Unit 6. The environment

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1) garbage dump
2) water pollution
3) spraying pesticides
4) air pollution
5) deforestation
6) dynamite fishing
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Unit 6 The Environment
Period 39 Read
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 field 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."


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New words
junk-yard ( n )
treasure ( n )
cover ( v )
foam ( n )
stream ( n )
hedge ( n )
fence ( n )
mass ( n )
điều quý giá
khối, đống
folk ( n )
người ( cách nói thông tục )
che phủ
New words
junk-yard ( n )
treasure ( n )
cover ( v )
foam ( n )
stream ( n )
hedge ( n )
fence ( n )
mass ( n )
điều quý giá
khối, đống
folk ( n )
người ( cách nói thông tục )
bãi phế thải
bọt
dòng suối
hàng rào (hàng cây tiếp nhau)
hàng rào, rào chắn
che phủ, che đậy
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 field 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."


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Now read the poem and decide the sentences below are true or false
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 field 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."
True or false ?
According to the mother, the world will end up like a second junk-yard if the
pollution goes on.
2. The mother thinks she herself pollutes the environment.
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Match each word in A to an appropriate explanation in B
junk-yard
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end up
treasure
foam
stream
hedge
folk
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7
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 previous things
reach a state of
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Answer the questions
1. According to the mother, what will happen if the pollution goes on ?
2. Who does the mother think pollute the environment ?
3. What will happen to the boy if he keeps on asking his mother such
questions ?
If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second-hand junk-yard.
The mother thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her and her son.
If the boy keeps on asking his mother such questions, his mother will take him home right away.
Answer the questions
4. Do you think the boy`s question is silly ? Is he right ?
5. What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment
unpolluted ?
6. What could you do in your school to minimize pollution ?
Homework
Homework
Complete your answers
Prepare for the next period ( Write – Unit 6)