
What's the word you hear?
Complete the sentences. Listen and write the missing word. There are up to 10 questions.
Fast fashion's slow, dry decay - 18th February 2021 View All
Chile's Atacama Desert is being covered with clothing. This waste is also polluting the world's driest desert.
Chile's a global destination for unsold clothes from Asia, Europe and the US. From here, South America's clothing merchants select the best to sell on. However, 39,000 tonnes of rejected clothing fills the desert every year.
It'll take some items 200 years to biodegrade because many fabrics are synthetic or were treated with chemicals. The dumps also cause other problems, explains Moyra Rojas, Regional Secretary of the Environment Ministry.
Moyra Rojas: "These small scale rubbish dumps generate some fire incidents, which obviously produce air pollution. And some are also located near populated areas."
Some are now responding to the country's fast fashion problem. Franklin Zepeda's set up EcoFibra, which is turning the waste into insulation for the building industry.
Franklin Zepeda: "The waste is what used to go to the desert rubbish dump and now we are using it as a raw material to make our thermal insulation panels."
A 2019 UN report revealed that clothing production doubled between 2000 and 2014. It's now responsible for 20 percent of the world's water waste annually, and 8 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
However, demand for fast fashion clothing remains high. Ecocitex textile recycling is a social enterprise in Chile. Its CEO, Rosario Hevia, puts her faith in education.
Rosario Hevia: "The main solution to eliminating textile waste in Chile is to educate people about reducing their consumption of unnecessary textiles, and to take charge of extending the lifespan of it - the clothing."
Chile's poor and immigrants from Venezuela search through the dumped clothing. They can't miss this opportunity to clothe their families.
Complete the sentences. Listen and write the missing word. There are up to 10 questions.
Read the sentences. Put them in the same order as the news report. There are 4 sentences.
Complete the sentences. Select the correct preposition. There are up to 4 questions.
Make sentences. Select each word in the correct order. There are up to 3 questions.
Complete the sentences. Listen and write the missing phrase. There are up to 5 questions.
Complete the sentences. Select the correct verb. There are 5 questions.
Read the sentences. Find the spaces between the words. There are up to 5 questions.
Read the sentences. Find the missing capital letters. There are 5 sentences.
Put the sentence parts in the correct order. Each sentence is in 4 pieces. There are up to 5 questions.
Answer questions about the news report. Select the correct answer from 4 options. There are 5 questions.
The letters of one word are in the wrong order. Read the sentence. Spell the word correctly. There are up to 10 questions.
Complete the sentences. Select the correct vowel for each space. There are up to 5 sentences.
Complete the sentences. Select the correct word. There are up to 5 questions.
Read the sentence. Select the missing word. Check your answer.
Complete the sentences. Select the correct preposition. There are up to 5 questions.
Complete the sentences. Select the correct noun. There are up to 5 questions.
Complete the sentences. Select the correct verb. There are up to 5 questions.
Complete the sentences. Select the correct linking word. There are up to 5 questions.
Check how fast you can read this news report. Choose your speed and read each line of text. Practise to improve your reading speed.
Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.
Either you did not allow SensationsEnglish to access your email address or your social account doesn't have that, please provide it here.
By clicking “Create Account” above you are accepting our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.