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A Law That Protects the Environment

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Speaking Part 2

EnvironmentSociety

Question

Describe a law in your country that you think helps protect the environment. You should say what the law is and what people must or must not do. Explain why you think this law is useful.

Model Answer

In my country shops must charge a small fee for plastic bags at supermarkets. Customers are encouraged to bring reusable bags instead. I think this law is useful because I see fewer bags in streets and rivers near my town. It also reminds people to think before they take plastic.

Glossary

protect the environment

Actions or rules that reduce harm to nature and ecosystems.

single-use carrier bags

Thin plastic bags meant to be used once and thrown away.

financial disincentive

A cost or fee that discourages a behaviour.

I consider it genuinely useful because

Gives your evaluation and introduces supporting reasons.

cultural shift

A change in what most people accept as normal behaviour.

socially neutral

Neither praised nor criticised by society; seen as ordinary.

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