Unit 10. Conservation

ENGLISH 12
UNIT FOUR : CONSERVATION
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READING COMPREHENSION - PERIOD 1
Vocabulary
-resource (n): wealth from nature
-conservation (n): the safeguarding and preservation of natural resources so that they can continue to be used and enjoyed
? conserve (v)
-prevention (n): Stopping something happening; stopping someone from doing something
? prevent (v)
-waste (n): throwing away something good or useful
-wild-life (n): animals living in natural conditions
-pollution (n): making dirty ? pollute (v) make dirty
-environment (n): all places where human lives and animals live
-poisoning (n): causing harm or death with dangerous chemical ? poison (v): use dangerous chemical to kill or hurt someone
-reclaiming (n): making something become good ? reclaim (v)

-irrigate (v): supply (with) water
-drain (v) : make liquid flow away; make a place or a thing dry by letting the water run off
* Checking:
a.���Car exhaust fumes ........ the air
b.���Land needs ...... to help crops more productive.
c.����Remember to ....... these plants if it doesn`t rain
d.���Air ....... is a serious problem in cities.
    Questions
a.    What / be / conservation?
b.    World’s resources / can / be used up?
c.    What / be / the three things which make up conservation?
d.    How /people / reclaim land? (by)

Post- Reading
Grid - Form Completion
1.��a. Conservation is ......... of natural resources
b. The three things which make up conservation are
....................
....................
....................

2.
READING COMPREHENSION - PERIOD 2
Vocabulary
-rotation (n): söï luaân canh  rotate (v)
-element (n): an important part of something; a part of something (in chemistry)  chemical element
-erosion (n) söï xoùi moøn
-fertilizer (n): thing added to land helps enrich
-retain (v) : giöõ laïi
-root (n): part of a tree or a plant that is under the ground
-soil (n): ground, earth, land
Checking:
1.����� Plants grow well in good ........
2.����� Farmers try to prevent soil .......
3.����� They plant trees to ........ water
4.����� It is a tree with very long .........
Questions
1.���How / farmers / can / protect / their land?
2.���How / farmers / can / help enrich the soil?
3.���Farmers / can / prevent / erosion / by / plough / up and down?
4.���Trees / shrubs / also / needed / preserve land ? why?
5.���What / can / happen / when / all the trees / in / a region / be cut?

Questions - Answers
-Teacher - students
-Students - students
1.����What do farmers do to protect their land? (growing different crops ....)
2.����Why can yearly rotation of crops help protect land? (different elements of .)
3.����Can fertilizers help enrich the soil?
4.����Can people plant trees to preserve land?
READING COMPREHENSION - PERIOD 3
WARM-UP : Finding words
1.   animal that lives and breathes in the water
2.   month between September and November
3.   drops of water that fall from the sky
4.   antonym of “late”
5.   next after the first
6.   building where you can plays

fish / October / rain / early / second / theatre

FOREST

What can we find in the forest?

? trees, animals, ...
1����� Vocabulary
-timber (n) : wood that is ready for building, making things
-valuable (a) : worth much money
-mature (n): fully grown
-forbid (v) : ban (v) : say that someone must not do something; not let someone do something
-wipe (out) (v.) : clean the inside of something
     Checking:
a.   We bought some…………… to build a shed
b.   Water is one of Man’s most …………… resources
c.   They …………… cars from the city centre
     Questions
a.   What / forests / provide?
b.   Mature trees or young ones / should / be cut?
c.   What / many countries / have done / to protect wild-life?
d.   What / be / chiefly / a city problem?
e.   What / pollute / the air?
f.    What / some large cities / may / have to do / to wipe out smoke?

Post - reading
Grid - Form Completion
- One of Man`s most valuable resources : .........
- People should cut only...........
- To protect wild-life, many countries have passed...........
- The air is polluted by ........
- Some large cities ban cars from the city centre to ..............
Reading Comprehension - P 7 - Period 4
��Vocabulary
- mineral (n): petroleum, coal, natural gas, iron, copper, .... taken from under the ground
- immense (a) : very big
- quantity (n) : amount
- discard (v) : dispose of, throw away
- alternative (a) : another / other
- recycle (v) : put back into use
      Checking
a)   We need to find ……………… means of transport
b)   Where did they put old, …………… clothes?
c)   They had …………… difficulties.
d)   She ate a small …………… of rice
    Questions
a)    Minerals / can / be replaced?
b)    What / we / must / do / to conserve minerals?
c)    What / conservation / also / include?

Post - Reading
1.����� Completion
- Minerals taken from the Earth include : ......
- Another content of conservation is ..........
2.����� Read the text and explain the following words and phrases
a)���� Conservation (paragraph 1): ..........
b)���� Yearly rotation of crops (paragraph 2): .....
c)����� Wild-life preserve (paragraph 5): ........
d)���� Recycle (paragraph 7): ........


��3. Find out the punctuations used to indicate that the expressions above are being explained.
Answer key: dashes: - commas : , parentheses: ( )
��4. � Complete the following :
* Paragraphs 1 and 7 mention four things which make up conservation. List them.
..............................
* What is the sixth paragraph about?
? It is about ...................