english 8 -unit 10-listen&read

Reduce means not buying products which are ……… 3.. We can reuse things like envelopes, glass and ……… and old plastic bags.. reduce recycle overpackaged plastic bottles cloth bags throw

• What are the pictures about?

• What should we do with the garbage?

• What are the pictures about?

The polluted environment.

• What should we do with the garbage?

Reduce, reuse and recycle.

Unit 10: Recycling

Lesson 1: Getting started

Listen and read (P89-90)

I Vocabulary

representative(n)

natural resources(n)

vegetable matter(n)

cloth bag (n)

fertilizer(n)

Vocabulary check

representative(n) vegetable matter (n)

recycle(v) natural resources(n)

cloth bag (n) overpackaged(adj)

fertilizer(n)

II Listening:

1 Three ways of recycling are: ………., reuse and ………

2 Reduce means not buying products which are

………

3 We can reuse things like envelopes, glass and ……… and old plastic bags.

4 We ought to use ………… instead of plastic bags.

5 Recycle means not ……… away and find ……… use

reduce recycle

overpackaged

plastic bottles cloth bags

throw another

III Reading

Ms Blake : Recycling is easy Remember: reduce, reuse and recycle

Ba: You’re right It’s not difficult to remember because all the three words

begin with the letter R Can you explain what you mean, Ms Blake?

Ms Blake: Certainly I’m pleased that you want to know more Reduce

means not buying products which are overpackaged For example, shirts and socks which have plastic and paper packaging

Hoa: I think I know what things we can reuse

Ms Blake: Can you tell the class, please?

Hoa : We can reuse things like envelopes, glass, and plastic bottles and old

plastic bags

Ms Blake: That’s right But instead of reusing plastic bags, we shouldn’t use

them at all We ought to use cloth bags

Lan : So is that what you mean by recycle?

Ms Blake: Yes, don’t just throw things away Try and find another use for

them

1 The three ‘R’ are: repeat, reuse and recycle

2 Reduce means buying overpackaged products

3 Plastic bottles, glass and envelopes can be reused

4 Miss Blake says that we should use cloth bags

instead of plastic ones.

5 Recycle means to find another use.

Activity 1: True or False

F

II.Comprehension check

F T T T

reduce

not buying

Things for 3Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle

Activity 2

Game: The winner has more correct

words

is made into compost, fertilizer.

is made into paper and shopping bags

is made into new paper

are bought for recycling are made into shoes and sandals

2 Discussion: Groupwork

What we should do and shouldn’t do to

protect the environment?

should should not

- reduce, reuse, recycle

- tell people impacts of

street

- destroy plants and wild animals

Possible solutions

-Learn by heart the vocabulary

-Write a composition about what

protect the environment.