Gap-filling,
vocabulary & writing activity
1.Use the words in
the box to complete the text.
achieve - boost - capitalize - challenges - community - connection
conservation - coordinate - depend - importance
- increasing - involved
officially - online - petition
- result - step
- strive - together - urging
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The concept for a “World Ocean Day” was first proposed in 1992 by the
Government of Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. As a (1)....................... of a United Nations General Assembly
resolution passed in December 2008, World Oceans Day is now (2)........................... recognized by the UN as June 8th each
year.
Since 2002, The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network have helped
to promote and (3)......................
World Oceans Day events worldwide with aquariums, zoos, museums,
conservation organizations, universities, schools, and businesses. Each year
an (4).......................... number of countries and organizations have
been marking June 8th as an opportunity to celebrate our world ocean and our
personal (5)......................... to the sea.
Together, we also developed and widely circulated a (6)........................ to the United Nations (7).......................... them to officially recognize World Oceans
Day. With help from our Partner organizations, tens of thousands of people
from all parts of the world signed (8)..................... or paper copies
of the petition. Congratulations to all for helping to make this happen!
Designation of World Oceans Day provides an important (9)..........................
to those organizations and individuals who have been deeply committed to
ocean (10)........................ Official UN designation is another
important (11)............................ toward improving the health of our
world’s ocean.
Now we need to (12)........................... on this fresh momentum!
We hope you will be (13).......................... in planning or participating in a World
Oceans Day celebration near you!
Please visit the rest of the World Oceans Day website to list your
event, get celebration ideas, access the media and outreach kit, and more.
People around the world (14)......................... on a healthy,
clean ocean in order to survive and thrive. World Oceans Day is the official
UN-designated international day of ocean celebration. On June 8th each year,
we celebrate the ocean, its (15)......................... in our lives, and how we can protect it.
WorldOceansDay.org aims to help you make a difference in your life, (16)..........................,
and world by taking action to protect our ocean—for present and future
generations. Despite the huge (17)......................... facing the world’s ocean, by working
together we can (18)........................... a healthy ocean that provides for the
billions of humans, plants and animals which depend on it every day.
 The two-year theme for 2013 and 2014 is (19)........................ we have the power to protect the ocean!
For the next two years we ask you to celebrate the ocean and (20).......................... to protect it. Connect with your family,
friends, community, and the entire planet on World Oceans Day to take action
and create the future you want.
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Text
source : WorldOceansDay.org
2.Use at least TEN
words from the box in exercise 1 to create a poster or brochure for a campaign
to help protect the oceans. Use a dictionary to further clarify meanings and
usage.
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