Unit 10 Reading Anh văn 10

Forest fires

Forest clear-cutting (deforestation)

floods

Liquid waste from a factory

Killing elephants (from poachers)

Air pollution from industry

Oil tanker spill

What do the
pictures make you
think of?

Air pollution
Forest fires
Liquid pollution
extinction
Environmental problems

Period 61 :
UNIT 10:
Conserva tion
Lesson 2: Reading

1. Have you ever visited a zoo or a forest?
2. What animals are you interested in?
why?
3. Do you need to protect animals and
forests?
=> Yes, we have to protect animals
and forests because they are a
part of our Earth.
I- Before you read

Vocabular y:
+ destruction (n)
+ dam (n)
 A hydroelectric dam
+ circulation (n)
+ run-off (n)
+ defence (n)
+ conservation (n)
sự bảo tồn
sự tàn phá
đập (ngăn nước)
đập thuỷ điện
sự lưu thông
sự tháo chảy
sự bảo vệ
conserve (v)
+ erosion (n)
sự xói mòn
[ di'fens ]

[ ,k nsə:'vei∫nɔ ]
[ dis'tr k∫nʌ ]
[ dæm ]
[ ,haidrou i'lektrik ]
bảo tồn
[,sə:kju'lei∫n ]
[ 'r n' :fʌ ɔ ]
[ i'rou nʒ ]
+ to play an important part in sth
[ kən'sə:v ]

II- While you read

Let’s read

Matching the word in A with a suitable
definition in B
A B
1.eliminate.
2.circulation
3.run-off
4.hydroelectric
a. the movement of something
around a closed system.
b. concerning or producing
electricity by the power of falling
c. remove or get rid of completely
d. liquid which flows off or from
(something)
TASK1:

[ i'limineit ]

Decide whether the following statements are true (T)
or false (F):
1) Each year about fifty hundred species of
plants and animals are eliminated
2) Many kinds of plants could be used to treat
various dangerous diseases: cancer, AIDS,…
3) Water can be held on land by vegetation
4)Man is constantly doing harm to the environment
5)Plants may cause floods and erosion
6) We can do nothing to save the earth
T
T
T
T
F
F
TASK 2
1) Each year about fifty hundred species of
plants and animals are eliminated
(line 2)
(lines 3-5)
(lines 11-12)
(lines 15-16)
(lines 11-12)
(lines 20-21)

TASK 3:
Choose the most suitable main

idea for each paragraph.
1. We cannot live without water.
2. Let’s do something to save the earth.
3. Forests give us a lot of valuable things.
4. Vegetation can help conserve water.

III- After you read

Answer the following questions:
1) What is the consequence of
losing forest?
2) How important is water in our
life?
3) What should we do for the
future of our planet?

Suggested answers:
1) What is the consequence of losing forest?
It is destroying earth’s plant and
animals variety
2) How important is water in our life?
Man and most animals need a
constant supply of water to live. Farmers
need water for their crops.

3) What should we do for the future of our
planet?
- We can stop worsening the problem while
scientists search for answers, and laws are
passes in nature’s defence

- We should stop the disappearance of
plants and animals
- We should not use pesticide, herbicide
and fertilizers.
- We should place rubbish and plastic
bags in proper dustbins
- We should use water sparingly and do
not pollute it

Homewo
rk
•
Learn by heart all
the new words
•
Do the exercises
in work book
•
Prepare the next
lesson