Once there were green fields (1)_________ by the sun.
Once there were valleys where (2)_________ used to run.
Once there were (3)____skies with (4)____clouds high above.
Once they were part of an everlasting love.
We were the (5)_______ who strolled through green fields.

Green fields are (6)_______ now, parched by the sun.
Gone from the (7)________ where rivers used to run.
Gone with the cold wind that swept into my (8)________.
Gone with the lovers who let their (9)_______ depart.
Where are the green fields that we used to roam ?

I`ll never know what made you run away.
How can I keep searching when dark clouds hide the day.
I only know there`s nothing here for me.
(10_________ in this wide world, left for me to see.
Green Fields
Unit 10:
Nature in Danger
Part A: Reading
















Before you read

cheetah
panda
Siberian tiger
















Before you read

earthquake
forest fire
flood
Natural disasters
















Before you read
Vocabulary
species (n)
influence (v, n)
affect (v)
destroy (v) destruction (n)
pollutant (n)
consequence (n)
rare (a)
extinct (a), extinction (n)
effort (n)
endangered (a)
prohibit (v) = ban (v)
interfere (v) interference (n)
co-exist (v)
survive (v)
loài
tác động, chi phối
gây ảnh hưởng
phá hủy, tiêu diệt
chất gây ô nhiễm
hậu quả
hiếm, quí
tuyệt chủng
sự cố gắng, nỗ lực
bị đe dọa
ngăn cấm
can thiệp
cùng tồn tại
sống sót
continue to exist
result
















Before you read
Vocabulary
Species (n) /`spi:∫i:z/
Influence (v, n) /`influəns/
Affect (v) /ə`fekt/
Destroy (v) destruction (n) /di`strɔi/, / dis`trʌk∫n/
Pollutant (n) /pə`lu:tənt/
Consequence (n) /`kɔnsikwəns/
Rare (a) /reə/
Extinct (a), extinction (n) /iks`tiηkt/
Effort (n) /`efət/
Endangered (a) /in`deindʒəd/
Prohibit (v) = ban (v) /prə`hibit/
Interference (n) /,intə`fiərəns/
Survive (v) /sə`vaiv/
Co-exist (v) /`kouig`zist/
II. While you read
Listen to the recording reading the passage
II. While you read
Task 1: Vocabulary understanding
Dinosaurs became ____________ millions of years ago.
She tried to_____________ herself from the wind.
This species of bird is __________ in numbers every year
The chemical__________from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty.
The blue Wales is a (an)_______________species.
Because of the________________of human beings, many animals have become extinct.


pollutants
interference
decreasing
extinct
protect
endangered
II. While you read
Task 2: Multiple choices
1. Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food
B. Human beings pollute the environments
C. Human beings interfere with nature
D. People should stop living in city and villages
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct
D. The human race is also an endangered species
II. While you read
Task 2: Multiple choices
3. Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species
C. People should kept away from animals and plants
D. Rare animals do not disappear
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species
B. The Earth – a happy planet
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence
D. People’s interference with the environment
II. While you read
Task 3: Question answering
What are four ways by which human beings are changing the world?
What are the serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment?
What has been done to protect the environment?
II. While you read
Task 3: Question answering
What are four ways by which human beings are changing the world?
They are:
changing the environment by building cities and villages
affecting the water supply by using water for industry and agriculture.
changing weather conditions by cutting down trees in the forests.
destroying the air by adding pollutants to it.
destroy, destruction
The forest is being destroyed
Endangered (a)
danger (n)
Nguy cơ, sự nguy hiểm
dangerous (a)
nguy hiểm
endanger (v)
đe dọa, gây nguy hiểm
endangered (a)
bị đe dọa, trong tình trạng bị nguy hiểm
I’m a dangerous tiger
I’m an endangered deer
Extinct (a)
The Dinosaur is one of the extinct animals. They disappeared millions of years ago.
dinosaurs
Pollutant (n)
pollute (v)
gây ô nhiễm
polluted (a)
bị ô nhiễm
pollution (n)
sự ô nhiễm
pollutant (n)
chất gây ô nhiễm
Smoke from factories is a kind of pollutant
rare (a)
The koala is a rare animal
species (n)
human species
plant species
animal species