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8 Look at the list of materials in Exercises 3 and 5 again. Discuss the questions (1-3) below. Check any words you don't know in the glossary or your dictionary.

Get real What material did Charles Goodyear develop? What is it used for?

1Are any of the materials
found or manufactured in
your country?

2 Which materials can be
recycled?

3 Does the manufacture or
disposal cause
environmental problems?

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Read the sentences (1-3) below. What does the word smart mean in each one[clever, fashionable, ox formal)⁷.

1He wore a smart suit to the meeting.

2 She's the smartest girl in her class.

3 They stayed in a smart hotel in New York.