THCS HOANG DIEU VANG THI KIM THOA

1. Have you ev er been to a park? 2. Are there any garbage bins in the park? 3. Are all people aware of protecting the park ? 4. What do they often do ?

LESSON 3: READ Thursday, January 5 th, 2010 UNIT 6. THE ENVIRONMENT

Junk - yard

Stream

Flow

Foam

A hedge :

NEW WORDS Dòng suối Stream (n): Flow (n): Dòng chảy Foam (n): Bọt Hedge (n): Hàng rào cây xanh Bãi phế thãi, bãi rác Junk –yard (n):

A mother and her Son are having a picnic in a park. The son sees the place is polluted. He asks his mother about the problems of pollution.

True/ False statement 1.The boy is really interested in the problems of pollution. 2. He doesn’t want to make the place more polluted. 3. His mother is aware of the danger of polluted. 4. His mother thinks she should protect the environment even when she is on holiday. T T F F

Matching each word in A to an appropriate explanation in B AB 1. Junk-yard 2. end up 3. treasure 4. foam 5. stream 6. hedge 7. folk a. a row of things forming a fence. b. people c. a piece of land full of rubbish d. a flow of water e. mass of bubbles of air of gas f. valuable or precious things g. reach a state of 7 + b. 1 + c 2 + g 3 + f 4 + e 5 + d6 + a

a) According to the mother, what will happen if the pollution goes on? b) Who does the mother think pollute the environment? c) What will happen to the boy if he keeps on asking his mother such questions? d) Do you think the boy’s question ( lines 9 – 10 ) is silly? Why ( not )? e) What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted? questions

A B

What could you do in your school/ house to minimize pollution?

- Reuse things - Use leaves to wrap food instead of plastic bags. - Put garbage bins around the schoolyard. - Clean our neighborhood regularly. - Plant trees - Collect used paper for recycling - Not throw trash on to the water. SUGGESTED ANSWERS

HOMEWORK - Write the discussion on the notebook - Prepare Lesson 5. Write (P 52,53)

a) According to the mother, what will happen if the pollution goes on? If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second hand junk yard.

b) Who does the mother think pollute the environment? She thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her and her son.

c) What will happen to the boy if he keeps on asking his mother such questions? If he keeps on asking such questions, his mother will take him home right away.

d) Do you think the boy’s question (lines 9 –10) is silly? Why (not )? No, I think he is right. Because if he throws the bottles that will be polluting the woods.

e) What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted? The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for keeping the environment from pollution.