Unit 9 Preserving the Environment Lesson 5 Listening

Deforestation for land use has affected the n_______ ecosystem and led to the extinction of rare animals, extreme floods and land erosion.. They have changed and degraded the natural env[r]

Names of environmental degradation actions.

- hunting animals

- dumping the trash

- burning forests and cutting down

forests

causing floods

- catching sea animals with explosives

UNIT 9: PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT

Lesson 5: LISTENING

Activity 2: What is he talking about? Tick

the correct box.

Activity 3: Tick the words you hear

- natural disaster(n) /'nætʃrəl di'zɑ:stə/:

- degrade (adj) /di'greid/: lower in quality

- resulted /rɪˈzʌlt/: caused an outcome

- appropriate (adj) /ə'prouprieit/:

- erosion (n) /i'rouʤn/: condition in which earth’s surface is worn away by the

action of water and wind

- sewage (n) /'sju:idʤ/: waste matter from home, carried away in a system of pipes

- civilization (n) /,sivilai'zeiʃn/:

- aquatic /ə'kwætik/ (adj): of water or living in water

- mass media (n) /mæs 'mi:diə/:

- awareness /əˈweənis/ (n): knowledge of something

- extinct (adj) /iks'tiɳkt/: - extinction (n) /iks'tiɳkʃn/

thảm họa thiên nhiên

thích hợp

sự xói mòn

bị xuống cấp gây ra 1 kết quả

chất thải, nước cống

nền văn minh

dưới nước phương tiện thông tin đại chúng

sự nhận thức

New word

1 The natural environment has been seriously _ and degraded

by human activities through many decades

2 The burning of fossil fuels by factories and motor vehicles has led to air pollution and resulted in acid rain, greenhouse effect and

_

3 Deforestation for land use has affected the _ and led to the extinction of rare animals, extreme floods and land erosion

4 They have changed and degraded the natural environment and led to various _

5 We should the burning of fossil fuels, and encourage

forestation to replace deforestation

6 People should make _ to protect the environment for the next generation

affected

Activity 4: Complete the sentences with one or two words from the

talk.

global warming

ecosystem

health problems

control

friendly materials

(v)

(np/ n) (n)

(n/ np)

(v)

(n)

1 What is the definition of environment in the talk?

2 What has led to air pollution?

3 What has led to soil pollution?

4 What has deforestation caused?

5 What should we do to reduce water pollution?

6 What should we do to preserve the forests?

7 What should people do to preserve the environment for the next

generation?

.

 The natural world in which people, animals and plants live.

 The burning of fossil fuel by factories and motor vehicles

 The use of harmful chemicals in agriculture

 The Extreme/serious flood and soil erosion, the extinction of rare

animals

 We should dump harmful rubbish and chemicals at appropriate places

 We should replace deforestation with forestation

 We should make every effort to preserve the

environment for the next generation

Activity 5: Answers the questions.