" ETHICAL TRAVEL "

Fill the gaps:

- The world´s busiest airport just got busier. London´s___________ terminal 5 opened for business a
few weeks ago in _________ of many protests. So, for this week´s podcast in english.com I´m talking
to Philip, one of the protesters ____________ the new terminal. Hello Philip.
- Hi.
- So, what´s the problem here? A new terminal ___________ more employement, surely.
- Well, first of all, it´s the ____________ terminal, there´s already four there. It´s a huge airport.
Secondly, the __________ it´s been built is because there is so much traffic, but _________ , if you
did that with a busy road, build another lane because it´s too busy, in _________ time the new lane
also gets filled up and the road gets _________ busier than before. The problem hasn´t gone
___________, it´s got worse.
- And, so what´s the problem with so many planes in ?
- Jet aircraft not only _____________ carbon from the vast amounts of querosene ________, they do it
at altitude - this has greater negative ___________ than at a lower atmosphere. They also emit another
greenhouse gases ______________ nitrous oxide. To take an example, just one person´s
______________of carbon emissions on a return flight from London to New York is greater than
driving an ___________ car for a year.
- Wow, wow...so, what are you suggesting then?
- Well, people ______________ stop flying.
- Stop flying? You are not serious, _____________.
- I am. People should take _______________ responsibility for what is happening to the planet. There
is a number of _____________ people can do. The first one is not commute by air.
- To commute? But not many people do that, surely?
- No, but it´s ____________common in America. And there are people who work in Brussels, say,
____________ the week, and then come back home at the weekend to London. Living in one country
and working in another is ________________.
- Right, Okay. So, what´s step two ___________?
- Thinking again about having a holiday home. You have to ____________ on cheap air travel to make
it worth while.

True or false? Why?

1 - These days there are alternative ways to attend distant business meetings , but they are all very
expensive.

2 - Long distance flights are less damaging to the environment than short distance ones.

3 - Taking road transport inflicts as much damage to the environment as flying.

4 - The golden pledge is a promise not to take any flights for five years, except in an emergency.