Задание

Read the text and complete it with the given phrases. There is one phrase you don't have to use

Three Rs — the expression comes from the sound at the beginning of the words reading, writing and (a)rhythmetic considered as forming the base of children's education. In the text the expression refers to three other words beginning with "r".

  • no longer think of
  • to wash and save tins
  • drink tins and plastic bags
  • responsible for recycling
  • means money to them
  • After a sports meeting
  • recycling schemes
  • successful efforts

Turning Trash into Cash

At Green Grove Primary School, children are thinking about cool [ ] in a new way. They are learning the three Rs of recycling (reduce, recycle and reuse) and making money for their school at the same time.

Since June last year, the school has made a lot of money – simply because mothers of the pupils took the trouble [ ], plastic containers, paper and glass which are sold to recycling companies. "That money means our school fees stay low!" said one mother.

Fired by the enthusiasm of the Grade 5 teacher, Helen Howes, the learners [ ] bottles and tins as garbage. It [ ] now, and they no longer leave them to litter the sports fields and other public places. Ms Howes says, "[ ], home or away, there is not a single scrap of litter left on the school grounds." She has received calls from many other schools wanting to organize their own [ ] after learning of Green Grove Primary School's [ ].