Unit 11 - Listening

Teacher: Tran Thi Ngoc Bich.

Pre listening task:
List some of the things using energy in
your house:
Lights Fan
Television Fridge
Cooker Computer
Brainstorming
Radio
etc…..

Check- up
Where is
energy from?
Fossil fuels
Hydroelectricity
Nuclear power
Geothermal heat
Solar
energy
Water power
Wind power
Wave power


Listen and repeat
ecologist (n)
fossil fuel (n)
resources (n)

unlimited (a)
renewable (a)
fertilize (v)
=nhà sinh thái học
=nhiên liệu hóa thạch
=tài nguyên
=không giới hạn
=có thể tái tạo
=làm phì nhiêu

Task 1: Listen to the passage decide whether
the statements are True (T) or False (F):
1. The natural environment consists of all natural
resources.
2. Ecology is the study of human beings and animals.
3. If the resource can be burnt quickly , it is called
renewable.
4. Grass for animals is a renewable resource.
5. According to the passage, coal is nonrenewable
because it takes billions of years to make it.

F
replaced quickly
T
F
millions
While listening task:
T
human beings and their
environment

F

While Listening task
Task 2: Listen to the last part of the talk again
then fill in the blanks with the words from the box:
Solar energy, air and water are renewable resources because
there is (1) _______ supply. However, this definition may be
changed, if people are not careful with these resources. The
amount of solar energy that reaches the Earth depends on the (2)
_______ . If the atmosphere is polluted, the solar
energy that reaches the earth (3)________ be dangerous. If life
is going to continue, the air must contain the correct amount of
nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), Carbon dioxide (CO
2
), and other (4)
______ . If humans continue to pollute the air , it will not
contain the correct (5) ________ of these gases.
atmosphere amount gases contain
polluted unlimited may
unlimited
atmosphere
may
gases
amount
Right, very good

Task1:Which group do these
sources of energy belong to?
Put a tick () in the right column
Sources of energy Renewable Nonrenewable

1. Coal



2. Geothermal heat
3. Petroleum
4. Solar energy
5. Oil
6. Wind energy
7. Gas
8. Hydroelectricity
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Work in groups
of 4 to do the
task below:
Post Listening task
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

x
x
Right, very good