The Reading / Listening - Mount Everest - Level 0

Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain. Climbers are leaving a lot of poo on the slopes. A local said the mountain now stinks. He added that he can see poo on rocks, and some climbers are getting sick. Climbers must now buy a "poop bag" for their poo. They throw it away when they come down from the mountain.

The problem of waste on Everest is growing. Climbers leave camping equipment and cans of oxygen there. There may also be over three tons of human poo. Most of this freezes. It does not degrade. The poop bags will help to keep Everest cleaner. They will be good for the health of climbers and the mountain.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Mount Everest - Level 1 Mount Everest - Level 2   or  Mount Everest - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68237123
  • https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3251452/mount-everest-climbers-must-now-buy-poop-bags-and-bring-their-waste-down-our-mountains-have-begun
  • https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/mount-everests-poop-problem-heres-what-climbers-will-have-to-do-2499388-2024-02-08


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. the world's
  2. leaving a lot of
  3. A local said the mountain
  4. he can see poo
  5. climbers are getting
  6. buy a "poop bag"
  7. They throw
  8. come down
  1. sick
  2. it away
  3. poo on the slopes
  4. from the mountain
  5. for their poo
  6. now stinks
  7. highest mountain
  8. on rocks

Paragraph 2

  1. The problem
  2. camping
  3. cans of
  4. three tons of
  5. Most of
  6. It does not
  7. help to keep Everest
  8. good for the health
  1. this freezes
  2. oxygen
  3. cleaner
  4. of climbers
  5. of waste
  6. human poo
  7. equipment
  8. degrade

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Mount Everest is (1) ___________________ mountain. Climbers are (2) ___________________ of poo on the slopes. A local said the (3) ___________________. He added that he can see (4) ___________________, and some climbers are getting sick. Climbers (5) ___________________ a "poop bag" for their poo. They throw it away when they (6) ___________________ the mountain.

The (7) ___________________ on Everest is growing. Climbers leave camping equipment and (8) ___________________ there. There may (9) ___________________ three tons of human poo. Most of this freezes. It (10) ___________________. The poop bags will (11) ___________________ Everest cleaner. They will be good for the health of climbers (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

MountEverestistheworld'shighestmountain.Climbersareleavingalot
ofpooontheslopes.Alocalsaidthemountainnowstinks.Headdedhecan
seepooonrocks,andsomeclimbersaregettingsick.Climbersmustnow
buya"poopbag"fortheirpoo.Theythrowitawaywhentheycomedownfr
omthemountain.TheproblemofwasteonEverestisgrowing.Climbersl
eavecampingequipmentandcansofoxygenthere.Theremayalsobeov
erthreetonsofhumanpoo.Mostofthisfreezes.Itdoesnotdegrade.Thep
oopbagswillhelptokeepEverestcleaner.Theywillbegoodforthehealth
ofclimbersandthemountain.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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