unit6 read

Read the poem and choose the correct answer1/ “ Save us from taking them home A.The mother wants to protect the environment.. The mother doesn’t want to take the bottles home.. The mothe

Save us !

4 Junk -yard

5.hedge 2.stream 6.deforestation

1 treasure 3 dynamite fishing

foam (n)

end up (v) = finish

folk = people (n)

lesson 3 - read Unit 6

New words :

A B

1 junk - yard

2 end up

3 treasure

4 foam

5 stream

6 hedge

7 folk

a a row of things forming a fence

b people

c a piece of land full of rubbish

d a flow of water

e mass of bubbles of air or gas

f valuable or precious things

g reach a state of/ finish

Match each word in A to an appropriate its explanation in B

1 Who are in the poem ?

2 What are they talking about ?

The mother and her son.

They are talking about the

environment/ the pollution

 The boy’s questions  Mother’s answers

-“What’s going to happen if all

the pollution goes on ? “

“If I throw the bottles , won’t

that be polluting the woods?”

“The world - end up-junk-yard The field litered- plastics and tins

The streams - covered with foam”

“ Nonsense ! That isn’t the same thing at all ”

Read the poem and choose the correct answer

1/ “ Save us from taking them home

A.The mother wants to protect the environment

B The mother doesn’t want to take the bottles home

2/ If the boy is going to start getting silly ideas

A His mother will take him home

B He will go home

3/ Pollution is something that other folk do.

A The mother thinks other people pollute the

environment

B.The mother,her son and other people pollute the

environment.

- If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second hand

junk-yard

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?

4 Do you think the boy’s question ( line 9-10 ) is silly ? Why ( not) ?

-The mother thinks other folk pollute the environment but not

her and her son

-If the boy keeps on asking such questions , his mother will take him

home right away

-No.Because he is right : if he throws the bottles that will be polluting the woods

What does the poet want

us to learn about keeping the environment

unpolluted?

The poet wants us to learn that

everyone is responsible for keeping the environment from pollution.

What could you do in your school / house to minimize pollution ?

U NIT 6 :THE ENVIRONMENT LESSON 3 : READ

1 New words :

junk-yard (n)

treasure (n)

foam (n)

hedge (n)

stream (n)

end up = (v) finish

folk (n) = people

IV Homework

1 Learn all new words and structures by heart

2 Write a paragraph of 60 – 80 words about the environmental problems in Viet nam

3 Prepare parts “Speak” and “Listen”