Unit 10. Conservation

Presented by Van Quan
Unit 10 :Conservation
Period 1 : Reading
Brainstorming
Put the suitable words related to the environmental problems into the boxes
Environmental
problems
Forest fires
floods
The extinction
Of plants and animals
erosion
pollution
Before you read
Look at the pictures and answer the questions
What can you see in the picture?
Have you ever visited a zoo or a forest?
Can you name some animals you know?
What animals are you interested in ? Why?
Do we need to protect animals and forests?
Before you read
Pre-teaching vocabulary
destroy (v)
destruction (n)
constant (a)
play an important part in….
conserve (v) / maintain (v)- protect st from harm
clean up (v) / make st clean
worsen (v) / to become worse / to make st worse
pass (v)
defense (n)

While you read
Read the paragraphs and then do the tasks that follow
Task 1. Match the word in A with a suitable definition in B
While you read
task 2: read the paragraph again and decide whether the following statements are true or false
1. Each year about fifty hundred species of plants
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
While you read
Task 3. Choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph
1. We cannot 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
After you read
Work in groups discussing the following questions
1. What is the consequence of losing forest ?
2. How important is water in our life ?
3. What should we do for the future of our planet ?
4. Why do people need to protect the environment ?
Homework
Learn by heart the new words
Summarize the main points of the text
Prepare the “ speaking part”