read - unit 6

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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 ?

1 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.

T F

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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4

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6

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

( Write – Unit 6)