Unit 6. The environment

welcome to English class
GRATE 9 : UNIT 6: READING
* Vocabulary :
junk yard (n) :
treasure (n) :
hedge (n) :
nonsense (n) :
foam (n) :
folk (n) :

Bãi phế thải
Kho báu
Hàng rào
điều vô nghĩa
Bọt
Người
* Pre – questions :
Who are the people in the poem ?
Where are they ?

a. The mother and her son.
b. They are in the park.
*Matching :
1.Junk yard
2.end up
3.treasure
4.foam
5.stream
6.hedge
7.folk

c. A piece of land full of rubbish
g. Reach a state of
f. Valuable or precious things
e. Mass of bubbles of air or gas
d. A flow of water
b. People
a. A row of things forming a fence
* Questions :
1.According to the mother, what will happen if the pollution goes on ?
2.Who does the mother think polluted 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 questions (lines 9-10) is silly ? Why (not) ?
5.What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted ?
1.If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second-hand junk yard.
2.The mother thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her or her son.
3.His mother will take him home right away.
4.No, because he is right . If he throws the bottles that will be polluting the woods.
5.The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for keeping the environment unpolluted.
* Discussion:
“What could you do in your school / house to minimize pollution ?”
*Home work :
Write 5 things that you have to do to keep the environment unpolluted
learn new words and the poem
*Vocabulary
junk yard (n) : B·i phÕ th¶i
treasure (n) : Kho b¸u
hedge (n) : Hµng rµo
nonsense (n) : ®iÒu v« nghÜa
foam (n) : Bät
folk (n) :Ng­êi

*Matching
1.Junk yard c. A piece of land full of rubbish
2.end up g. Reach a state of
3.treasure f. Valuable or precious things
4.foam e. Mass of bubbles of air or gas
5.stream d. A flow of water
6.hedge a. A row of things forming a fence
7.folk b. People

*Answer the questions:
1.If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second-hand junk yard.
2.The mother thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her or her son.
3.His mother will take him home right away.
4.No, because he is right . If he throws the bottles that will be polluting the woods.
5.The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for keeping the environment unpolluted.
Discussion:
“What could you do in your school / house to minimize pollution ?”

*Home work :
Write 5 things that you have to do to keep the environment unpolluted
learn new words and the poem