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1 Read the article. Then check (/) the chapters that might be in Chelsea Thomson's book.
1 ]How to Use Less Energy
5 LHOW to Have More Garbage
2 ]How to Waste Time
6 ]How to Use Your Car Less Often
3 ]How to Recycle More
7UWhere to Buy Local Food
4 ]Buy More Than You Need
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| Kinds of Food You Can Grow at Home
Dear Readers,
My new book, Going Completely Green, is finished! As the title says, I
decided to go completely green for a month - no electricity, no running
water, no car, no phone, no computer! I didn't even use anything with
batteries. It was very difficult, and I decided to write a book about my
experience. During the day, I wrote on paper with a pencil. When I wanted
to sharpen my pencil, I remenmbered my pencil sharpener uses electricity.
T had to sharpen it with a knife! At night, I used a candle for light. I washed
all of my clothes by hand with water from the river behind my house, and then I put
them on a clothesline to dry. I walked to a local farm to buy food. I ate mostly fruits and
vegetables. I only ate meat about five times, and I cooked it over a fire in my yard. The
hardest part was not talking to friends and family on the phone or emailing them. My best
friend lives an hour away by car, so l didn't communicate with her at all.
In my opinion, it is impossible to live completely green for a long time, but there are many
things you can do. Now, I try to work with the lights off for most of the day. I'm driving
my car again, but I try to walk or ride my bike when I only have to go a short distance.I
buy more local food now, too. I have to use my computer for work, but I use it for fewer
hours each day. l also turn it off when I'm not home. There are many things you can do
to use less energy and water. This book will help you learn how to live a greener life. If
you follow the steps in my book, you'Il really help the environment. Oh, and if you buy my
book, you might want to read it by candlelight to save energy!
Chelsea Thomson
2 Read the article again. Rewrite the sentences to correct the underlined mistakes.
1 Chelsea went green for two months.
Chelsea wentgreenforamonth.
2 She wrote on a computer.
3 She washed her clothes on a clothesline.
4 She thinks it's impossible to work with the lights off.
5 Now she drives her car for short distances.
6 She turns her computer off if she's working.
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