Lower Intermediate A - Citizenship Today
Changing things together
Mendez, Karina
Recycling
Tito(23) and his girldfriend, Tamy(20), are walking in the the square. They are holding hands. They are looking at a man riding a bicycle and they see him throwing a bottle on the floor.
Tito and Tamy approach the man and tito calls him.
TITO: Hey man, what is going on? Lift the bottle, please.
MAN: Why should I? It’s my life. Mind your own business, it is my life.
TAMY: It is not “your” problem, you are polluting the square, the city and the world.
TITO: Yes, you are polluting the place. This bottle is recyclable. We can use it again. You can lift the bottle and put water in it.
MAN: Really? But this bottle is dirty, I can’t use it again.
TITO: Yes, it is dirty now but you can wash it and use it again! Look- the man is taking a bottle with