Unit 6. The environment

ENGLISH 9 – UNIT 6
Period 38:
(a) junk-yard :
bãi phế thải
(a) treasure :
kho báu
(a) stream :
dòng suối
foam (n) :
bọt
(a) hedge:
hàng rào
nonsense (n) :
lời nói vô lý, dại dột
VOCABULARY
(a) junk-yard
(a) treasure
(a) stream
foam
(a) hedge
nonsense
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5
1
2
3
6
Checking Vocabulary
3. The boy wants to throw the soda bottles away.
The mother and her son are in the park.
2. The boy isn’t interested in the problems of pollution.
4. His mother thinks she isn’t responsible for keeping the environment from pollution.
“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 silly ideas,
I’ll take you home right away.
Because pollution is something that other folk do,
We’re just enjoying our day.”
1. The mother and her son are in the park.
2. The boy isn’t interested in the problems of pollution.
3. The boy wants to throw the soda bottles away.
4. His mother thinks she isn’t responsible for keeping the environment from pollution.
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
is
doesn’t want
HEDGE
FOLK
JUNK-YARD
STREAM
FOAM
TREASURE
END UP
A row of things forming a fence
2. People
3. A piece of land full of rubbish
4. A flow of water
5. Mass of bubbles of air or gas
6. Valuable or precious things
7. Reach a state of
You have 2 extra points!
You have 2 extra points!
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.
Who does the mother think pollute
the environment?
The mother thinks other folk pollute
the environment but not her and her son.
What will happen to the boy if he keeps on
asking his mother such questions?
If the boy keeps on asking such questions,
his mother will take him home right away.
Do you think the boy’s question (line 9-10)
is silly? Why (not)?
No. Because he is right: if he throws the bottles, that will be polluting the world.
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.
You have 2 extra points!
You have 2 extra points!
What should / shouldn’t we do
to protect our environment?
1. Write about what you should or shouldn’t do to protect the environment into your notebooks.
2. Learn the vocabulary.
3. Learn by heart the poem