Unit 10. Conservation

UNIT 10 CONSERVATION
READING
NEW WORDS
- to destroy (v):
e.g: the sixth storm destroyed many houses in
Da Nang city.
- destruction (n)
- to conserve (v): to protect something and
prevent it from being changed or
destroyed.
- conservation (n)
- to threaten (v): to make somebody scare.

To pollute: to make something dirty.
Task 1 Match the words in A with a suitable definition in B
KEY: 1-c 2-a 3-d 4-b
1.eliminate
2.circulation
3.run off
4.hydroelectric
a. the movement of something around a closed system..
b. concerning or producing electricity by the power of falling water.
c. remove or get rid of completely.
d. liquid which flows of or from (something).



TASK 2
Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Each year about fifty hundred species of plants and animals are eliminated.
2. Many kinds of plants could be used to treat various dangerous diseases.
3. Water can be held on land by vegetation.
4. Man is constantly doing harm to the environment.
5. Plants may cause floods and erosion.
6. We can do nothing to save the earth.
T F
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T
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T
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F
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F
TASK 3
Choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph.
KEY: A-3 B-4 C-2
1. We can not live without water.
2. Let’s do something to save the earth.
3. Forests give us a lot of valuable things.
4. Vegetation can help conserve water.