dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, would you like to talk about----- today?

Mark: Huh? That doesn't sound like ----------. Is there any ------------there?

Jingjing: Well, my-------------- just started a--------------- program.

Mark: Really? Mine too! Actually, I've seen those programs ---------. But where I live, people are doing a great job -------- in ------- bins,without throwing any ------------in there with it.

Jingjing: That's good. If kitchen waste gets-----------------------------------------------------

Mark: Whatdo they do with all those---------- and---------, I wonder?

Jingjing: It's---------t. It-------pretty quickly and can be used ----------.

Mark: That'sa good idea. --I bet the other bins aren'------------------because of it.

Jingjing: Right. It's a lot easier for people to ----------, and see what canbe reused and -----------------

Mark: Well,I'm a ----------. My wife and I have started collecting all our-----------------------,and then emptying it by hand over the ------------ near our gate.

Jingjing: That's good. I'm glad to hear that people ------------- are workingtogether to----------------.

Mark: I hopeit works -----------. It------------------------------see programs likethat.

Jingjing: Alright then. For most people,------------------------------------

Mark: Don'tworry. I don't spend time --------------- the garbage bins.

Jingjing: That's a--------------. I was worried you were--------------- Oscarthe Grouch.

Mark: Hey,no ----------------! Anyway, that's not likely to--------.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, what's different about the way people -------------in the UnitedStates?

Mark: Um,well, we don't really---------------. A lot of stuff--------------. People don't usually--------, except when they----------------------.

Jingjing: Isthere a ---------------------------?

Mark: ---------------have one. A different-------- comes around to pick up ------------------that people -------------- in front of their houses.

Jingjing: What kind of stuff gets-----------------?

Mark: Almosteverything that can be recycled: ---------------------------

Jingjing: That sounds like it's--------------------.

Mark: Maybe. When I was in Japan, I saw that different types of --------------ondifferent ----------. Tuesday was -----------------day, if I remember.

Jingjing: So, you mean, a family would------------------------ on Tuesdays?

Mark: Yeah. And the trucks were ---------l. I remember walking along a ------------and hearing something like an ------------- truck. Then, when it -------------,I saw that it was a ----------------- truck.

Jingjing: -----------------------,ha ha!

Mark: Yeah,but, once again, it -----------------------. I bet people incities don't have to---------------------- recycling there.

Jingjing: Right, and the stuff ends up-----------where they break------------------------------------

Mark: I beteach family has a ---------- where they keep stuff they're-------------------------

Jingjing: Hmm, that probably---------them to think of ways to --------------------------less.

Mark Thatsounds good to me.

Jingjing: Well, let's hope for-------------------------!

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

come and go:

toxic:

compost:

out-of-sight-out-of-mind:

Oscar the Grouch:

trash-talking:

from dialogue 2

have a handle onsomething:

landfills:

brighten someone'sday: