Unit 6. The environment

Unit 6: The Environment
Nguyen Kim Thuy

Trungvuong school, Hanoi
Unit 6: The Environment
Language Focus
1. Getting started
2. Listen and Read
4. Listen
3. Speak
6. Write
5. Read
1. Getting started
Environmental problems:
Do you know these?
garbage dump
air pollution
water pollution
deforestation
dynamite fishing
spraying pesticides
garbage dump
air pollution
water pollution
deforestation
dynamite fishing
spraying pesticides
Match these environmental problems to the pictures.
2. Listen and Read
Mr. Brown is talking to some volunteer conservationists.
“I want everyone to listen carefully, please. First of all, I’d like you to divide into three groups. Each group should take five plastic bags. Once you have filled a bag, come back to me as you will needd another. I need group one to walk along the shore. Group two should check the sand, and group three has to check among the rocks. Mr. Jones is going to collect all the bags and take them to the garbage dump. Mrs. Smith has kindly provided a picnic lunch for us, but we won’t eat until the whole area is clean. If you can’t find your place, I will help you get there with this map. Don’t worry. … uh … I’m disappointed that people have spoiled this area. However, we are here to do something about this pollution. We must all work very hard. And, if we work hard, we’ll make this beach a clean and beautiful place again. OK. Now, let’s get started.”
Từ mới
a) Match the names in column A with the tasks in column B. then write the full sentences.
1_f
2_e
3_b
4_a
5_c
6_d
b) Answer.
1. Who is the speaker?
The speaker is Mr. Brown.
2. Tho are the listeners?
They are (members of) th volunteer conserationists.
3. Where are they?
They are on the beach.
4. What are they going to do?
They are going to clean the beach.
5. What will they achieve if they work hard today?
If they work hard today, they’ll make the beach clean and beautiful.
6. Have you ever done anything similar? If yes, what did you do? Where did you do it?

7. If the pollution continues, what might happen?
Mr. Brown is the speaker
Volunteers are the listeners
3. Speak
a) Try to persuade your partner to do the following things to protect the environment. Use the expressions and the idea cues given. Follow the example.
Use banana leaves to wrap food. (plastic bags are very hard to dissolve/ save paper)
Reuse and recycle bottles and cans. (reduce garbage/ save natural resources)
Now throw trash onto the water. (keep the water clean/ polluted water can directly do harm to people’s health and kill fish)
Go to school or go to work by bike. (save energy/keep the air cleaner)
Put garbage bins around the schoolyard. (prevent lazy students from throwing trash/ keep the schoolyard clean)
Usepublic buses instead of motorbikes. (avoid traffic jams/ reduce exhaust fume/ save energy)
Example:
A: I think it would be better if we use banana leaves instead of paper or plastic bags to wrap food.
B: Why? How come?
A: Because plastic bags are very hard to dissolve, they will cause pollution. And if we use less paper, we can save trees in the forests. That’s how we can save the environment.
I think it would be better if we use banana leaves instead of paper or plastic gags to wrap food
Why? How come?
Beacause plastic bags are very hard to dissolve, they will cause pollution. And if we use less paper, we can save trees in the forests. That’s how we can save the environment.
Từ mới
b) Find possible answers to the questionaire. You can use the ideas in section a).
Questionaire
Protecting the environment
How can we …
save paper?
use fewer plastic bags?
reduce water pollution?

prevent littering?
reduc air pollution?
reduce the amount of gabage we produce?
c) Now discuss with a partner the best way to protect the environment. Take turns to try and persuade your partner into doing things you think the most practical. Use the ideas and the expressions for persuading in section a) and the answers to the questionnaire in b).
Example:
I think we should burn trash to reduce the amount of garbage we produce to protect the environment.
No, we shouldn’t do that. Burning trash will pollute the air. I think the best way to reduce garbage is to reuse and recycle things.
How can we do that? I think only the factory can.
What about collecting used paper, bottles and cans every day? It’s not difficult.
That a good idea! Let’s do that.
4. Listen
Listen to the report on how our oceans are polluted. Then complete the notes.

How the ocean is polluted
Firstly: raw sewage is pumped directly into the sea.
Secondly: ………………. dropped into the sea.
Thirdly: oil spills ………………………………………..
Next: …………………………………………………..
Finally: …………………………………………………..
garbage
Come from ships at sea
Waste material come from factories
Oil is washed from the land
5. Read
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,

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 sily ideas,
I’ll take you home right away.

Because pollution is something that other folk do,
We’re just enjoying our day.”
Từ mới
a) Match each word in A to an appropriate explanation in B.
1_c
3_f
4_e
6_a
5_d
2_g
7_b
b) Answer. The write the answers in your exercise book.

1. According to the mother, what will happen if the pollution goes on?
According to the mother, the world will end up like a second-hand junk yard
2. Who does the mother think polltue the environment?
The mother think other people are responsible for the pollution of the environment but not her or her son.
3. What will happen to the boy if he keeps on asking his mother such questions?
His mother will take him home right away.
4. Do you think the boy’s question (lines 9-10) is silly? Why (not)?
No, because he is right: If … that will be polluting the woods.
5. What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted?
The poet want us to learn that everyone is responsible for keeping the environment from pollut.
6. What could you do in tour school/ house to minimize pollution?
I’ll advice people don’t spit on the ground.
6. Write
A complaint letter has five sections
Situation
Complication
Resolution
Action
Politeness
sates the reason for writing
mentions the problem
makes a suggestion
talks about future action
ends the letter politely
a) Mr. Nhat wrote a complaint letter to the director of L&P Company in Ho Chi Minh City. The five section of the letter are not in the right order. Label each section with the appropriate letter: S,C,R,A,or,P.
26 Tran Phu Street
Ha Noi
October 9.2003
The Director
L&P Transport Company
431 Le Loi Boulevard
HCMC
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would suggest that your company should tell your drivers to clear up all the trash on the ground before leaving.
I am writing to you about the short stop of your trucks around my house on their way to the north.
I look forward to hearing from you and seeing good response from your company.
When the trucks of your company have a short break on the streets around my house, the drivers have left lots of garbage on the ground after their refreshment. When the trucks leave the place, the ground is covered with trash and a few minutes later there is smell and flies.
Yours faithfully,
Tran Vu Nhat
Từ mới
b)These days, many people begin to catch fish in the lake behind your house. What makes you worried most is they use electricity to catch fish. A lot of small fish died and floated on the water surface. Other animalssuch as frogs, toads, and even birds also died from electric shock waves. You think that local authorities should prohibit and fine heavily anyone catching fish in this way.

Now, write a letter to the head of the lacal authorities to complain about the way of catching fish in the lake behind your house. Following S C R A P format. Begin with:
Dear Mr President
I am writing to you about the problem of fish catching in the lake behind my house…
Language Focus
Adectives and adverbs
Adverb clauses of reason (as, because, since)
Adjective+ that clause
Conditional sentences: type 1
1. Change the adjectives into adverbs. Then use the adverbs to complete the sentences.
well
happily
sadly
sowly
Extremely
Use the adverbs to complete the sentences.

a) Hoa was extremely pleased that she got an A for her assignment.
b) The old man walked ...........…to the park.
c) Tuan sighed …….... When he heard that he failed the test.
d) The baby laughed ……..... As she played with her toys.
e) Mrs. Nga speaks English quite ….....
slowly
sadly
happily
well
2. Join the pairs of sentences together. Use because, as or since.
Example:
a) Ba is tired because he stayed up latewatching TV.

b) I have a broken leg as I fall over while playing basketball.
c) I’m going to be late for school because the bus is late.
d) I broke the cup since I was careless.
e) I want to go home for I feel sick.
f) I’m hungry as I haven’t eaten all day.
3. Complete the dialogues. Use the words in brackets.
a) Ba: Dad! I got mark 9 on my test!
Mr. Ha: That’s wonderful. I’m …………….(pleased/work hard)

b) Mrs. Quyen: When are you going on vacation with your family, Sally?
Mrs. Robinson: Tomorrow. I’m ……………(excited/go/Da Lat)
c) Lan: I’m ……………(sorry/break bicycle)
Tien: Don’t worry. I can fix it.
d) Liz: I forgot to tell you I was going to Lan’s place.
Mr. Robinson: I’m …………….(disappointed/not phone)
e) Miss Lien: Congratulations!
Nga: Thanks. I’m ………….(amazed/win first prize)
Mrs. Robinson: Tomorrow. I’m excited that I can go to DaLat this time.
Lan: I’m sorry that I broke your bike yesterday.
Mr. Robinson: I’m disappointed that you didn’t phone me about it.
Nga: Thanks. I’m amazed that I could win the 1st prize.
That’s wonderful. I’m pleased that you are working hard.
4. Match each half-sentence in column A with a suitable one in column B.
1_e
2_a
3_c
4_d
5_b
5. Complete the sentences.

Example:
a) If the rice paddies are polluted, …(rice plants/ die)
a) if the rice paddies are polluted, the rice plants will die.

b) If we go on littering, …(environment/ become/ seriously polluted)
c) If we plant more trees along the streets, …(we/have/ more shade and fresh air)
d) If we use much pesticide on vegetables, …(the vegetables/ become/ poisonous and inedible)
e) If we keep our environment clean, …(we/ live/ happier and healthier life)
b) If we go on littering, the environment will become seriously polluted.
c) If we plant more trees along the streets, we will have more shade and fresh air
d) If we use much pesticide on vegetables, the vegetables will become poisonous and inedible.
e) If we keep our environment clean, we will live a happier and healthier life.