English 10 unit 9 communication

Cutting down trees Using pesticides → soil pollution → deforestation Throwing rubbish into rivers → water pollution... Greenhouse effect, climate change and extreme floods.. Climate cha

UNIT 9:

Cutting down trees

Using pesticides → soil pollution

→ deforestation

Throwing rubbish into rivers

→ water pollution

Listen to the conservation between two people and choose the best answer to each question.

1 What environmental threats are mentioned in the

conversation?

A population B global warming C deforestation

2 What are the negative effects of the environmental problem?

A Greenhouse effect, climate change and extreme floods.

B Climate change, global warming and extreme floods.

C Polar ice melting, climate change and extreme floods.

3 What should we do to prevent the threat mentioned in the

conversation?

A Control deforestation and have appropriate forestation plans.

B Reduce the rate of water pollution and control deforestation.

C Have appropriate forestation plans and reduce the rate of

water pollution

In our daily lives, what should we do to protect our

environment?

Save water

Plant as many trees as possible

Using bicycles instead of cars

Panda - China - WWF - - World Wide Fund for Nature. World Widelife Fund.

Where does it come from?

Which oganisation supports animals in general and

pandas in particular?

What does WWF stand for?

*Set up(v):thành lập = establish

*Biology(n): sinh học

biological(adj): thuộc về sinh học

*Sustainable(adj): bền vững

*Transfer(v): chuyển dịch

*Reflect(v): phản ánh

II Culture:

Questions:

1.When was WWF set up?

2.What kind of organisation

is it?

3 Why did the organisation recognise the panda as its logo?

4 What was WWF’s mission stated in 1990s?

5 Why is WWF the world’s largest organisation?

Answers:

1 When was WWF set up?

2 What kind of

organisation is it?

3 Why did the

organisation recognise the panda as its logo?

4 What was WWF’s

mission stated in 1990s?

5 Why is WWF the

world’s largest organisation?

1 It was set up in/ In 1961

2 It’s a/ A non- government organisation

3 Because it was the only giant panda, an

endangered species, in the Western world at

the same time as the organisation is

established.

4 “ Stop the degradation of the planet’s natural

environment and build a future in which

humans live in harmony with nature, by:

-Conserving the world’s biological diversity.

-Ensuring that the use of renewable natural

resourses is sustainable.

-Promoting the reduction of pollution and

wasteful consumption.

5 It is the world’s largest independent

conservation organisation.

In pairs, make a conversation, ask and answer about WWF

WWF’s missions

• Conserve the world’s biological diversity

• Ensure the use of renewable natural resources

is sustainable

• Promote the reduction of pollution and

wasteful consumption