Unit 09. Preserving the Environment. Lesson 1. Getting started

UNIT 9:
Cutting down trees
Using pesticides
→ soil pollution
→ deforestation
Throwing rubbish into rivers
→ water pollution
Listen to the conservation between two people and choose the best answer to each question.
What environmental threats are mentioned in the conversation?
population B. global warming C. deforestation
2. What are the negative effects of the environmental problem?
Greenhouse effect, climate change and extreme floods.
B. Climate change, global warming and extreme floods.
C. Polar ice melting, climate change and extreme floods.
3. What should we do to prevent the threat mentioned in the conversation?
Control deforestation and have appropriate forestation plans.
Reduce the rate of water pollution and control deforestation.
Have appropriate forestation plans and reduce the rate of water pollution
In our daily lives, what should we do to protect our environment?
Save water
Plant as many trees as possible
Using bicycles instead of cars
Panda
- China
- WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature.
World Widelife Fund.

Where does it come from?

Which oganisation supports animals in general and pandas in particular?

What does WWF stand for?
II. Culture:
Questions:
When was WWF set up?
What kind of organisation
is it?
3. Why did the organisation recognise the panda as its logo?
4. What was WWF’s mission stated in 1990s?
5. Why is WWF the world’s largest organisation?

Answers:
1. It was set up in/ In 1961
2. It’s a/ A non- government organisation
3. Because it was the only giant panda, an endangered species, in the Western world at the same time as the organisation is established.

4. “ Stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by:
Conserving the world’s biological diversity.
Ensuring that the use of renewable natural resourses is sustainable.
Promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
5. It is the world’s largest independent conservation organisation.
In pairs, make a conversation, ask and answer about WWF