UNIT 10 : READING

Wednesday, January 30 th 2008 Unit : 10 Conservation Period 1: Reading Unit 10 : Conservation Environmental problems Environmental problems extinction Liquid pollution Air pollution Forest fires Before you read • 1. Have you ever visited a zoo or a forest? • 2. What animals are you interested in? why? • 3. Do you need to protect animals and forests? • Yes, we have to protect animals and forests because they are a part of our Earth. vocabulary • Look at the hand-outs While you read • 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) Question 5 statement 1-task 2 Lucky animal Paragraph A Question 2 paragraph B statement 2-task 2 Question 4 Statement 3-T2 Question 1 Paragraph C Lucky animal Statement 6- T2 Statement 4- T2 Statement 5- T2 While-reading Game : Lucky animals Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F 1. Each year about fifty hundred species of plants and animals are eliminated 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 environment. 5. Plants may cause floods and erosion. 6. We can do nothing to save the earth. T F Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F 1. Each year about fifty hundred species of plants and animals are eliminated T F T Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F 2.Many kinds of plants could be used to treat various dangerous diseases. T F T [...]...Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F 3 Water can be held on land by vegetation T T F Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F 4.Man is constantly doing harm to environment T T F Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F 5.Plants may cause floods and erosion T F F Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements... following statements are T or F 6 We can do nothing to save the earth T F F Task 3: choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph • Paragraph A • 3 Forests give us a lot of valuable things Task 3: choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph • Paragraph B • 4 Vegetation can help conserve water Task 3: choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph • Paragraph C • 2 Let’s do . Wednesday, January 30 th 2008 Unit : 10 Conservation Period 1: Reading Unit 10 : Conservation Environmental problems Environmental. animal Statement 6- T2 Statement 4- T2 Statement 5- T2 While -reading Game : Lucky animals Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F 1. Each