+ ……… are the biggest threats to the environment in our neighbourhood. + In our neighbourhood, the most serious[r]
(1)(2)Look at the following
pictures and tell what are
the pictures about ?
(3)The
environment
(4)Human beings’ actions
+ Killing animals for fur, food and entertainment.
Environmental impacts
+ Cutting down forest – deforestation.
(5)UNIT 9
PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT
Getting started
(6)Activity Listen and answer
1 What’s Nam doing?
2 What are Nam and his father talking
about?
Nam is writing a letter to give some
advice on environmental preservation.
Nam and his father are talking about
(7)Put the tick in the right column.
Words / phrases
Nam’s
saying
his father’s
saying
1 pollution
2 polar ice melting
3 greenhouse effect
4 fossil fuels
5 deforestation
(8)Activity 2
Vocabulary
Pollution (n)
Sự ô nhiễm
(9)(10)(11)fossil fuels (np)
(12)(13)(14)Vocabulary:
1.polar ice melting(n): depletion (n):
/'poulə ais 'meltiɳ/: sự tan băng / di’pli:ʃn /
2.deforestation (n): hao mòn, cạn kiệt
/di,fɔris'teiʃn/: sự phá rừng
8 editor (n):
3.fossil fuels (n)
/ ‘editə// 'fɔsl fjuəl/: nhiên liệu hóa thạch ban biên tập
•greenhouse effect (n)
/ˈɡriːnhaʊs ɪfekts/ hiệu ứng nhà kính
•global warming (n)
/ˌɡləʊbl ˈwɔːmɪŋ/ sự nóng lên tồn cầu
•pollution (n)
(15)Answer the questions (From to 5)
Work individually
Activity 3
1 What is Nam doing for the school newsletter? 2 What did the editor ask Nam to write about? 3 What does ‘environmental impact’ mean?
4 Why is Nam interested in environmental
impacts?
(16)Play game: Magic hand
1 2
4
3
(17)Question 1
1.He is writing a letter
for the school
(18)Question 2
2 The editor asked Nam to
write some practical
advice on environmental
preservation.
(19)Question 3
3 It means negative effect
or influence on the
environment.
(20)Question 4
4 Because he thinks if we
can see the impacts on the
natural environment, we will
know how to protect it.
(21)Question 5
5 They are deforestation,
pollution, global warning,
fuel depletion, polar ice
melting and the rise of sea
levels.
(22)(23)Activity 4
DISCUSSIONwork in groups Look at the pictures and discuss
(24)GROUP 1
(25)GROUP 3
(26)Useful expressions
+ The biggest threats to the environment in
our neighbourhood are ……….
+ ……… are the biggest threats
to the environment in our neighbourhood.
+ In our neighbourhood, the most serious
(27)- There is a lot of smoke from the factory and
vehicles
- Land is too dry to farming
- People use too much pesticides
-
Rubbish is so much on two sides of the river
SOLUTIONS ???
PROBLEMS
-
Many animals are killed for food, fur…
-
Polar ice is melting
-
Many trees are cut down to supply paper,
(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)Activity 5
1.“I’m writing for my school newsletter” …………said.
3 “Use the web search engine to find information,”……….told Nam.
2 “ Give some practical advice to students on environmental
preservation” ………asked Nam.
WHO SAID ???
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