Ann Scott: People who leave litter behind them are
anti-social. They spoil the beauty of the countryside and create all sorts of
inconveniences, and even danger for other people. Broken bottles and rusty cans
cause serious injuries especially to children. Old magazines and empty packages
help to start fire when fools throw away matches and cigarette butts. Why can’t
people be more careful Dropping litter is a disgusting habit. If you don’t do
it in your oval house to keep it clean and tidy, why should you do it in public
places to make them dirty and look ugly I never drop litter and I don’t allow
my children to. Unfortunately, most parents these days don’t bring their
children up properly. It’s a mother’s duty to teach her children how to behavior
and to set a good examples herself. Linda Mitchell: I
belong to an anti-litter group. Recently we cleaned up a peach. We collected
over 150 tons of garbage. We burned haft of it and we sold the rest to scrap
dealers for ＄500. We spent that money on litter cans which we placed at regular
intervals along the beach. Every local government ought to do the same thing.
The problem of litter reflects a lack of responsibility on all sides. The local
government has a duty to solve the problem by making use of collected garbage.
The police have a duty to report people who litter public places and the courts
have a duty to punish such people. Last but not least, the companies which
produce throw-away products should stop using materials which can’t be burned or
recycled. Fred Hurst: There’s not much we can do.
There are a thousand square miles of countryside around this town. We cannot
afford to supply a million litter cans and empty them regularly. We don’t have
the money and we don’t have the workforce either. Why should the local town
council be responsible for litter which is left by holiday visitors Why should
people be more careful not to litter, but rather collect it and put it into
their home garbage bin I do believe that it is more important to educate people
to behave themselves than to complain the town council. Ret
Giles: As we all know that littering is actually a crime and
carries a heavy penalty. But the police are too busy preventing serious crimes
to worry about litter problems. If somebody drops a ton of poisonous chemical
waste in the forest, we will try to catch him, but we can’t arrest anyone who
leaves a few empty cans or plastic bags around after a picnic. We are policemen,
not babysitters. Albert Greaves: We use to sell drinks
in glass bottles and we offered a little money when empty bottles were returned
to us, because we could wash them and clean them and use them again. But glass
is heavy and breaks easily, and they are expensive, so we changed to plastic.
It’s a lot more cheaper, light, strong and unbreakable. Of course we don’t
collect empty bottles because it’s cheaper and safer to make new ones. Empty
bottles should be thrown in the litter cans, but a few untidy people don’t
bother. That’s nothing to do with us. We are not responsible for their had
habits. People should learn to be rid of bad habits and should learn to think
not only of themselves but the others as well. Now match each
of the persons (61 to 65 ) to the appropriate statement. Note:
there are two extra statements.
Statements [A] We are involved in far more serious social problems
than littering. [B] What we should do is to teach people not to
litter. [C] We can’t do anything, as it costs too much to treat the problem
of littering. [D] We should not litter and teach our children not to
too. [E] Who should be responsible for people’s bad habit At least not
us. [F] Lack of responsibility of both the people and government causes the
problem of littering. [G] Littering problem is not created by plastic
bottles. Linda Mitchell