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Practice 7 Our Own Story

Family and community environment
SOCIAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE: Share personal experiences in a conversation.

In this practice, you will share a personal anecdote.

Warm-up stage

1. Listen to the track. Complete the chart below.
TRACK 36
Things I know. Planning our product
a. What are they talking about?
Wangari Maathai How the Green Belt Movement Under her leadership, their
of Kenya explains grew from a basic need for tree-planting grew into a

how the simple water and firewood, and how nationwide movement to
act of planting Wangari Maathai started it all. safeguard the environment,
trees led to In 1977, she suggested rural defend human rights
winning the Nobel women plant trees to address and promote democracy,
Peace Prize. problems stemming from a earning Maathai the Nobel
degraded environment. Peace Prize in 2004.

b. Who takes part in the conversation?

A man A woman Wangari Maathai

session 1 The Kenyan Africa Nairobi
c. Where did she study?

countryside

• Order the images from 1 to 3 according to how the landscape changed through
the years.

2
IT

If you want to watch a video about Wangari Maathai and how she started the Green Belt
Movement, use key words to look for it online.

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