Unit 09. Preserving the Environment. Lesson 5. Listening

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UNIT 9:
PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT

LISTENING: PRESERVING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
What can you see?
Listen to a student’s talk. What is he talking about?
How to Overcome Natural Disaster
Natural Resource Depletion
Environmental Degradation
Deforestation and Its Effects
Listen again. Tick the words you hear.
Degraded
Erosion
Sewage
Awareness
Resulted
Civilization
Aquatic
Mass media
Degrade /dɪˈɡreɪd/ (v) lower in quality (giảm chất lượng)
Result /rɪˈzʌlt/ (v) cause an outcome (gây ra một kết quả, kết quả)
Erosion /ɪˈrəʊʒən/ (n) condition in which earth’s surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (tình trạng trong đó bề mặt trái đất bị hư hỏng do tác động của nước và gió, xói mòn)
Sewage /ˈsuː.ɪdʒ/ (n) liquid or solid water carried off in sewers or drains (chất thải, nước cống)
Aquatic /əˈkwætik/ (a) of water or living in water (nước hoặc sống trong nước)
Awareness /əˈweə.nəs/  (n) knowledge of something (kiến thức về cái gì, sự nhận thức)
Listen again. Complete the sentences with 1 or 2 words from the talk
The natural environment has been seriously __________ and degraded by human activities through many decades
The burning of fossil fuels by factories and motor vehicles has led to air pollution and resulted in acid rain, greenhouse effect and ______
Deforestation for land use has affected the ________ and led to the extinction of the rare animals, extreme floods and land erosion
They have changed and degraded the natural environment and let to various_______
We should __________ the burning of fossil fuels, and encourage forestation to replace deforestation
People should make ______________ to protect the environment for the next generation
affected
global warming
ecosystem
health problems
control
efforts
Ask and answer Qs
1. The natural world in which people, animals and plants live.

2. The burning of fossil fuel by factories and motor vehicles.

3. The use of harmful chemicals in agriculture.

4. The Extreme/serious flood and soil erosion, the extinction of rare animals.

5. We should dump harmful rubbish and chemicals at appropriate places.

6. We should replace deforestation with forestation.

7. We should make every effort to preserve the environment for the next generation.
Post - speaking
In this summer vacation, you are going to take part in protecting environment activity of the ‘Green Club’
Work in groups and plan for this activity (make a list or draw a mind map).