[C] The Plastic Straw Dilemma [PRACTICE]

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shocked

[ shokt ]

adjective

- a sudden or violent feeling of disturbance of the mind, emotions, or sensibilities:

I am shocked that there's no cake anymore.

greenhouse gas

[ 'green-hous-gas ]

noun

- one of several gases, especially carbon dioxide, that prevent heat from the earth escaping into space, causing the greenhouse effect:

We need to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60%.

empathy

[ ' em-puh-thee ]

noun

- the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation

They feel empathy for what he felt.

gas emission

phrase

- the release of greenhouse gases and/or their precursors into the atmosphere over a specified area and period of time.

Gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, are very harmful to the environment.

selective empathy

phrase

- empathy restricted to particular groups — typically those you belong to or identify as similar to yourself.

Selective empathy is why many of us mourn the fire in Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, but scroll past reports of death in Sudan.

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Last year, I went to McDonald's, and I was shocked because McDonald's doesn't sell plastic straws anymore. And they still sell meat that is responsible for fifteen percent of greenhouse gas emissions. So why ban plastic straws only?! This is called Selective Empathy. And it's not just in McDonald's, it's in all of us.

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Last year, / I went to McDonald's, and I was shocked / because McDonald's doesn't sell plastic straws anymore. // And they still sell meat / that is responsible for fifteen percent of greenhouse gas emissions. // So why ban plastic straws only?! // This is called Selective Empathy. // And it's not just in McDonald's, / it's in all of us. //

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We care about some animals like dogs or cats. But we do not care about a cow or a pig, which we kill thousands everyday. We care about the death of a celebrity, but we don't care about the death of thousands of people in Syria or Africa. We are all guilty of selective empathy. So the real question is, do we really care about plastic straws or do we only care about some plastic, some animals and some humans? That's one minute. See you tomorrow.

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We care about some animals like dogs or cats. // But we do not care about a cow or a pig, / which we kill thousands everyday.// We care about the death of a celebrity, / but we don't care about the death of thousands of people in Syria or Africa. // We are all guilty of Selective Empathy. // So the real question is, / do we really care about plastic straws / or do we only care about some plastic, / some animals / and some humans? // That's one minute. // See you tomorrow. //