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

Unit 9
PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT
GETTING STARTED
Environmental impacts
1. Listen and read
-preserve (v) = conserve
-impact (n)
-newsletter (n)
-editor (n) = a person who oversees the preparation of a text in newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals, and books.
-negative (a)
-threat (n)
-deforestation (n)
-fossil (n)
-depletion (n)
-polar (a)
-melt (v)
-focus (v) = concentrate

2. Label the photos with the words and phrases from the box. Then use a dictionary to check their meaning
a. greenhouse effect
b. pollution
c. deforestation
d. polar ice melting
e. fossil fuels
3. Read the conversation between Nam and his father again. Ask and answer the following questions.
1. He is writing a letter for the school newsletter.
2. The editor asked Nam to write some practical advice on environmental preservation.
3. It means the negative influence or effect on the environment.
4. Because he thinks if we can see the impacts on the natural environment, we will know how to protect it.
5. They are deforestation, pollution, global warming, fuel depletion, polar ice melting and the raise of see levels.
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