Unit 9 Preserving the Environment Lesson 5 Listening

Names of environmental degradation actions.

- hunting animals
- catching sea animals with explosives
- dumping the trash
- burning forests and cutting down
forests
causing floods


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


New word
- natural disaster(n) /'nætʃrəl di'zɑ:stə/: thảm họa thiên nhiên.
- degrade (adj) /di'greid/: lower in quality bị xuống cấp
- resulted /rɪˈzʌlt/: caused an outcome gây ra 1 kết quả
- appropriate (adj) /ə'prouprieit/: thích hợp
- erosion (n) /i'rouʤn/: condition in which earth’s surface is worn away by the
action of water and wind sự xói mịn

- sewage (n) /'sju:idʤ/: waste matter from home, carried away in a system of pipes
chất thải, nước cống.
- civilization (n) /,sivilai'zeiʃn/: nền văn minh
- aquatic /ə'kwætik/ (adj): of water or living in water dưới nước
- mass media (n) /mỉs 'mi:diə/: phương tiện thơng tin đại
chúng of something sự nhận
- awareness /əˈweənis/ (n): knowledge
- extinct (adj) /iks'tiɳkt/: tuyệt chủng - extinction (n) thức
/iks'tiɳkʃn/ sự tuyệt chủng


Activity 4: Complete the sentences with one or two words from the
talk.
1. The natural environment has been seriously (v)
_______
affected 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 (np/ n)
_______
.
global
warming
3. Deforestation for land use has affected the (n)_______
ecosystem 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
problems
various (n/ np) health
_______.

5. We should (v)________
control the burning of fossil fuels, and encourage
forestation to replace deforestation.
(n) friendly materials to protect the environment
6. People should make _______
for the next generation.


Activity 5: Answers the questions.
1. What is the definition of environment in the talk?

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

2. What has led to air pollution?

 The burning of fossil fuel by factories and motor vehicles.

3. What has led to soil pollution?

 The use of harmful chemicals in agriculture

4. What has deforestation caused?

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

5. What should we do to reduce water pollution?

 We should dump harmful rubbish and chemicals at appropriate places.
6. What should we do to preserve the forests?

 We should replace deforestation with forestation.

7. What should people do to preserve the environment for the next
generation?  We should make every effort to preserve the
.

environment for the next generation.