Unit 09. Preserving the Environment. Lesson 3. Reading

Matching the photos with the words and phrases
Matching the photos with the words and phrases
Greenhouse effect
pollution
Fossil fuels
Polar ice melting
desforestation
UNIT 9: PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 3: READING
noise pollution
water pollution
air pollution
soil pollution
 
Activity 1:
What can you see in the photos?
What is the environmental impact in each photos?
Activity 2: Quickly read the text and select the best title.



A. Natural Resource Depletion
B. The Long-term Damage of Soil
C. Environmental Pollution
D. The Destruction of Ecosystem



Activity 3: Match each highlighted word in the text with its definition below.
1. Ecosystem (n): /i:kou`sistəm/
 Hệ sinh thái
2. Pesticide (n):  /ˈpes.ti.saɪd/
Thuốc trừ sâu
3. Inorganic (adj): /ˌɪn·ɔrˈɡæn·ɪk/ 
Vô cơ
4. Vegetation (n): /ˌvedʒ·ɪˈteɪ·ʃən/
 thực vật
5. Fertilizer (n):  /`fə:tilaizə/
Phân bón
6. Pollutant (n): /pəˈluːtənt/
Chất gây ô nhiễm
1. ........... A complex set of relationships among the living resources, habitats, and residents of an area. It includes plants, trees, animals, fish, bird, etc.
2.............. Chemicals used to kill insects
6. ...............Things that make the air, water and soil unclean or contaminated.
4............... Plants in general
5. ..............Manures or substances that support plant growth
3. .............. Not related to animals, plants or trees.
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Activity 4: T or F and correct the F
1. Environmental pollution
results from natural disasters.

1
is one of impacts of human activities.
F
The greenhouse effect is a result of
water pollution.
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air
F
Using a lot of fertilizers can reduce soil fertility.
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T
Water pollutants are things such as detergents, pesticides, oil, other chemicals and rubbish blockages in rivers that make water contaminated.
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T
Noise pollution can increase heart rate and demage hearing.
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T
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Enviromental pollution needs to be taken care for the sake of the environment and the people that live in it.
T
Suggested answers:
There is soil pollution in my neighbourhood. People throw much garbage on the ground. This makes the soil contaminated.
This also creates/causes the decrease of soil fertility.


Activity 5: Discuss the type of pollution in your neighbourhood and their consequences.
1. What’s type of pollution?
2. What is its expression?
3. What is the effect of doing that?
1. How many main type of environmental impacts in our lesson today?
3 main types.
4 main types.
6 main types.
2. What are they?
Air, noise, plants and soil pollution.
Noise, soil, water and waste pollution.
Air, soil, water and noise pollution.
3. What should we do to protect our environment?
We should dump the rubbish.
We should plant green trees to reduce the environmental pollution.
We should burn fossil fuels.
Conclusion