Question

Potrzebuję referat na jutro na anglika o plastiku (początki jego produkcji, wynalazca) i o fabrykach (początki, stwórca, pomysłodawca itp.) na 15-20 zdań :)

Answer 1

1. The word 'plastic' comes from Greek and it means something that can be shaped.

2. This is because plastic can be shaped in many ways.

3. Plastic is a polymer [chemical compound] that is usually made from petroleum.

4. The first synthetic plastic was made approximately 100 years ago by a Belgian chemist: Leo Baekeland.

5. This plastic was called Bakelite.

6. After World War I, plastic became very popular.

7. New plastic products included: chewing gum, rubber, PVC, etc.

8. Plastic is a great compound because it is resistant to change.

9. This is very important, for example, for rubber tires.

10. However, this is also a problem.

11. Plastic is very bad for the environment.

12. It takes hundreds or thousands of years for plastic to decompose naturally.

13. It is very important to recycle plastic and not to throw it in the garbage.

14. Plastic can be reheated and changed into something else. 

15. Scientists are looking for other solutions to the problem of plastic pollution.

16. They have found a bacterium in the ocean that eats plastic garbage that it finds in the ocean.

17. This may be good news but it may not be.

18. Scientists don't know if fish eat this bacteria and if the plastic will poison the fish.