Unit 6. The environment

Trường THCS Cát Khánh
English 9
Lesson : Read
Read this poem about enviroment
MUMMY, OH MUMMY 
"Mummy, oh Mummy, what`s going to happen
If all the pollution goes on?"
"Well the world will end up like the 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."
a/ Match each word in A to an appropriate explanation in B
A

1. junk – yard

2. end up

3. treasure

4. foam

5. stream

6. hedge

7. folk
B

A row of things forming a fence

People

a piece of land full of rubbish

A flow of water

Mass of bubbles of air or gas

Valuable or precious things

Reach a state of
ĐÁP ÁN :
1 + c
2 + g
3 + f
4 + e
5 + d
6 + a
7 + b
b/ Answer. Then write the answers in your exercise book

According to the mother, what will happen is the pollution goes on?

Đáp án : According to the mother, if the pollution goes on, the world will end up like the second-hand junk-yard.

2. Who does the mother think pollute the environment?

Đáp án : The mother thinks man is polluting the environment he is living.

3. What will happen to the boy if he keeps on asking his mother such questions?

Đáp án : If the boy keeps on asking his mother such question, she`ll take him home right away.
4. Do you think the boy`s question (lines 9 - 10) is silly? Why (not)?

Đáp án : Yes, I think it is, because he`s polluting the woods or fields with bottles.

5. What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted?

Đáp án : The poet wants us to learn that keeping the environment unpolluted is a necessary and important thing, because it`s our living home with all of its treasure.

6. What could you do in your school/ house to minimize pollution?
Đáp án : In your school we could do something to minimize pollution by keeping it always clean and beautiful and by reducing the amount of garbage as such as we can.
THE END .
GOOD LUCK !!!