English 10 UNIT 9 PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT LISTENING

Unit 9 : Preserving The EnvironmentLesson 5: Listening Preserving the natural environment... The natural environment has been seriously __________ and degraded by human activities throu

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Watch the video and answer the questions

1.What do you see in the video?

2.What should we do to protect the environment?

Unit 9 : Preserving The Environment

Lesson 5: Listening

Preserving the natural environment

A How to Overcome Natural Disaster

B Natural Resource Depletion

C Environmental Degradation

D Deforestation and Its Effects

Task 1 Listen to a student’s talk What is he talking about? Tick the correct box.

C

Task 2 Listen Tick the words you hear

Degrade /dɪˈɡreɪd/ (v): lower in quality

 Giảm chất lượng

Result /rɪˈzʌlt/ (v): cause an outcome

 Gây ra một kết quả, kết quả

Erosion /ɪˈrəʊʒən/ (n): condition in which earth’s surface is worn away by the action of water and wind

 Tình trạng trong đó bề mặt trái đất bị hư hỏng do tác động của nước và gió, xói mòn

Sewage /ˈsuː.ɪdʒ/ (n): Liquid or solid water carried off

in sewers or drains

 Chất thải, nước cống

Aquatic /əˈkwætik/ (a): Of water or living in water

 Nước hoặc sống trong nước

Awareness /əˈweənəs/ (n): Knowledge of something

 Kiến thức về cái gì, sự nhận thức

1.Degraded /dɪˈɡreɪdid/ (adj) : giảm sút

chất lượng

2.Erosion /ɪˈrəʊʒn/ (n): sự xói mòn

3 Aquatic / əˈkwætɪk / (adj): sống ở nước

4 Awareness /əˈweənəs/ (n): sự nhận

thức

5 Sewage /ˈsuːɪdʒ/ (n): chất thải

Task 3 Listen again Complete the sentences with 1 or 2 words.

1 The natural environment has been seriously and

degraded by human activities through many decades

2 The burning of fossil fuels by factories and motor vehicles has led

to air pollution and resulted in acid rain, greenhouse effect and

3 Deforestation for land use has affected the and led to the extinction of the rare animals, extreme floods and land erosion

4 They have changed and degraded the natural environment and let

to various _

5 We should the burning of fossil fuels, and encourage forestation to replace deforestation

6 People should make to protect the environment for the next generation

affected

global warming

ecosystem

health problems control

efforts

Task 4 Listen again Complete the sentences with 1 or 2 words.

1 What is the definition of environment in the talk?

The natural world in which people, animals and plants live

2 What has led to air pollution?

 The burning of fossil fuels by factories and motor vehicles

3 What has led to soil pollution?

 The use of harmful chemicals in agriculture

4 What has deforestation caused?

 The extinction of rare animals and extreme floods and land erosion

5 What should we do to reduce water pollution?

 We should dump harmful rubbish and chemicals at appropriate

places

6 What should we do to preserve the forests?

 We should replace deforestation with forestation

7 What should people do to preserve the environment for the next

generation?

 We should make every effort to preserve the environment for the next generation

“What can you do to protect the environment?”