Unit 6. The environment

Unit 6
THE ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 4: Read
1, Do you like poetry?
2, Which poetry do you like best?
3, Name some poems that are your favorite?
4, Do you think it is easy understand a poem?
5, Have you ever read an English poem? Do you understand it ? Do you like it ?
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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Unit 6
THE ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 3: Read
I. NEW WORDS
- junk-yard ( n ):
- treasure ( n ):
- foam ( n ):
- stream ( n ):
- hedge ( n ):
- mass ( n ):
quí giá, châu báu
khối, đống
- folk ( n ):
người (cách nói thông tục)
bãi phế thải
bọt
dòng suối
hàng rào, rào chắn
- end up (v) = finish :
- nonsense( n ):
II. Grammar:
The conditional sentences type1
1.Form:
If + S + V(present) , S + will + V ( inf )
2. Ex: If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second hand junk yard.
3:Usage :
- sự kiện có thể xảy ra ở tương lai
2. True/ False prediction:
1.There are three people in the poem.
2. According to the mother, the world will end up like a second- hand junk-yard if the pollution goes on.
3. The mother thinks she herself pollutes the environment.
4. Save us from taking soda bottles home.
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Read this poem about the environment
MUMMY, OH MUMMY
"Mummy, oh Mummy, what`s going to happen
If all the pollution goes on ?"
"Well the world will end up like a second-hand junk-yard,
With all of its treasures quite gone.
5. The fields will be littered with plastics and tins,
The streams will be covered with foam.
Now throw those soda bottles over the hedge,
Save us from taking them home."
"But Mummy, oh Mummy, if I throw the bottles,
10. Won`t that be polluting the woods ?"
"Nonsense ! That isn`t the same thing at all,
You just keep quiet and be good.
If you`re going to start getting silly ideas,
I`ll take you home right away.
15. Because pollution is something that other folk do,
We`re just enjoying our day."
3. Exercises: a) Match each word in A to an appropriate explanation in B.
1. junk-yard
2. end up
3. treasure
4. foam
5. stream
6. hedge
7. folk
b) people
c) a piece of land full of rubbish
d) a flow of water
f) valuable or previous things
g) reach a state of
a) a row of things forming a fence
e) mass of bubbles of air or gas
Answer: 1 c; 2 g; 3 f; 4 e; 5 d; 6a; 7 b
- If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second-hand junk-yard.

1. According to the mother, what will happen if the pollution goes on ?
2. Who does the mother think pollute the environment ?
3. What will happen to the boy if he keeps on asking his mother such questions?



4. Do you think the boy’s question ( line 9-10 ) is silly ? Why ( not) ?

The mother thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her and her son.
If the boy keeps on asking such questions, his mother will take him home right away.
- No. Because he is right: if he throws the bottles that will be polluting the woods.
3. Exercises: b) Answer
5) What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted?



→The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for keeping the environment from pollution.
6) What could you do in your school / house to minimize pollution ?
- Pick up the garbage and throw it into a garbage bin.
Should not litter on the ground.
Keep school/ house always clean and beautiful.
CONSOLIDATION: Choose the correct answer.
1/ “Save us from taking them home
A. The mother wants to protect the environment.
B. The mother doesn’t want to take the bottles home.
2/ If the boy is going to start getting silly ideas,….
A. His mother will take him home.
B. He will go home.
3/ Pollution is something that other folk do.
A. The mother thinks other people pollute the environment.
B.The mother, her son and other people pollute the environment.

HOMEWORK
Learn new words and read the poem.
Answer 6 questions again- page 51.
Prepare for the next period ( Write - Unit 6).
THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
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GOOD BYE!