Unit 7 Saving energy

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Unit 7 SAVING ENERGY

Lesson 1:Getting started + Listen and read

6 Must we pay for water and electricity we use in our home?

Questions:

1.Is the TV on?

2 Who is watching TV?

3 Is the light still burning?

4 Have the faucets been turned off?

5 Should we turn the TV off ?

So what should we do to save energy? Let’s study Unit 7 Saving energy.

Lesson 1: Getting started+ Listen and read.

A lot of energy is being wasted.

UNIT 7: SAVING ENERGYLesson 1:Getting started + Listen and read

- Turn off the faucets

- Turn off the TV or the stereo when

no one is watching it or listening to it

- Don’t turn on the stereo and the TV

at the same time

- Turn off the lights if it isn’t

How much money does your family pay for water every month?

II LISTEN AND READ

1.New words:

It is a water bill

It is a water bill

500.000d

My water bill is 500.000d It is enormous

It is a water bill.

It is my recent water bill.

dripping faucet

crack

a I suggest taking

showers.

S + suggest + V_ing

3.Use: To give advice / to make

Give the correct form of the verbs:

1 I suggest ( have) …… dinner at 6.30 having

2 I suggest you should ( help) ……… your parents after school

help

Mrs Mi Mrs Ha

Mrs Ha is taking with her neighbor, Mrs Mi about her recent water bill How much did she pay for it, let’s listen to the tape.

What’s the matter, Mrs Ha?

I’m worried about my most recent water bill It’s enormous.

Let me see 200,000 dong! You should reduce the amount of water your family uses.

I see Thank you

1 Mrs Ha is worried about her water

bill

2 Mrs Mi gives Mrs Ha advice on

how to save water.

3 Mrs Ha has checked the

pipes in her house and found no

showers to save water.

3 Mrs Ha hasn’t checked the

pipes in her house.

1.What is Mrs Ha worried about ?

-She is worried about her most recent water bill.

2.How much money did Mrs Ha pay for her water bill?

- She paid 200.000 dong

- She advises her to get a plumber to check her water pipes and to reduce the amount of water

by taking showers and turning off the faucets

after using.

3.What does Mrs Mi advise Mrs Ha to do ?

-A dripping faucet can waste 500 litters of water a month.

4 How much water can a dripping faucet waste

a month ?

*Answer the questions :

Mrs Ha is worried about her water bill because it is (1) Mrs Mi

(2) that Mrs Ha should (3) the amount of water her family uses by

doing three things Firstly, Mrs Ha should get a (4) to check if there are any

(5) in the pipes Secondly, she

should take (6) instead of baths Finally, she should remember to turn off the (7)

enormous suggests reduce

1.What do you do to save energy at school ?

2 What do you do to save energy at home?

Questions:

- Turn off the fans when it is not necessary

- Turn off the lights when it is not necessary

- Turn off the TV after using

- Turn off the faucets after using

- Turn off the fans, the lights when it is not necessary

- Turn off the TV, the faucets after using

- Saving energy in the kitchen

- Keep the refrigerator door closed

- Prepare food carefully before turning on the stove

- Reduce the amount of water we use

- Using solar energy

- …

Choose the best answer:

1.I suggest that we should ……… energy-saving bulbs

to save electricity

a using b to use c use d usedc use

2.We must ……… the amount of water our family uses every day

a reduce b cut down c waste d recycle

a reduce

3.Nam suggests ………… for a walk

a go b going c goes d wentb going

4.Before leaving the room, remember to…all the lights

a turn on b turning on c turn off d turning offc turn off

5.I suggest …… the pipes

a check b checked c checks d checkingd checking

6 He suggests that we should …… the doors and

windows to save energy

a open b opening c opened d opens

a open

Find and correct the mistakes:

1.Mrs Mi suggests take showers take -> taking

2 My teacher suggests that we should saving water

saving -> save

3 They suggest to use banana leaves to wrap food

to use -> use

4.If there is no one in the room, do not turning

on the TV set  turning -> turn

5.I suggest keep the refrigerator door closed

 Keep -> keeping

6 It is important saving energy

 saving -> to save

1 Mrs Ha is worried about her water bill

2 Mrs Mi gives Mrs Ha advice on how

to save water.

3 Mrs Ha has checked the pipes in

her house and found no cracks.

4 Mrs Ha suggests getting some

tool to check cracks in the pipes.

5 Mrs Mi suggests taking

showers to save water.

True / False statements Correct false statements:

T T

T

F F

3 Mrs Ha will have a plumber check

the pipes in her house to see whether

there are cracks or not.

4.Mrs Mi suggests getting a plumber

to make sure there are no cracks in

the pipes.