Worksheet 1：Knowledge about garbage 1ST Class
Pre-reading
T or F / Read the following statements. Do you think they are true or false? / Post-reading
T or F
1. Each person in Taiwan produces more than one kilograms of garbage a day.
2. There are no landfills in TaipeiCity.
3. Our school garbage is buried in a landfill.
4. Less than 20% of the garbage in Taiwan could be reused.
KEY: T F F F
Worksheet 2：Review Test on Key Words 1ST Class
Review Test on Key Words：Spelling Ability Test
Based on what you learned from “The War with Garbage: A Never Ending Stories, write the answers down on the answering list.
1.The g______e (waste, trash) problem is a headache for people all over Taiwan.
  1. He b______ed (covered) the dead bird under the tree.
  2. About 80 p______t (one part in every hundred) of the products in the store are on sale.
4.He is a successful businessman in the car i______y (工業).
5.There are over 20 m______n (the number 1,000,000) people in Taiwan.
6.The factory p______es (makes) over 16,000 cars every year.
7.My mother weighs 50 k______ms (1,000 grams).
8.I did lots of exercises every day. As a r______t (結果), I became stronger.
9.The woman just d______ped (throw down carelessly) her garbage in front of our house and walked away.
10.Waste material such as glass, paper, and metal can be r______led (reuse something instead of throwing it away).
11.Clean and healthy l______ls (places where waste is buried) are taking the place of open dumps.
  1. I went to a junior high school in my n______d (the surrounding area).
Write your answers here: Class No. Name
1 / 2 / 3 / 4
5 / 6 / 7 / 8
9 / 10 / 11 / 12
KEY:
  1. garbage 2. buried 3.percent 4. industry 5. million 6. produces
7. kilograms 8. result 9. dumped 10. recycled 11. landfills 12. neighborhood
Worksheet 3：Video watching: The Rotten Truth 2nd class
Videotape watching: The Rotten Truth Class No Name
Pre-watching-
Before watching the tape, discuss with your classmates how long it takes for different kinds of garbage to disintegrate(分解). Discuss in groups.Write down your discussion results on the worksheet. Then, when watching the tape, you may write down the results on the post-watching column.
item / plastic bag / banana peel / sock
Years it takes to disintegrate / Pre-watching / Post-watching / Pre-watching / Post-watching / Pre-watching / Post-watching
item / newspaper / leather purse / disposable diaper
Years it takes to disintegrate / Pre-watching / Post-watching / Pre-watching / Post-watching / Pre-watching / Post-watching
item / wooden chair / glass container / the Statue of Liberty
Years it takes to disintegrate / Pre-watching / Post-watching / Pre-watching / Post-watching / Pre-watching / Post-watching
Post-watching questions—
1.What is the name of the speaker in the videotape?
A. SherryB. SophieC. SusanD. Stephanie
2.Which museum does the speaker introduce people to visit?
A. Museum of Modern ArtB. Museum of Modern Garbage
C. Museum of ModernCityD. Museum of Modern Theater
3.Who is the world’s most unwanted in the film?
A. The person building the landfills.B. A garbage magician.
C. Someone who dumps garbage at will.D. Someone who never reuses things.
KEY:
item / plastic bag / banana peel / sock
Years it takes to disintegrate / 20-30 years / 2-5 weeks / 1-5 years
item / newspaper / leather purse / disposable diaper
Years it takes to disintegrate / 1 year / 50 years / 300-500 years
item / wooden chair / glass container / the Statue of Liberty
Years it takes to disintegrate / 20 years / One million years / 1500 years
Post-watching questions- D BC
Worksheet 4：How do people in different countries do with garbage?
How do people in different countries do with their garbage? 3rd class
Surf through the Internet and fill out the list below. You may choose a fourth country to introduce how people there do with the garbage. Prepare a one-minute oral report after you find out all the required data.
Class No. Name Date
Country / The main means to dealing with trash / website
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Japan
The U.S.A.
Write down your mini oral report script here:
Good day! Everybody! It’s my pleasure to make a report on how people do with their garbage problem in different countries. According to the data on ______(website or organization), people in Taiwan do with most of their garbage by …
Worksheet 5：A review on garbage data 4th class
A review on garbage data:
Work on the worksheet when you watch the power point file about the data on garbage.
  1. There are different types of garbage around us. Which makes up the most of our garbage? Circle it.
PaperMetalPlasticGlassFood
2. Some of the wastes are taken to dumps and buried in ______; some of them are burned in ______.
3. Burning garbage is not safe. When burned, garbage usually gives off dangerous ______. They can pollute the air and cause acid rain.
4.Garbage contains harmful chemicals, which may be washed out of the garbage dumps by rain.The chemicals may make their way into fields and rivers, and into our food and drinking water, ending up in our ______.

5. Neither burning nor burying garbage is safe. What can we do with it? The best way is to ______.

6.The three R’s stands for ______, ______, and ______.

7. The hazardous items that need to be disposed of include:Hazardous ______(oil, paint, chemicals), b______, and s______.

8.Activities based on recycling ideas: flea markets, recycled art shows, and garage sale. Do you come up with any other activity? ______
KEY:
1. Food 2. landfills\ incinerators3. gases4. bodies
5. reduce 6. Reduction,Reuse,Recycling 7. waste\ batteries\ Styrofoam 8. (Book Fair) exchange used books\ Send old toys or clothes to the charities