Bài giảng unit 6- Read

New words:UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT Period 45: Lesson 4: Read + Language focus 3 - Junk yard: garbage dump: - Treasures n/pl: - Foam n: - Stream n: - Hedge n: The place where useless or wa

CHAVAL- ZUOIH SECONDARY SCHOOL

L I T T E R A D G U

litter,

pollution,

reuse, raw

sewage

garbage,

reduce,

nonsense

trash,

recycle,

collect

G A R B A G E

R E D U C E

N O N S E N S

T R

A S

H

R E

C Y

C L

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1 New words:

UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT Period 45: Lesson 4: Read + Language focus 3

- Junk yard: garbage dump:

- Treasures (n/pl):

- Foam (n):

- Stream (n):

- Hedge (n):

The place where useless or waste things are kept

The place where useless or waste things are kept

Highly valued objects

A mass of very small air bubbles

on the surface of a liquid

A small narrow river

A row of bushes or small trees along the edge of a yard/

garden/ field

A row of bushes or small trees along the edge of a yard/

garden/ field

Bãi rác, đống rác

Đồ quí giá, kho báu Bọt

Khe, suối

Bờ rào, bờ giậu

Guiding questions:

1 What are the mother and her child doing?

2 Who has better awareness of protecting the environment?

They are spending/ enjoying their day in the woods.

The child does

2 Matching: (a) P 51

Match each word in A to an appropriate explanation in 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 of state of

Read this poem about the environment

“Mummy, oh Mummy, what’s going to happen

If all the pollution goes on?”

“Well the world will end up like a second-hand junk-yard With all of its treasures quite gone.

The fields will be littered with plastics and tins

The streams will be covered with foam.

Now throw those soda bottles over the hedge,

Save us from taking them home.”

“But Mummy, oh Mummy, if I throw the bottles,

Read this poem about the environment

Won’t that be polluting the woods?”

“Nonsense! That isn’t the same thing at all, You just keep quiet and be good.

If you’re going to start getting silly ideas, I’ll take you home right away.

Because pollution is something that other folk do, We’re just enjoying our day.”

3 Comprehension questions:

1 2

3

4 5 6

7

8

9

1 According to the mother, what will happen if the

pollution goes on?

If the pollution goes on, the world will end up

like a second-hand junk-yard.

You’re very lucky! Give you 20 points

You’re very lucky!

3 Who does the mother think pollute the

environment?

The mother thinks other folk/ people pollute the environment but not her or her child.

4 What will happen to the boy if he keeps on

asking his mother such questions?

His mother will take him home right away.

6 Do you think the boy’s question is silly?

Why (not)?

No Because if he throws the bottles, that will be polluting the woods.

“But Mummy, oh Mummy, if I throw the bottles, Won’t that be polluting the woods?”

7 What does the poet want us to learn about

keeping the environment unpolluted?

The poet wants us to learn that everyone is

responsible for protecting our environment from pollution.

8 What could you do in your school/ house to

minimize pollution? (in Vietnamese)

3 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:

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

2 The mother thinks other folk/ people pollute the

environment but not her or her child

3 His mother will take home right away

4 No Because if he throws the bottles, that will be

polluting the woods

5 The poet wants us to learn that everyone is

responsible for protecting our environment from

pollution