Fracking is controversial, environmentally damaging and heavily criticized by environmentalists, but our government thinks it’s worth it. Today our English lessons listening topic is a conversation about starting up fracking in the UK to help us source natural gas, which we are desperate for.

✔Lesson transcript: https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/conversations-in-english-fracking-2022/

The government is trying to promote fracking to reduce our dependency on foreign gas and to create jobs, but many people are against the practice because they believe it is harmful to the environment.

Fracking  is hydraulic fracturing. It’s a procedure to extract natural gas  trapped in dense rock formations. Fracking is a controversial gas  extraction process that involves injecting water and chemicals into  layers of rock. Fracking may cause environmental problems like a higher  chance of earthquakes and water contamination.

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