Unit 16. Man and the environment

Unit 16
Man and the Environment
Activity 1

How much each?
Listen and check your answers.
some rice
a few eggs
a lot of eggs
some eggs
a little rice
a lot of rice
Activity 2
Listen and match the pictures with the right heading
some a few a little a lot of
a lot of
some
a few
some
a lot of
a little
Activity 3
Can you label them?
elephant
gorilla
snow leopard
panda
camel
python
dolphin
whale
shark

h._________________

i._________________
tiger
crocodile
rhinoceros
lion
monkey
bear
penguin
rabbit
parrot
donkey
dove
pig
snake
Activity 4
Listen and read along
The population of the world is growing.
More people need more food.
More people need more land.
We are cutting down the forests.
Farmers are burning the forests.
They need more fields.
We are destroying plants and animals.
These Asian animals are in danger.
Activity 5 Arrange and See
0. woc  ___________
1. ruitf reets  ___________
2. powl  ___________
3. dadpy flied  ___________
4. flufboa  ___________
5. dropuce  ___________
6. logrial  ___________
7. andap  ___________
8. marydrode  ___________
Activity 5 Arrange and See
0. woc  ___cow_____
1. ruitf reets  _fruit trees__
2. powl  _plow______
3. dadpy flied  _paddy field_
4. flufboa  _buffalo____
5. dropuce  _produce___
6. logrial  _gorilla_____
7. andap  _panda_____
8. marydrode  _dromedary_
Activity 6 Underline the odd ones
0. river ocean lake bottle
1. egg fruit milk house
2. monkey dolphin crocodile whale
3. rice cart fruit milk
4. camel plow field farmer
5. duck chicken cow bear
6. shark lion tiger rhinoceros
7. gorilla panda elephant cow
house
cow
shark
bear
camel
cart
monkey

Activity 7: What do they mean?

Don’t use mobile here.
You shouldn’t use mobile here.
Don’t play football here.
You shouldn’t play football here.
Throw rubbish in the dustbin.
You should throw rubbish in the dustbin.
Keep off the grass.
You shouldn’t walk on the grass.
ACTIVITY 8 Listen and complete
1) forests
2) animals
3) plants
4) water
5) trash
Answer the questions
a) Why are wild animals and plants in danger?
Because we/people are destroying the forests.
b) What is polluting the air?
Gases are polluting the air/People are polluting the air: they are burning too much coal, oil and gas.
c) Where does the pollution come from?
The pollution comes from gases and trash.
d) What is polluting the land, the rivers and the oceans?
Trash is polluting the land, rivers and oceans.
ACTIVITY 9 What we do & what we don’t
Don’t cut down the trees
Don’t pick flowers
Save water
Keep off the grass
Don’t throw trash in the country.
Collect bottles and cans
Don’t throw trash on the street.
Collect paper.
ACTIVITY 10 Complete sentences
When you don’t need a light, ___________.
When you see a dripping faucet, ________.
Don’t damage trees! _________________.
Don’t pick wild flowers! ______________.
Don’t leave your trash! _______________.
Paper, cans and bottles, ______________.
switch it off
turn it off
plant them
leave them
pick it up
collect them
ACTIVITY 11 Listen and complete
Lan: We shouldn’t leave our (1) __________.
Ba: What are we going to do?
Nga: (2) __________ it in a trash can.
Nam: There aren’t any trash can.
Lan: Then we should put it in a bag and (3) _____________.
trash
Put
take it home
ACTIVITY 12 Write the rules.
We shouldn’t leave trash.
We shouldn’t cut down/damage the trees.
We shouldn’t pick flowers.
We shouldn’t throw bottles away.
We should collect bottles.
We should save water.
We should keep off grass.
ACTIVITY 13 Listen and complete
In Vietnam, we recycle (1) _________ things. We collect waste food and feed it to pigs. We (2) _________ empty bottles and cans and recycle them. We collect waste (3) _________, scrap metal and old plastic and recycle them. Factories in Vietnam (4) _________ all these things.
many
collect
paper
use
Suggested Answers
a) In Vietnam, what do we collect and recycle?
In Vietnam, we collect and recycle many things.
b) What do we do with waste food?
We collect waste food and feed it to pigs.
c) What do factories do with waste and scrap?
Factories collect waste and scrap and recycle them.
ACTIVITY 14
Complete with should and shouldn’t.
1. You ________ drive carefully on a busy road.
2. Jack ___________smoke heavily.
3. Children _____________ eat a lot of sugar.
4. You ____________ clean your teeth at least twice a day.
5. We __________ go to the dentist’s regularly.
should
shouldn’t
shouldn’t
should
should