Warmly welcome
all the teachers
attending class 9A4 today !
Did you learn a lot of Vietnamese poems?
Have you read any English poems?
Mummy, oh Mummy
“ Mummy, oh Mummy, what’s going to happen
If all the pollution goes on?”
“ Well the world will end up like a second- hand junk yard,
With all of its treasures quite gone.

The field will be littered with plastics and tins,
The streams will be covered with foam.
Now throw those soda bottles over the hedge,
Save us from taking them home.”
“ But Mummy, oh Mummy, if I throw the bottles,

Won’t that be polluting the woods?”
“Nonsense| That isn’t the same thing at all,
You just keep quiet and be good.
If you’re going to start getting silly ideas,
I’ll take you home right away.

Because pollution is something that other folk do,
We’re just enjoying our day.”
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What do you think of?
ENGLISH 9 – UNIT 6
Period 39:
THE ENVIRONMENT
READING
A. VOCABULARY
(a) junk-yard :
bãi phế thải
(a) treasure :
kho báu
(a) stream :
dòng suối
foam (n) :
bọt
(a) hedge:
hàng rào
nonsense (n) :
lời nói dại dột
VOCABULARY
What and Where
hedge
foam
stream
treasure
pollution
MUMMY, OH MUMMY
Set the scene

GUIDING QUESTIONS:
1. How many people are there in this
poem? What is their relationship?
2. Where are they?
3. What problem of the environment is mentioned in the poem?
Read this poem about the environment
MUMMY, OH MUMMY
"Mummy, oh Mummy, what`s going to happen
If all the pollution goes on ?"
"Well the world will end up like a second-hand junk-yard,
With all of its treasures quite gone.
The field will be littered with plastics and tins,
The streams will be covered with foam.
Now throw those soda bottles over the hedge,
Save us from taking them home."
"But Mummy, oh Mummy, if I throw the bottles,
Won`t that be polluting the woods ?"
"Nonsense ! That isn`t the same thing at all,
You just keep quiet and be good.
If you`re going to start getting silly ideas,
I`ll take you home right away.
Because pollution is something that other folk do,
We`re just enjoying our day."

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ANSWERS
There are two ( mum and son ).
Probably in the park ( in the forest)
Pollution
Finding the similar words
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
HEDGE
FOLK
JUNK-YARD
STREAM
FOAM
TREASURE
END UP
A row of things forming a fence
2. People
3. A piece of land full of rubbish
4. A flow of water
5. Mass of bubbles of air or gas
6. Valuable or precious things
7. Reach a state of
Comprehension questions
(lucky stars)
1. According to the mother, what will happen if the pollution goes on?
2. Who does the mother think pollute the environment?
3. What will happen to the boy if he keep on asking his mother such questions?
4. Do you think the boy’s question
(lines 9 – 10) is silly? Why not?
5. What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted?
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Team A
Team B
lucky stars
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Điểm
1. 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.
The mother thinks other folk pollute the
environment
2
điểm
2. Who does the mother think pollute
the environment?
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3. What will happen to the boy if he
keep on asking his mother such questions?
His mother will take him
home right away.
2
điểm
4. Do you think the boy’s question
(lines 9 – 10) is silly? Why not?
No, because he is right; If he throws the bottles
that will be polluting the woods
2
Điểm
Chúc mừng bạn
Ngôi sao may mắn
5. What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted?
The poet wants us to learn that
everyone has to protect the environment
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Điểm
What could you do in your school / house to minimize pollution?

Discussion
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
* In your school / house
- Put the garbage bin around the school yard ( the house)
- Pick up the rubbish / garbage & throw it into a trash bin.
- Don’t litter the rubbish on the ground or in classroom.
- Sweep & clean the class ( house) every day.
5.Homework
Learn the Vocabularies by heart.
Read the poem at home.
Complete the exercises a, b in your notebooks.
Prepare: UNIT 6 ( cont)
Lesson 4 WRITE
+ The format of the complaint letter.
+ Read the letter on page 52.
+ Write a complaint letter to the head of local authorities ………
Thank you for your attention