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English teachers
attending class 12A2!

GREEN LIVING

Thursday, October 17 , 2024
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Uni
t3

GREEN
LIVING

WARM-UP
is called?

plastic
pollution

Which pollution

light pollution

air pollution

noise
pollution

water pollution

soil pollution

Uni
t3

GREEN LIVING
PERIOD 18: GETTING
STARTED

Green Classroom Competition

PRESENTATIO
N

awareness (n)
/əˈweənəs/

knowledge or understanding of a
particular subject or situation

PRESENTATIO
N

decompose (v)
/diːkəmˈpəʊz/

decay or make something decay

PRESENTATIO
N

reusable (v)
/riːˈjuːzəbəl/

able to be used more than once

PRESENTATIO
N

carbon footprint
/kɑːbən ˈfʊtprɪnt/

a measurement of the amount of carbon
dioxide that human activities produce

Form

Pronunciation

1. awareness (n)

/əˈweənəs/

Meaning
knowledge or understanding of a
particular subject or situation

Vietnamese
equivalent
nhận thức

2. decompose (v) /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/ decay or make something decay

phân hủy

3. reusable
(v)

có thể tái
sử dụng

4. carbon
footprint (np)

/ˌriːˈjuːzəbəl / able to be used more than once

/kɑːbən
ˈfʊtprɪnt/

a measurement of the amount of
carbon dioxide that human
activities produce

dấu ấn
các-bon

PRACTICE
1 Listen and read.

Questions:
1. Who are the speakers?
2. What do you think they
are discussing?
Suggested answers:
1. Mai, Nam and Mark.
2. They are talking about
how to win an ecotour by
participating in a Green
Classroom Competition.

Nam (1): Hey guys, look at this notice! Our school is holding a Green Classroom Competition. The greenest
classroom will win an ecotour!
Mark (1): How exciting! But how will the classrooms be judged?
Nam (2): It says here that classrooms will be judged on the following: raising environmental awareness,
reducing our carbon footprint, and using resources efficiently.
Mai (1): I guess we should start by cleaning up our classroom more frequently and having more plants in it.
Nam (3): Yes, this is the easiest thing to do, but we also need to change our classmates' behaviour so that we
can develop eco-friendly habits in our class.
Mark (2): That sounds harder. I notice many of our classmates buy plastic water bottles every day and throw
them away after a single use.
Nam (4): Plastic takes hundreds of years to decompose, which is certainly not good for the environment.
Mai (2): Well, we can place a big jug full of drinking water in the classroom so that we can refill our reusable
bottles.
Mark (3): Good idea! Now, to reduce our carbon footprint, we should also make sure we turn off the lights
and air conditioners before leaving the classroom. Sometimes people rush out and leave them on, which is a
waste of electricity.
Mai: (3) Sure. Why don't we place some brightly coloured signs next to all doors to remind people?
Nam (5): So many good ideas already. Let's meet after school to discuss more. I hope our class wins the
ecotour!
Mark (4): That'd be fantastic!
Mai (4): Yes. Let's do our best!

PRACTICE
2 Read the conversation again and tick (✔) the green ideas
mentioned in 1. (work individually)

1. putting more plants in the classroom

✔

2. asking students to bring single-use water bottles
3. placing a big water jug in the classroom
4. leaving lights and air conditioners on when leaving
the classroom
5. placing reminders on saving electricity near doors

✔

✔

PRACTICE 3

Find words and phrases in 1 with the following meanings.
(work in pairs)

leaning
p
co
riendly
ecompose
arbon
ootprint

CONSOLIDATI
ON
1 Wrap-up

What have you learnt today?
• Some lexical items about green living
• Reading for specific information
• Verbs with prepositions/ Phrases

CONSOLIDATION (work in
groups)

Make a mind map
about ways to protect
the environment

clean up the classroom
raising
environmental
awareness

ways to
protect the
environment

using resources
efficiently

reducing our
carbon footprint

have more plants
change their classmates' behaviour
develop eco-friendly habits
place a big jug full of
drinking water
refill the reusable bottles.
turn off the lights
and air conditioners before
leaving the classroom
place some brightly
coloured signs to remind people

CONSOLIDATI
ON
2 Homework

- Learn by heart the vocabulary related to
green living
- Prepare for Unit 3: Lesson 2 – Language
(relative clauses referring to a whole
sentence; verbs with prepositions)

Watch a video

Mai (1): I guess we should start by cleaning up our
classroom more frequently and having more plants in it.

Mark (2): I notice many of our classmates buy plastic
water bottles every day and throw them away after a
single use.

Mai (2): Well, we can place a big jug full of drinking water in the
classroom so that we can refill our reusable bottles.

Mark (3): Now, to reduce our carbon footprint, we should also make
sure we turn off the lights and air conditioners before leaving the
classroom.

Mai (3): Why don't we place some brightly coloured signs next to all
doors to remind people?