ENVIRONMENT. ECOLOGY.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
LEAD-IN: WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
HAPPENING IN THIS PICTURE?
 SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY

• To breathe - to move air into and out of the lungs

We need to breathe clean air in order to stay healthy.
• Lung - organ in the chest with which people and some animals breathe
• To plant - to put a plant into the ground
I want to plant a tree in my garden.
• Forest: a large area of land covered with trees and underbrush
• Deforestation: the process of cutting down and clearing away forests
The trees are being cut down, causing deforestation.
• To cut down
1) to do or use less of something ( to reduce)
I'm trying to cut down on caffeine.
2) to make a tree or other plant fall to the ground by cutting it near the bottom
They are cutting down forests to clear land.
THINK AND SHARE: WHAT ARE THE
BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS?
 VOCABULARY

• Global warming - a gradual increase in world temperatures

(жаһандық жылыну)
 TO GO UP (TO RISE)

• to move higher, rise, or increase
• Example: Deforestation can lead to an increase in temperature, which can harm
plants.
POLAR ICE CAP
 TO MELT

• to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or

to cause something to do this
• The snow usually melts by mid March.
 FLOOD

• to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way

that causes problems (су тасқыны, су басу)
• Our washing machine broke down yesterday and flooded the kitchen.
 TO DISAPPEAR

If people or things disappear, they

go somewhere where they cannot be seen or found
• I can't find my keys anywhere -
they've completely disappeared.
• Many people disappeared in the storm.
 WEATHER PATTERN (АУА РАЙЫ
ЖАҒДАЙЛАРЫ)

• Weather patterns have changed in recent years.

 DROUGHT (ҚҰРҒАҚШЫЛЫҚ)

• This year drought has ruined the crops.(егін)

 TO STARVE (АШЫҒУ)

• If you don't eat breakfast, you may start to feel hungry and eventually starve.
 PRE-READING: MOTHER EARTH(ON
THIN ICE)

• How can the pictures be related to the text?

POST-READING: EX: 4, P 101
GROUP WORK: WRITE A LETTER FROM
MOTHER EARTH TO US
REVISION
 SPEAKING

•Can you talk about the environment

and environmental problems in
English?
 HOME ASSIGNMENT

1.Air pollution, deforestation, ocean

pollution, climate change, or animal
extinction.
2.Do research on the chosen topic.
3.Design a poster