UNIT 10 - GETTING STARTED (G8)

Welcome to our class
ENGLISH 8
Way to reduce the
amount of garbage
Make vegetable matter
into animal food
Reuse plastic bags
Use banana leaves
to wrap food/ things
Make garbage
into fertilizer
Use cloth bags
Recycle things
Reuse plastic bottles
Reuse used papers
Set the scene:
A representative from Friends of the Earth, Miss Blade, is talking to the students of Quang Trung School. Friends of the Earth shows people how to protect the environment and save natural resources.
Work in pairs to decide if the statements are true or false.
Answer key:
F.

2. T

3. F.

4. T
...an organization to help people
protect the environment and save natural resources.
We can reuse things...
Answer key:
Reduce means not buying products which are overpacked.
We can reuse things like envelopes, glass, plastice bottles and old plastice bags.
Recycle means not just throwing things away. Try and find another use for them.
We can look for information on recycling things by having a contact with an organization like Friends of the Earth, going to the local library or asking your family and friends.
We shouldn’t use plastice bags because they are very hard to dissolve.
Discussion :
How to protect our environment?
Use banana to wrap things.
Reuse and recycle bottles and cans.
Not throw trash onto the water.
Go to school or go to work by bike.
Put garbage bins around the schoolyard.
Use public buses instead of motorbikes.
HOMEWORK
Write the questions and full answers in your exercise notebooks.
Learn by heart the vocabularies.
Write out your ideas to protect our environment.

Thank you for your attendance and goodbye!