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  • Hi everybody, welcome back to weekly words. My name is Alisha and we are going to talk

  • about holiday today. So let's get into it.

  • Today's holiday is Earth Day.

  • Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year and the purpose of Earth Day is to be

  • aware of earth, to be aware of the environment and to take some time just to appreciate the

  • nature around us. In a sentence, are there any Earth Day celebrations in your community

  • this year? Green, green of course is a color but it's also commonly used to talk about

  • policies or maybe products that are earth friendly. So for example, my company has green

  • policies regarding paper use.

  • The next word is Organic. I feel like there's just been this boom in organic products and

  • organic foods in particular. So organic can refer toat least in my mind, organic

  • refers to food products that are made without using any chemicals but it seems that there

  • are some pesticides or some chemicals that can be used in organic farming to keep bugs

  • and other not so good creatures off the food. So there might be different laws in your country

  • for defining organic or just not organic products but it's kind of become a buzz word in the

  • last maybe like 10 or 15 years or so. I think many people have the image that organic foods

  • are not healthier for you or it's you know better for the earth. So this might be a word

  • that you see a lot around Earth Day celebrations, organic foods or organic products. In a sentence,

  • I tried to buy only organic food because I feel that it's better for my body.

  • Next is endangered species. An endangered species is an animal or plant I suppose or

  • any type of living organism that is in danger of going extinct, in danger of dying out.

  • So for example, dinosaurs are extinct. They are no longer on the earth. Any species of

  • creature that is in danger of becoming extinct is referred to as an endangered species. So

  • I think for example there are some tigers that are endangered species, Rhinoceros that

  • are endangered species and a few others. I am sure there are a lot of others actually.

  • So on Earth Day, people might discuss endangered species and how we can work to ensure that

  • they don't become extinct. It's important that we be conscious of endangered species

  • around the world. Okay so in an example sentence, pandas are an endangered species.

  • The next word, next phrase is global warming. Global warming in recent years, this term

  • is kind of changed over to Global climate change as well. Anyway global warming just

  • refers to the changes that are occurring on earth and how the earth is gradually becoming

  • warmer year after year. In a sentence, global warming is a problem that affects us all.

  • And that's the end of Earth Day, Earth Day vocabulary and Earth Day words. If you have

  • an Earth Day celebration in your community, maybe you will see some of these words or

  • similar words surrounding that celebration. Thanks very much for joining us this week

  • and we will see you again next time, bye.

  • How many things are on the endangered species list? Is there a list?

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