Unit 10. Conservation

Welcome all the teachers and students attending my English class lesson!
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March , 2005
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Look at the picture !
What can you see in the picture ?
Wow ! The water is very dirty !
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What can you see in the picture ?
A lot of smoke !
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Text 1+ Comprehension 1
Vocabulary and structures:
to conservation / kons’vein / (n)
conserve (v )
2. Safeguarding / ‘seifgadin/ (n) : protection
 Safeguarding (n )
 to safeguard (v)
3. preservation / prezvein / (n)
 to preserve (v)



Ex : Conservation is the safeguarding and preservation of natural resources
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4. Natural /’ nætrl / (a)
nature (n)
naturally (adv)
5. resource /ri’ss / (n)
6. prevention/ pri’venn / : (n)
to prevent (v)


Ex : We prevented him from driving too fast .

Our country is rich in our natural resources.
prevent sb/ st from doing st

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This is natural sunset
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8.forest /frist / (n)
7.waste (n) / weist/
Ex : It’s is a waste time to wait any longer .
wasteful (a )
waste ( n)
8. soil /sil/ (n)
9. wild life (n) : wild life animals
10. to be used up (v )

In the past , most people believed that the world resources would never be used up
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The soil in Duc Hoa town
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waste of rubbish
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forest fire
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Wild life animal
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11. To continue /kn’tinju:/ (v)
Continue + to – infinitive
V-ing
12. mineral /minr l /: (n)
13. fight /fit /(n) : struggle
To fight – fought – fought (v)
14. pollution /plun/ (n) : contamination
Ex: Environmental pollution is the most serious problem in the world now .
to pollute (v)
15.environment /in virnmnt/ (n)
environmental (a)


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They are fighting .
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We should keep our environment clean and green
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16. to be concerned with :
17. to reclaim /riklm /(v)

reclaimation (n)


18. to irrigate / irieit/ :to supply plant with water
Ex: They are irrigating dessert areas to make them fertile
irrigation (n)
19.desert / dezt/(n)
An important part of conservation is the reclaiming of land
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Ex: Land must be well drained for some crops
20. swamp /swomp/(n)
21. to push back
to push back the sea
22.to drain /drein/(v) to make dry
A. Make & answer the question:
.1. What is conservation ?
Conservation is the safeguarding and preservation of natural resources .


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READING : ?
Conservation is the safeguarding and preservation of natural resources , so that they can continue used up and enjoyed . In the past, most people believed that the world resources could never be used up .Today, we know that this is not true .An important part of conservation is prevention of waste - waste of forests, soil , wild-life , minerals and human lives .
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As important is the fight against pollution of our environment , in particular ,the dirtying and the poisoning of air and water .Conservation is also concerned with the reclaiming of land by irrigating desserts , draining swamps or pushing back the sea .
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* Summary vocabulary :
1. conservation (n)
2. safeguarding (n)
3. preservation (n)
4. resource (n)
5. prevention (n) 
6. waste (n)
7. forest (n)
8. wild – life (n)
9. mineral (n)
10. human life (n)
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13. pollution (n)
14. environment (n)
15. dirty (a)
16. to be concerned with
17. to reclaim (v )
18. to irrigate (v)
19. desert (n)
20. to drain (v)
21. swamp (n)
25. to push back
26. fight (v)


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2. What`s it ?
It`s a beautiful school .
3. Is it clean or dirty ?
It`s clean .
4. Do you keep your school clean ?
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5. To conserve our environment , should we go
by bike?
by bus?
by motorbike?

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6.In the past , what did most people believe ?
Most people believed that the world resources could never be used up .
7.Is the conservation concerned with the reclaiming of land ?
Yes, it is
8. In this paragraph mentions three things which make up conservation .What are they ?
the prevention of waste
the fight against pollution
the reclaiming of land
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Comprehension :

True or false

1. The world resources could never
be used up.
2. There are three things which make
up conservation.
3. The more we conserve our
environment, the more it pollutes.
4.Conservation is concerned with
the fight against pollution .
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Fill in the blank with one suitable word :
1. The safeguard and ………………
our natural resources will prevent a lot of waste .
2.We ………. the natural resources of our country .
3.In the past ,most people believed that the world ……… could never be used up.
preservation
conserve
resources


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It`s time for us to say goodbye now !
Homework and preparation :
Translate the whole text into Vietnamese .
Learn by heart vocabulary and structures .
Prepare for unit 4 – text 2 and comprehension 1
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