UNIT 10 : READING

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.. Plants may cause floods and eros

Wednesday, January 30 th 2008

Unit : 10 Conservation

Period 1: Reading

Unit 10 : Conservation

Environmental problems

Environmental problems

extinction Liquid pollution

Air pollution Forest fires

Before you read

• 1 Have you ever visited a zoo or a forest?

• 2 What animals are you interested in?

why?

• 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

• Look at the hand-outs

While you read

• Task 1 Match the word in A with a suitable definition in B

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 T or F

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

environment.

5 Plants may cause floods and erosion.

6 We can do nothing to save the earth.

T F

Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F

1 Each year about fifty hundred species

of plants and animals are eliminated

T F

T

Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F

2.Many kinds of plants could be used to

treat various dangerous diseases

T F

T

Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F

3 Water can be held on land by

vegetation

T F

T

Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F

4.Man is constantly doing harm to

environment

T F

T

Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F

5.Plants may cause floods and erosion T F F

Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are T or F

6 We can do nothing to save the earth T F F

Task 3: choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph

• Paragraph A

• 3 Forests give us a lot of valuable things

Task 3: choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph

• Paragraph B

• 4 Vegetation can help conserve water

Task 3: choose the most suitable main idea for each paragraph

• Paragraph C

• 2 Let’s do something to save the earth

After you read

• 1 why are some species of plants and animals already being eliminated each year?

• Because of the loss of much forest

After you read

• 2.What are hydroelectric dams used for?

• They are used to hold back needed water and provide power for homes and

industries

After you read

• 3 what is the consequence of losing

forest?

• We wouldn’t be used to use many plants to treat various dangerous diseases Animals wouldn’t have a place to live in

And the plants are destroyed the water would run off, which cause floods and erosion

4.How important is water in our

5 What should we do for the future

of our planet?

• We should stop polluting the environment and destroying plants and animals in it

while scientists search for solutions

• We should pass laws in nature’s defence

Thank you for your

attendance