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ENGLISH 12
UNIT FOUR : CONSERVATION
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-resource (n): wealth from nature
-conservation (n): the safeguarding and
preservation of natural resources so that they
can continue to be used and enjoyed
 conserve (v)
-prevention (n): Stopping something happening;
stopping someone from doing something
 prevent (v)
-waste (n): throwing away something good or
useful

-wild-life (n): animals living in natural conditions
-pollution (n): making dirty  pollute (v) make
dirty
-environment (n): all places where human lives
and animals live
-poisoning (n): causing harm or death with
dangerous chemical  poison (v): use
dangerous chemical to kill or hurt someone
-reclaiming (n): making something become good
 reclaim (v)

-irrigate (v): supply (with) water
-drain (v) : make liquid flow away; make a place
or a thing dry by letting the water run off
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a.!!!Car exhaust fumes …………………… the air
b.!!!Land needs ……………… to help crops more
productive.
c.!!!!Remember to ………………… these plants if it
doesn’t rain
d.!!!Air ………………… is a serious problem in cities.

!!! Questions
a.!!!!What / be / conservation?
b.!!!!World’s resources / can / be used up?
c.!!!!What / be / the three things which make
up conservation?
d.!!!!How /people / reclaim land? (by)

Post- Reading
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1.!!a. Conservation is ……………………… of natural
resources
b. The three things which make up
conservation are
……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………


Waste:

-waste of ……………
- ………………………
- ………………………
- ………………………
- ………………………
Pollution of
environment :
…………………………………
…………………………………
…………………
The reclaiming
of land :
-irrigating
……………………
-………………………
-………………………
2.

READING COMPREHENSION - PERIOD 2
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-rotation (n): sự luân canh  rotate (v)
-element (n): an important part of something; a
part of something (in chemistry)  chemical
element
-erosion (n) sự xói mòn
-fertilizer (n): thing added to land helps enrich
-retain (v) : giữ lại
-root (n): part of a tree or a plant that is under the
ground
-soil (n): ground, earth, land

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1.!!!!! Plants grow well in good ……………………
2.!!!!! Farmers try to prevent soil …………………
3.!!!!! They plant trees to …………………… water
4.!!!!! It is a tree with very long ………………………

Questions
1.!!!How / farmers / can / protect / their land?
2.!!!How / farmers / can / help enrich the soil?
3.!!!Farmers / can / prevent / erosion / by /
plough / up and down?
4.!!!Trees / shrubs / also / needed / preserve
land ? why?
5.!!!What / can / happen / when / all the trees /
in / a region / be cut?

Questions – Answers
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1.!!!!What do farmers do to protect their land?
(growing different crops …………)
2.!!!!Why can yearly rotation of crops help
protect land? (different elements of …)
3.!!!!Can fertilizers help enrich the soil?
4.!!!!Can people plant trees to preserve land?

READING COMPREHENSION - PERIOD 3
WARM-UP : Finding words
1.!!!animal that lives and breathes in the water

2.!!!month between September and November
3.!! drops of water that fall from the sky
4.!!!antonym of “late”
5.!!!next after the first
6.!!!building where you can plays


fish / October / rain / early / second / theatre
FOREST
What can we find in the forest?
 trees, animals, ………

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-timber (n) : wood that is ready for building,
making things
-valuable (a) : worth much money
-mature (n): fully grown
-forbid (v) : ban (v) : say that someone must not
do something; not let someone do something
-wipe (out) (v.) : clean the inside of something

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a.!! We bought some…………… to build a shed
b.!! Water is one of Man’s most ……………
resources
c.!!!They …………… cars from the city centre

!!!! Questions
a.!!!What / forests / provide?
b.!!!Mature trees or young ones / should / be

cut?
c.!!!What / many countries / have done / to
protect wild-life?
d.!!!What / be / chiefly / a city problem?
e.!!!What / pollute / the air?
f.!!!!What / some large cities / may / have to do /
to wipe out smoke?

Post - reading
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- One of Man’s most valuable resources :
………………………
- People should cut only……………………………
- To protect wild-life, many countries have
passed……………………………
- The air is polluted by ……………………
- Some large cities ban cars from the city
centre to ……………………………………

Reading Comprehension – P 7 - Period 4
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- mineral (n): petroleum, coal, natural gas, iron,
copper, ………… taken from under the ground
- immense (a) : very big
- quantity (n) : amount
- discard (v) : dispose of, throw away
- alternative (a) : another / other
- recycle (v) : put back into use

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a)!!!We need to find ……………… means of
transport
b)!!!Where did they put old, …………… clothes?
c)!!!They had …………… difficulties.
d)!!!She ate a small …………… of rice

!!! Questions
a)!!!!Minerals / can / be replaced?
b)!!!!What / we / must / do / to conserve
minerals?
c)!!!!What / conservation / also / include?

Post – Reading
1.!!!!! Completion
- Minerals taken from the Earth include : ………………
- Another content of conservation is …………………………
2.!!!!! Read the text and explain the following
words and phrases
a)!!!! Conservation (paragraph 1): …………………………
b)!!!! Yearly rotation of crops (paragraph 2): ……………
c)!!!!! Wild-life preserve (paragraph 5): ……………………
d)!!!! Recycle (paragraph 7): ……………………


!!3. Find out the punctuations used to indicate
that the expressions above are being explained.
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!!4. ! Complete the following :
* Paragraphs 1 and 7 mention four things which
make up conservation. List them.

………………………………………………………………………………
* What is the sixth paragraph about?
 It is about …………………………………………………