unit10:reading

Presented by Van Quan Unit 10 :Conservation Unit 10 :Conservation Period 1 : Reading Period 1 : Reading Brainstorming Put the suitable words related to the environmental problems into the boxes Environmental problems Forest fires floods The extinction Of plants and animals erosion pollution Before you read Before you read Look at the pictures and answer the questions Look at the pictures and answer the questions 1. What can you see in the picture? 2. Have you ever visited a zoo or a forest? 3. Can you name some animals you know? 4. What animals are you interested in ? Why? 5. Do we need to protect animals and forests? Before you read Before you read • Pre-teaching vocabulary destroy (v) destruction (n) constant (a) play an important part in…. conserve (v) / maintain (v)- protect st from harm clean up (v) / make st clean worsen (v) / to become worse / to make st worse pass (v) defense (n) While you read While you read Read the paragraphs and then do the tasks that follow Read the paragraphs and then do the tasks that follow • Task 1. Match the word in A with a suitable definition in B A B 1. Eliminate 2. Circulation 3. Run-off 4. hydroelectric a. The movement of something around a closed system b. Concerning or producing electricity by the power of falling water c. Remove or get rid of completely d. Liquid which flows off or from ( something) While you read While you read task 2: read the paragraph again and decide whether the following statements task 2: read the paragraph again and decide whether the following statements are true or false are true or false 1. Each year about fifty hundred species of plants 2. Many kinds of plants could be used to treat various dangerous diseases. 3. Water can be held on land by vegetation 4. Man is constantly doing harm to the environment. 5. Plants may cause floods and erosion. 6. We can do nothing to save the earth While you read While you read Task 3. Choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph Task 3. Choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph • 1. We cannot live without water • 2. Let’s do something to save the earth • 3. Forests give us a lot of valuable things • 4. Vegetation can help conserve water After you read After you read Work in groups discussing the following questions Work in groups discussing the following questions • 1. What is the consequence of losing forest ? • 2. How important is water in our life ? • 3. What should we do for the future of our planet ? • 4. Why do people need to protect the environment ? Homework Homework • Learn by heart the new words • Summarize the main points of the text • Prepare the “ speaking part”