KT 1T

5. READ
MUMMY, OH MUMMY
Mummy, oh mummy, what’s going to happen
If all the pollution goes on
“Well the world will end up like a second-hand
junk-yard,
With all of its treasures quite gone.

The fields will be littered with plastics and tins,
The streams will be covered with foam.
Now throw soda bottles over the hedge,
Save us from taking them home.”
“But mummy, oh mummy, if I throw the bottles,

Won’t that be polluting the woods?”
“Nonsense! That isn’t the same thing at all,
You just keep quite and be good.
If you’re going to start getting silly ideas,
I’ll take you home right way.

Because pollution is something that other folk do,
We’re just enjoying our day.”

Mẹ ơi, Ô, Mẹ ơi
“Mẹ ơi, Ô, mẹ ơi, điều gì sẽ xảy ra
nếu tất cả sự ô nhiễm tiếp tục?
À, thế giới sẽ chấm dứt giống như bãi chứa đồ phế
thải cũ,
Với tất cả những kho báu biến đi hết.

Các cánh đồng sẽ bị xả đầy nhựa lon,
Các dòng suối sẽ bị che phủ với giọt nước,
Giờ đây hãy ném chai sô-đa kia ra hàng giậu,
Hãy cứu chúng tôi khỏi mang chúng về nhà
“ Nhưng mẹ ơi, ô mẹ ơi, nếu con ném những chai,

Điều đó sẽ không làm ô nhiễm rừng cây sao đấy,“
Vô lý! Điều đó không cùng giống nhau tí nào,
Con hãy chỉ im lặng và hãy ngoan.
Nếu con bắt đầu với những ý tưởng ngu xuẫn,
Mẹ sẽ đem con về nhà ngay,

Vì ô nhiễm là điều gì mà người khác làm,
Chúng ta đang thưởng thức ngày sống của chúng ta.”


a. Match the …
1c 2g 3f 4e 5d 6a 7b
b. Answer:
1. According to the mother, if the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second-hand junk-yard,
2. The mother thinks man is polluting the environment he is living
3. If the boy keeps on asking his mother such questions, she will take him home right way.
4. Yes, I think it is, because he is polluting the woods or fields with bottles
5. The poet wants us to learn that keeping the environment unpolluted is a necessary and important thing, because it’s our living home all of its treasure.
Exercise 3/ P55:
I’m pleased that you are working hard.
I’m excited that I’m going to Da Lat.
I’m sorry that I have broken your bicycle.
I’m disappointed that you didn’t phone me.
I’m amazed that I win the first prize.
Exercise 4/ P56:
1e 2a 3c 4d 5b
Exercise 5/ P56:
If the rice paddies are polluted, rice plants will die.
If we go on littering, the environment will become seriously polluted.
If we plant more trees along the street, we have more shades and fresh air.
If we use much pesticide on vegetables, the vegetables will become poisonous and inedible.
If we keep our environment clear and clean, we have a happier and healthier life.