Polluting for pleasure ?

Polluting for pleasure ?
POLLUTION, DIRTY RIVERS, THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT, THE OZONE HOLE. Our world is not in very good condition. Some pollution is "necessary", unless we change our way of living. Other types of pollution are not. Simon Lucas asked two British teenagers for their views.
Polluting for pleasure
Lucas : Do you think pollution is a bad problem?
JANICE: Yes, of course it is.
MARK: Yes, everyone does, don't they?
Lucas: And what about yourselves? Do you do things that cause pollution?
JANICE: I suppose we all do. But I try not to.
Lucas: How do you try?
JANICE: Well,... I don't waste electricity. I turn off lights; that means less pollution. And I don't use a car very often.
MARK: You haven't got one, have you?
JANICE: No, but we've got one at home, obviously. But I usually go to places on my bike; I don't get my Mum to drive me.
Lucas: What about you Mark?
MARK: Well pollution's a big problem, and we're going to have to change some of the things we do..... but... no one wants to stop doing things, unless everyone does.
Lucas: What things do you mean?
MARK: You know, going out in the car. Popping down town, things like that. And using chemicals and stuff.
Lucas: And what about polluting for pleasure?
JANICE: No-one does that, do they?
Lucas: We all do.
JANICE: Well we shouldn't.... No, that's pretty stupid. I mean, everyone suffers from it.
MARK: What do you mean by polluting for pleasure?
Lucas: Well, the sort of things you've already mentioned,.... like going out in the car. And sport, for instance.
MARK: What kind of sport?
Lucas: All sorts of sport. Look at this picture. (Lucas shows the photo above).
MARK: Oh that's disgusting.
JANICE: That's not sport, is it?
Lucas: Some people think it is! It's called tractor pulling.
MARK: No, that's gross. That really is ridiculous!!
Lucas: But is it different from other kinds of motor sport?
MARK: Well yes, I mean racing cars don't pollute like that, do they?
JANICE: Cars and lorries and things always pollute.
MARK: Yes, but not like that!!
Lucas: O.K. then. So where are you going to draw the line?
JANICE: I don't know....

Word guideWORD GUIDE

waste: use more than necessary - obvious: clear, evident - unless: if... not - stuff: things, products - what about: what do you think about? - pretty: quite - gross : horrible - draw the line - fix the limits .