Environmental problems and their solutions

The plan of the lesson  Learn the results of the interview  Discuss the quotations  Sing “Earth song”  Work with topical vocabulary  Check home work  Watch and discuss the video  Read and work with the text

QUOTATIONS   When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves. David Orr   Take care of the earth and she will take care of you. Author Unknown   The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing. Loudon Wainwright   In an underdeveloped country, don't drink the water; in a developed country, don't breathe the air. Changing Times magazine   Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals "love" them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. Edwin Way Teale

Vocabulary work 1 acid rain 2 drought 3 extinct 4 landfills 5 ozone holes 6 deforestation 7 pesticides 8 smog 9 recycle

“Earth song”  What problems are described in this song? problems

Checking up homework   What are the planet problems?   What should be done to cope with these problems?

Watching  What are alternative sources of energy?  What are the biggest investors in renewable energy?  What do people have to do to help our environment (according to the video)?

New vocabulary   on a human scale – в масштабах людства;   drill – свердлити;   the swell – поверхня моря;   to release – випускати;   to absorb – поглинати   geo-thermal - геотермальний

Watching  What are alternative sources of energy?  What are the biggest investors in renewable energy?  What do people have to do to help our environment (according to the video)?

Reading New vocabulary  virtue – чеснота  to be leaky – протікати  CFL bulbs (compact fluorescent lamp) – енергозберігаючі лампочки  curfew time – комендантська година  to honk – сигнал автомобіля

  Take nothing but pictures.   Leave nothing but footprints.   Kill nothing but time.