English 8: Unit 10: recycling

Miss Blake asks the students to remember 3 things: reduce, reuse, recycle.. We can’t reuse things like envelopes, glass, plastic bottles, old plastic bags.. Miss Blake says that we sho

* Chatting:

a What do we collect and recycle?

-> waste paper/ scrap metal / old

plastic / empty bottles and cans / waste food…

b Why should we collect and recycle

those things?

-> to save money / to help the

environment / to reduce the amount of garbage we produce

New words:

Represent/ˌriːprɪˈzent/(v) :

Representation/ˌreprɪzenˈteɪʃnn̩ /(n):

Representative/ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv /(n):

Natural resource/ˈnổtʃrəl rɪˈzɔːs/(s):

Overpackage/ˈəʊvə ˈpổkɪdʒ /(v):

Reuse/ ˌriːˈjuːz /(v):

đại diện

sự đại diện

ng ười đại diện.

nguồn tài nguyên thiên nhiên.

đóng gói quá

nhiều.

tái sử dụng.

* Pre-questions:

+ What is this?

-> This is a logo “Friends of the earth”

+ Which organization does this logo represent?

-> This logo represents a Friends of the earth

organization.

+What does this organization do?

-> This organization shows people how to protect the environment and save natural resources.

Ex1: True or False

1 Friends of the Earth is an organization to help

people make friends with each other.

2 Miss Blake asks the students to remember 3

things: reduce, reuse, recycle.

3 Reduce means buying the products which are

overpackaged.

4 We can’t reuse things like envelopes, glass,

plastic bottles, old plastic bags.

5 Miss Blake says that we should use cloth bags

and shouldn’t use plastic bags at all.

6 Recycling means not just throwing things away

but trying and finding another use for them.

protect the environment and save natural recources not buying the products which are overpackaged

can

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Ex1: Answer the questions on

page 90.

a What does Miss Blake mean by reduce?

-> Reduce means not buying products which are overpacked.

b What things can we reuse?

-> We can reuse things like envelopes, glass, plastic bottles

and old plastic bags.

c What does recycle mean?

-> Recycle means not just throwing things away Try to find

another use for them

d Where can we look for information on recycling things?

-> We can look for information on recycling things by having a contact with an organization like Friends of the Earth, going to the local library or asking your family and friends.

e Why does Miss Blake tell Lan that we shouldn’t use plastic bags at all?

-> We shouldn’t use plastic bags because we throw them away they could stay very long and could not be self destroyed / self demolished / because plastic bags are difficult to be destroyed,

so the amount of garbage increase.

Ex2: Complete the sentences, using the word cue

a with “be + adj + to Vinfinitive”

1 simple / use the computer.

-> It is simple to use the computer.

2 Easy / learn English.

-> It is very easy to learn English.

3 Comfortable / fly to HCM City.

-> It is comfortable to fly to HCM City.

4 Expensive / go by taxi.

-> It is expensive to go by taxi.

Ex2: Complete the

sentences, using the word cue

b with “be + adj + (that) + noun clause”.

1 he will win the game I am sure.

-> I am sure that he will win the game.

2 They passed all exams They are lucky.

-> They are lucky that they passed all

exams.

3 We might be late I was worried.

-> I was worried that we might be late.

4 She can’t come She is afraid.

-> She is afraid that she can’t come.

5 Mary was ill I was sorry.

-> I was sorry that Mary was ill.

* Homework:

- Learn by heart new words and read the dialogue.

- Translate into Vietnamese.

- Redo all exercises in Unit 10 in workbook.

- Prepare lesson 2.