WARM - UP
1. What does the video tell you?
2. Name some green activities in it and their benefits?
3. What activities do often do to protect environment?
Answer:
1. It tell about some activities to protect environment
2. Carpooling, riding or using public transportation, turning off the lights, water when not in use, taking short showers and recycling. These activities help to reduce pollution and conserve energy…
PERIOD 22
UNIT 3: THE GREEN MOVEMENT
LESSON 4: SPEAKING
Aims: Discuss lifestyle choices and decide if they are environmentally friendly or not.
Topic: How green are you?
1. Work in pairs:
Put the following lifestyle choices in the appropriate box.
1. Set your printer’s default to one-sided printing.
2. Walk whenever and wherever possible.
3. Turn off your electric appliances when you do not use them.
4. Ask your parents to buy you a motorcycle for convenient traveling.
5. Take short showers instead of long bath.
6. Ask your parents to get you a new mobile phone immediately after the latest model comes out.
7. Turn off your computer or put it on sleep mode when you do not use it.
8. Start growing an organic vegetable garden.
9. Clean surfaces with natural products like lemon juice and olive oil.
10. Take part in deforestation and hunting activities.

1. Set your printer’s default to one-sided printing.
(v) cài đặt, để
(v, n) mặc định
2. Walk whenever and wherever possible.
3. Turn off your electric appliances when you do not use them.
thiết bị điện
4. Ask your parents to buy you a motorcycle for convenient traveling.
Take short showers instead of long bath.
6. Ask your parents to get you a new mobile phone immediately after the latest model comes out.

ra, phát hành
7. Turn off your computer or put it on sleep mode when you do not use it.

8. Start growing an organic vegetable garden.
(a) hữu cơ
9. Clean surfaces with natural products like lemon juice and olive oil.

10. Take part in deforestation and hunting activities.

deforestation
hunting activities
Set (v) cài đặt, để
Default [dɪ`fɔːlt] (v, n) mặc định
Electric appliances [ə`plaɪəns]: thiết bị điện
Come out: ra, phát hành
Organic /ɔr`gænɪk/ (a) hữu cơ
VOCABULARY:
Set your printer’s default to one-sided
printing.
2. Walk whenever and wherever possible
3. Turn off your electric appliances when you do not use them.
4. Ask your parents to buy you a motorcycle
for convenient traveling.
5. Take short showers instead of long bath.
6. Ask your parents to get you a new mobile phone.
7. Turn off your computer or put it on sleep
mode when you do not use it.
8. Start growing an organic vegetable
garden
9. Clean surfaces with natural products
like lemon juice and olive oil.
10. Take part in deforestation and hunting activities.
2. Work in pairs. Complete the conversation using the lifestyle choices in 1 and the reasons in the box.
REASONS FOR CHOOSING GREEN ACTIVITIES AND AVOIDING ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY ACTIVITIES
Avoid wasting paper
Try to reduce harm to the environment
Save electricity, water and other non-renewable energy resources
Reduce traffic congestion and air pollution
Avoid using too many chemicals and pesticides on food.
Avoid using too many chemicals in cleaning to protect the environment
Kevin: Mai, what do you think are green activities at home?
Mai: I’m no expert, but I think that we should ________.
Kevin: Why should we do that?
Mai: Well, the main purpose of doing that is _________.
Kevin: I totally agree with you and I think we shouldn’t ask your parents to _____________ since it is environmentally unfriendly. Just let me explain. Avoid using these vehicles will _________.
Mai: Yes, I totally agree with you. I think everybody should be better aware of green lifestyle that help protect the environment.
avoid wasting paper
buy a motorcycle
take short showers instead of long bath.
reduce traffic congestion and air pollution
3. Work in groups of four. Think of a green activity and discuss how it will benefit the environment. Compare your activity with other groups.
help lessen your carbon footprint
no air pollution
no nonrenewable fuels burned
reducing the parking problem
solve the traffic congestion
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