Teacher : Miss.S .

Rima

Unit: Waste Not , Want NOT

Sequence one: Discovering the language

Before you read

Watch the video then do the following tasks

Task one: choose the correct answer

1-The video speaks about …………………

A-Threats of the Ozone layer b-Threats of the Atomic bomb c-Threats of the Amazon
Rainforest

2-The Amazon is a tropical Rainforest situated in…

A-North America b-South Africa c-South America

Task two : watch again and answer the following questions

1-What is the main threat of the Amazon Rainforest?

2-What is deforestation?

3-Who involved in deforestation

As you read:

Read the text then do the tasks

Text:

The Amazon Forest

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world’s greatest conservation challenges. There are four
countries with areas inside the Amazon ecosystem: Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. This vast
equatorial forest is home to one fifth of the planet’s plant and animal species. Carbon stocks
equivalent to more than a decade (ten years) of global fossil fuel emissions are stored in the wood of its
trees. §01

The Amazon basic ecosystem has historically been protected from threats because of its isolation.
Access to the forest was difficult. So, resource extraction was limited to the immediate margins of its
navigable rivers. However, throughout the 1960s and the 1970s new roads were built in Amazonia by
the Brazilian government and colonization projects settled millions of people into the region. In three
decades, 15% of the forest was cleared and 4 to 5% was degraded through timber harvest. Each year,
18,000 km2 of forest trees are felled by timber companies. §02

It is not too late to think about ways to conserve the Amazon forest. Eighty percent of the forest is
still standing, but if nothing is done to stop its degradation soon, the Amazon forest will be devastated
within 20 years’ time. §03

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Task one: Are the following statements «true" or " false"?

1-The Amazon rainforest is not one of the world's greatest conservation challenges

2-Access to the Amazon rainforest was not difficult

3-This vast equatorial forest is house to one fifth of the planet's plant and animals

4-Each year; 1800 km forest trees are felled by companies

Task two p61: Read the text then answer the question

1-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2-………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3-…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Task three : Read again and find

a-Synonyms

places =………………………………… large = …………………………………

Cut down=…………………………… preserved=……………………………

b-Opposites

outside≠ …………… d estroyed≠… ………..

To continue≠…………………… Early≠ …………….

After reading

“The Amazon is the Lung of the World”

write a short paragraph about

the importance of this richness.

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