English 8
UNIT 7 . POLLUTION

PERIOD 55: GETTING STARTED
Welcome to our class
A PROJECT ON POLLUTION
* WARM UP: BRAINSTORMING
POLLUTION
Air pollution
Light pollution
Soil pollution
Water pollution
Noise pollution
1.Who can you see in the picture?
 Mi and Nick
2. Where do you think they are?
 They are in Mi’ s home village.
3. What can you see in the picture ?
smoke from the factory, waste,
poison from the factory, water is
black, the fish are dead.
 They are talking about their environmental project.
4. What do you think the people in the picture are talking about?
1. Pollution (n)
: sự ô nhiễm
2. poison (n)
: chất độc
3. Die (v)
 Die – dead - dead
4. Aquatic (adj)
5. Dump (v)
: chết
: dưới nước
: thải
I. NEW WORDS
6. Bless you !
: cầu chúa phù hộ cho bạn
7. to come up with
: nghĩ ra
8. illustrate (v)
: minh họa
9. radioactive (a)
: thuộc về phóng xạ
10. thermal (a)
: thuộc về nhiệt
11. visual (a)
: thuộc về thị giác
1a. Find a word / phrase that means :
1. no longer alive
2. growing or living in, on, or near water
3. throwing away something you do not want, especially in a place with is not allowed
4. A substance that can make people or animals ill or kill them if they eat or drink it
5. Made unclear or unsafe to use
6. To think of an idea, or a plan
dead
L10
aquatic
L16
dump
L10
poison
L15
polluted
L13
to come up with
L22
1b. Answer the questions.
1. Where are Nick and Mi ?
2. What does the water in the lake look like ?
3. Why is Mi surprised when they get closer to the lake?
4. What is the factory dumping into the lake?
5. Why is Nick sneezing so much ?
 They are in Mi’s home village.
 Almost black
 Because she sees the fish dead.
 poison.
 Because the air is not clean.
1c. Tick ()true (T) , false (F), or no information (NI)
1. The water in the lake has been polluted by a ship.
2. Water pollution in the lake has made the fish die.
3. Aquatic plants may also die because of the polluted water.
4. Nick wouldn’t sneeze so much if the air was clean.
5.Nick and Mi will give a talk about water and air pollution.
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2. There are different types of pollution. Write each type
under a picture:
a. radioactive
pollution
b. noise
pollution
c. visual
pollution
d. thermal
pollution
e. water
pollution
f. land/ soil
pollution
g. light
pollution
h. air
pollution
3. Complete the sentences with the types of pollution.
1. When ……………............. happens, the water temperature in streams, rivers, lakes, or oceans changes.
2. ……………………. occurs when the atmosphere contains gases, dust, or fumes in harmful amounts.
3. When radiation goes into the land, air or water, it is called ………………………
4. Too much use of electric lights in cities may cause …………..
5. ………………….. is the contamination of lakes, rivers, oceans, or groundwater, usually by human activities.
6. ………………………… happens when human activities destroy the Earth’s surface.
7. …………..…… occurs because there are too many loud sounds in the environment.
8. The sight of too many telephone poles, advertising billboards, overhead power lines, or shop signs may case ……………………
thermal pollution
Air pollution
radioactive pollution
light pollution
Water pollution
Land/ Soil pollution
Noise pollution
visual pollution
4. Work in groups. Which types of pollution in 3 does your neighbourhood face? Rank them in order of seriousness. Give reasons for your group’s order.
 It’s air pollution, noise pollution and visual pollution.
 Air pollution does harm to your health. Noise pollution can make you stressed. Visual pollution is nit good for sight around.

- Learn the new words by heart.​
- Practice the dialogue again.​
- Do exercises B1,2,3 in workbook (page 4).​
- Prepare for Unit 7: A closer look 1. (new words, grammar)​