Unit 6. The environment

CHAVAL- ZUOIH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Welcome to our class!
Class 9/1
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litter, pollution, reuse, raw sewage
garbage, reduce, nonsense
trash, recycle, collect
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UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT
Period 45: Lesson 4: Read + Language focus 3
1. New words:
UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT
Period 45: Lesson 4: Read + Language focus 3
- Junk yard: garbage dump:
- Treasures (n/pl):
- Foam (n):
- Stream (n):
- Hedge (n):
The place where useless or waste things are kept
Highly valued objects
A mass of very small air bubbles on the surface of a liquid
A small narrow river
A row of bushes or small trees along the edge of a yard/ garden/ field
- Silly (a):
Bãi rác, đống rác
Đồ quí giá, kho báu
Bọt
Khe, suối
Bờ rào, bờ giậu
Ngớ ngẩn, điên rồ
Guiding questions:
1. What are the mother and her child doing?
2. Who has better awareness of protecting the environment?
They are spending/ enjoying their day in the woods.
The child does.
2. Matching: (a) P. 51
Match each word in A to an appropriate explanation in B
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.

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,
Read this poem about the environment
MUMMY, OH MUMMY
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.

Because pollution is something that other folk do,
We’re just enjoying our day.”
3. Comprehension questions:
Lucky numbers
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According to the mother, what will happen if the pollution goes on?
If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second-hand junk-yard.
You’re very lucky!
Give you 20 points
20 points
Lucky number
You’re very lucky!
Lucky number
30 points
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30 points
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Who does the mother think pollute the environment?
The mother thinks other folk/ people pollute the environment but not her or her child.
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What will happen to the boy if he keeps on asking his mother such questions?
His mother will take him home right away.
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Do you think the boy’s question is silly? Why (not)?
No. Because if he throws the bottles, that will be polluting the woods.
“But Mummy, oh Mummy, if I throw the bottles,
Won’t that be polluting the woods?”
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What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted?
The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for protecting our environment from pollution.
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What could you do in your school/ house to minimize pollution? (in Vietnamese)
3. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1. If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second-hand junk-yard.
2. The mother thinks other folk/ people pollute the environment but not her or her child.
3. His mother will take home right away.
4. No. Because if he throws the bottles, that will be polluting the woods.
5. The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for protecting our environment from pollution.
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