collocations in Dialogue: Master Hundreds of Collocations in American English Quickly and Easily - Jackie Bolen 2021

Protect the environment

Jimmy: So what are you doing your final project on?

Kent: The need to protect the environment. Climate change is real, fossil fuels are running out and natural disasters are on the It's scary stuff!

Jimmy: You're preaching to the choir here. I've been talking about global warming and the need to develop more sources of renewable energy for years.

Kent: Okay, good to hear! I've learned a lot from this project and want to tell everyone.

Vocabulary

Final project: The last assignment to do for a class at school.

Protect the environment: Do things to reduce harm to the Earth. For example, recycling or buying fewer things.

Climate change: Changes in weather patterns, due to increasing temperatures on the Earth.

Fossil fuels: Non-renewable energy sources like coal, oil, and gas.

Running Being depleted.

Natural disasters: Things like earthquakes, tornadoes, forest fires, etc.

On the rise: Increasing.

Preaching to the choir: Telling someone something that they already know.

Global warming: The Earth's average temperature increasing.

Renewable energy: Energy source that doesn't run out. For example, solar or wind.

Practice

We need to develop more ... sources.

Our main goal is to ... . We think you'll find it easy to get on board with this.

Crime is ... in my city.

... is a serious issue, probably the most important one facing our world today.

What are you going to do for your ...?

I'm hoping that cars won't run on ... in 10 years from now.

There were so many ... in 2020, probably due to climate change.

Honestly, you're ... here. I already know this!

Time is ... for us to decide what we're going to do.

Answers

renewable energy

protect the environment

on the rise

global warming/climate change

final project

fossil fuels

natural disasters

preaching to the choir

running out