Forest fires

Forest clear-cutting (deforestation)

floods
Liquid waste from a factory
Killing elephants (from poachers)
Air pollution from industry
Oil tanker spill
 What do the
pictures make you
think of?
 Forest fires

Air pollution

Environmental problems

Liquid pollution

extinction
UNIT 10: Conservation
Lesson 1: Reading
 I- Before you read
1. Have you ever visited a zoo or a forest?
2. What animals are you interested in?
why?
=> I’m interested in wild animals such tigers,
elephant…because these animals are at rick
being extinct.
3. Do you need to protect animals and
forests?
=> Yes, we have to protect animals and forests
because they are a part of our Earth.
 Vocabulary:
+ conservation (n) [ ,kɔnsə:'vei∫n ] sự bảo tồn
conserve (v) [ kən'sə:v ]
bảo tồn
+ destruction (n) [ dis'trʌk∫n ] sự tàn phá
+ dam (n) [ dæm ]
đập (ngăn nước)
 A hydroelectric dam [ ,haidrou i'lektrik ]
đập thuỷ điện
+ circulation (n) [,sə:kju'lei∫n ] sự lưu thông
[ 'rʌn'ɔ:f ]
+ run-off (n) sự tháo chảy
[ i'rouʒn ]
+ erosion (n) sự xói mòn
[ di'fens ]
+ defence (n) sự bảo vệ

+ to play an important part in sth

II- While you read
Let’s read
 TASK1:
Matching the word in A with a suitable
definition in B

A B
1. eliminate. a. the movement of something
[ i'limineit ] around a closed system.
2. circulation
b. concerning or producing
3. run-off electricity by the power of
4. hydroelectric falling water
c. remove or get rid of completely
d. liquid which flows off or from
(something)
 TASK 2
Decide whether the following statements are true
(T) or false (F):
1) Each year about fifty hundred species of
plants and animals are eliminated (line 2) T
2) Many kinds of plants could be used to treat
various dangerous diseases: cancer, AIDS,…
T
(lines 3-5)
3) Water can be held on land by vegetation T
(lines 11-12)
4)Man is constantly doing harm to the environment T
(lines 15-16)
5. Without plants, most water would run off as it falls. Rapid
5)Plants may cause floods and erosion
run-off would causes floods F
(lines 11-12)
6. We can stop worsing the problem while scientists search
6) We can do nothing to save the earth
for answers, and laws are passed in nature’s defense F
(lines 20-21)
 TASK 3:
Choose the most suitable main
idea for each paragraph.

1. We cannot live without water.

2. Let’s do something to save the earth.
3. Forests give us a lot of valuable things.
4. Vegetation can help conserve water.
III- After you read
Answer the following questions:

1) What is the consequence of

losing forest?

2) How important is water in our

life?

3) What should we do for the

future of our planet?
 Suggested answers:
1) What is the consequence of losing forest?
It is destroying earth’s plant and
animals variety
2) How important is water in our life?

Man and most animals need a

constant supply of water to live. Farmers
need water for their crops.
 3) What should we do for the future of our
planet?
- We can stop worsening the problem while
scientists search for answers, and laws are
passes in nature’s defence
- We should stop the disappearance of
plants and animals
- We should not use pesticide, herbicide
and fertilizers.
- We should place rubbish and plastic
bags in proper dustbins
- We should use water sparingly and do
not pollute it
Homework
• Learn by heart all
the new words
• Do the exercises
in work book
• Prepare the next
lesson