Unit 10 conservation

While you read : Read the paragraphs Unit 10: Conservation... Plants may cause floods and erosion.. Rapid run-off would cause floods.. V egetation can help conserve water... After you re

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Unit 10: Conservation

Part A: Reading

II Before you read:

Unit 10: Conservation

- Variety [ və'raiəti ] ( N ): sự đa dạng

- To Conserve [kən'sə:v] ( v ) bảo tồn, duy trì

[ conservation ( n ): sự bảo tồn, sự duy trì ]

- Constant ['k nstənt] ɔ (adj): bền lòng, kiên trì

- Rapid run-off ( n ) : sự chảy tháo nước

- To run off ( v ): chảy nước

- Circulation [,sə:kju'lei∫n] (n): sự lưu thông

- Nature’s defence: bảo vệ môi trường

- Valuable ['væljuəbl] (adj): có giá trị lớn

- To eliminate [i’limineit] (v): loại trừ, th ải,

- To worsen [wə:sn] (v): trở nên tồi tệ hơn

- Dam (n): đập ngăn nước

- Defence [di’fens]: sự bảo vệ; Nature’s defence: bảo vệ thiên nhiên

- Eroson [i’rou n] (n): sự xói mòn ʤ

- Hydroelectric ['haidroui'lektrik] (adj): thuộc về thủy điện

- damage ['dæmi ] (v, n): Phá hoại, làm hư, sự phá hoại ʤ

- To concern [kəsə:n] (v): Liên quan

- Liquid [‘likwid]; (n): chất lỏng

III While you read : Read the paragraphs

Unit 10: Conservation

Task 1: Match the word in A with a suitable

definition in B – Work in pairs:

1 eliminate

2 circulation

3 run-off

4 hydroelectric

a the movement of something around a

closed system

b concerning or producing electricity

by the power of 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) – Work in groups.

1 Each year about fifty hundred species of

plants and animals are eliminated.

2 Many kinds of plants could be used to

treat various dangerous diseases.

3 Water can be held on land by vegetation.

4 Man is constantly doing harm to the

environment.

5 Plants may cause floods and erosion.

6 We can do nothing to save the earth.

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Without plants, most water would run off as soon

as it falls Rapid run-off would cause floods.

We can stop worsening the problems.

( Paragraph A - line : 2 )

( Paragraph A - line : 3, 4 )

( Paragraph B - line : 3, 4 )

( Paragraph C - line : 1, 2 )

( Paragraph B - line : 6, 7 )

( Paragraph C - line : 5, 6, 7 )

Task 3: C hoose 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 V egetation can help conserve water.

Unit 10: Conservation

IV 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?

The loss of the forest will cause destruction in the earth’s plant and animal variety.

Humans need a constant supply of water to survive.

We can stop worsening the problem, while scientists search for answers, laws are passed to help conserve natural.

* Learn by heart all new words.

* Prepare the part C: Speaking

Unit 10: Conservation

V Homework