Choral Speaking - Environmental Issues

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

The temperature never ceased to rise for the past centuries.

Good morning, good morning, good

Why worry, you may ask?

morning

Well,

We bid to the honourable judges,

As the climate becomes warmer, the

ladies and gentlemen.

ice is melting worldwide.

We, students of SMK Sultanah

As the ice melts, the sea level rises.

Bahiyah

As the sea level rises, we would have

For the first time, will entertain you

more natural disasters!

with

(Solo) Like what?

Our tales of environmental issues.

Floods, droughts, hurricanes, storms, oxygen depletion, ocean

(Solo) Environment? O-M-G SO~~

acidification, risk to our ecosystems,

BORING!

lack of food, lack of clean water, and

(Solo) Who cares about the

human health will be at risk!

environment? Why should we,

(deep breath)

anyway? Climate change sure sounds serious We do, silly!

Can’t imagine the world is over-

We only have one earth, you know.

heated or wholly covered by water!

This may be an old issue,

OH NO!

But it is an issue not to be taken for

It looks like we are coming to the end

granted.

of the world!

EVER!

REPENT! REPENT!

Hmm… don’t you think it’s getting

(Sound effect: chainsaw and followed

hot in here?

by a shout “Timber!”)

(Solo) I do!

(BOOM!)

(Solo) I do! (Solo) I do!

That is the sound of deforestation

We all do!

When will it stop and rob us of our

It’s definitely the weather

source of life?

Global warming, for sure. (Solo) How much per tree? How warm is the globe?

(Solo) One Kopi O enough la, okay?

(Solo) You not scared get caught meh?

Where else would we live if our earth

(Solo) No need scared, don’t worry la

is destroyed?

my friend.

How can we live without our earth?

Karam Singh Walia won’t find us here

** How could I live without you? (solo

one…

singing)

(raising one hand) “Harapkan pagar, pagar tidak boleh diharap.”

Therefore, ladies and gentlemen

Hahahahahaha!

This proves that the environment is truly important to us

Can you imagine a world without

So let us all work together

trees?

To protect our mother nature

How will we get our oxygen?

Who else would do that for us if not

Where will our poor animals live?

ourselves?

Tropical deforestation is responsible

So what can we do?

for about 20 percent of the world’s

Waste no paper

greenhouse gas emissions

Throw rubbish into the rubbish bins

Burning of forests plants releases

Reduce, reuse, recycle

LARGE amounts of carbon dioxide

Love our river

More carbon dioxide means there

Love the animals

would be more HOT air trapped in

Love our nature

the atmosphere This will increase the temperature

Let us all walk together

even more!

Hand in hand We can make our earth a better place

Many species, plants and animals, will become extinct

One mission

As their habitats are destroyed

One hope

It will be great loss to the human

One Malaysia

race.

One World!

Hmm. (Heads down)