UNIT 10 : READING

Wednesday, January 30th 2008
Unit : 10
Conservation
Period 1: Reading

Unit 10 : Conservation
Environmental problems
Environmental problems
extinction
Liquid pollution
Air pollution
Forest fires
Before you read
1. Have you ever visited a zoo or a forest?
2. What animals are you interested in? why?
3. Do you need to protect animals and forests?
Yes, we have to protect animals and forests because they are a part of our Earth.
vocabulary
Look at the hand-outs

While you read
Task 1. Match the word in A with a suitable definition in B

Question
5
statement
1-task 2
Lucky
animal
Paragraph
A
Question
2
paragraph
B
statement
2-task 2
Question
4
Statement
3-T2
Question
1
Paragraph
C
Lucky
animal
Statement
6- T2
Statement
4- T2
Statement
5- T2
While-reading
Game : Lucky animals
Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F
Each year about fifty hundred species of plants and animals are eliminated
Many kinds of plants could be used to treat various dangerous diseases.
Water can be held on land by vegetation.
Man is constantly doing harm to environment.
Plants may cause floods and erosion.
We can do nothing to save the earth.

T
F
Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F
Each year about fifty hundred species of plants and animals are eliminated
T
F
T
Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F
2.Many kinds of plants could be used to treat various dangerous diseases.
T
F
T
Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F

3. Water can be held on land by vegetation.
T
F
T
Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F
4.Man is constantly doing harm to environment.
T
F
T
Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F
5.Plants may cause floods and erosion.
T
F
F
Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F
6. We can do nothing to save the earth.

T
F
F
Task 3: choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph
Paragraph A
3. Forests give us a lot of valuable things
Task 3: choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph
Paragraph B
4. Vegetation can help conserve water
Task 3: choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph
Paragraph C
2. Let’s do something to save the earth.
After you read
1. why are some species of plants and animals already being eliminated each year?
Because of the loss of much forest
After you read
2.What are hydroelectric dams used for?
They are used to hold back needed water and provide power for homes and industries
After you read
3. what is the consequence of losing forest?
We wouldn’t be used to use many plants to treat various dangerous diseases. Animals wouldn’t have a place to live in.
And the plants are destroyed the water would run off, which cause floods and erosion.
4.How important is water in our life?
Mankind and most f plants and animals can’t survive without water.
Farmers need water for their crops.
5. What should we do for the future of our planet?
We should stop polluting the environment and destroying plants and animals in it while scientists search for solutions.
We should pass laws in nature’s defence.
Thank you for your attendance