Unit 07. Pollution. Lesson 2. A Closer Look 1

English 8
UNIT 7 . POLLUTION

LESSON 2: A CLOSER LOOK 1
Welcome to our class
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POLLUTION
Air pollution
Light pollution
Soil pollution
Water pollution
Noise pollution
visual pollution
Thermal pollution
radioactive pollution
1. Complete the table with appropriate verbs, nouns and adjectives:
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poison
.contaminate
pollutant
polluted
death
damaged
2. Complete the sentences with the words from the table in 1. You do not need to use all the words. The first letter of each word has been provided.
1. The p____________ chemical waste is dumped into the river
2. Do you know what p__________ cause air pollution ?
3. The d _________ fish are floating in the water.
4. Don’t drink that water. It’s c____________ .
5. The acid rain has caused d____________ to the trees in the area.
6. If we p ____________ the air, more peple will have breathing problems.
oisonous
ollutants
ead
ontaminated
amage
ollute
1. since/ because + clause
- Since the water is polluted, the fish are dead.
- Because the water is polluted, the fish are dead.
2. due to/ because of st
- The fish are dead because of the polluted water .
- The fish are dead due to the polluted water .
CAUSE
- The water is polluted, so the fish are dead.
1. so + clause
EFFECT
2. to cause sth / to lead to st / to result in sth
- The polluted water causes/ results in the death of the fish
3. to make sb / sth do sth
- The polluted water makes the fish die .
Phrases of cause and effect

- contamination (n):
- birth defect (n):
expose to (v):
be exposed to :
Vocabulary
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khuyết tật bẩm sinh
tiếp xúc với
bị nhiễm
People throw litter on the ground. _____ 
Many animals eat the litter and become sick. ____ (because)
2. Ships spill oil in oceans and rivers._____ 
Many aquatic animals and plants die. _____ (lead to)
3. Households dump waste into the river._____ 
It is polluted._____ (so)
4. Their children have birth defects. _____
The parents were exposed to radiation. ____ (since)
5. We can’t see the stars at night._____ 
There is too much light pollution. _____(due to)
3a. Decide which sentence in each pair of sentences is a cause and which is an effect. Write C for cause and E for effect next to each sentence
C
E
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C
C
C
E
E
E
E
3b. Combine the sentences that show a cause/ effect relationship.
1. Because people throw litter on the ground, many animals eat
it and become sick.

Example:
1. People cough because they breathe in the fumes from cars. The fumes from cars make people cough.
4. Work in pair. Look at the pairs of pictures. Give as many sentences as possible to show cause/effect relationships.
2. The soil is polluted, so plants can’t grow.
3. We won’t have fresh water to drink because of water pollution.
4. We plant trees, so we can have fresh air.
Stress in words ending –ic and –al.
5. Listen and mark the stress in each word, then repeat it.
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6. Underline the words ending in –ic and circle the words ending in –al in the following sentences. Mark the stress in each word. Listen and check your answer, the repeat.
1. According to scientific research, tiny species may help clean radioactive pollution.
2. Water quality has become a national problem.
3. Many people have received medical treatment because of the disease.
4. Chemical waste can cause water pollution.
5. The reduction in air pollution was dramatic last year.
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Revise the new words, exercises, pronunciation. Make sentences with the way to use “cause and effect” in the work notebook.
Do part A in workbook.
Prepare the new lesson : A closer look 2

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