Unit 7: POLLUTION - SKILLS 1
 
WARM UP
What make water dirty?
VOCABULARY: 11 Words
- Groundwater (n): Nước ngầm
- Cause (v,n): Nguyên nhân, Gây ra
- Sewage (n): Nước thải
- Herbicide (v): Thuốc diệt cỏ
- Pesticides (v): Thuốc trừ sâu
- Point source pollution: Ô nhiễm có nguồn
- Non point source pollution: Ô nhiễm không nguồn
- Effect (n): Kết quả
- Outbreak (n): Sự bùng nổ
- Cholera (n): Bệnh tả
- Untreated (n): Không được xử lý
- Total: 11 Words
READING: 03 Exercises
1. Work in pairs. One of you looks at picture A, and the other looks at picture B . Ask each other questions to find out the differences between your pictures.

1. Work in pairs. One of you looks at picture A, and the other looks at picture B . Ask each other questions to find out the differences between your pictures.

2. Mi and Nick have decided to give a presentation on water pollution to the class. Read what they have prepared and answer the questions

1. What does the second paragraph tell you about?
2. What does the third paragraph tell you about?
3. What is groundwater?
4. What are point source pollutants?
5. What are non-point source pollutants?
6. Why do people use herbicides?
2. Mi and Nick have decided to give a presentation on water pollution to the class. Read what they have prepared and answer the questions.
- The second paragrah tells us about the causes of water pollution.
- The third paragraph tells about the effects of water pollution.
- It’s the water beneath the earth’s surface.
- They are industrial waste, sewage, pesticides and herbicides.
- They are pollutants from storm water and the atmostphere.
- They use herbicides to kill weeds.
3. Read the text again and complete the notes about the effects of water pollution. Fill each blank with no more than three words.

1. If the drinking water is untreated, an outbreak of _____________ may happen.
2. People drinking contaminated water may _______.
3. Fish, crabs or birds, may also die because of _______________.
4. Other animals may become ill if they eat the _______ animals.
5. Herbicides kill both weeds and ____________

cholera
die
polluted water
dead
aquatic plants
SPEAKING: 03 Exercises
4. Work in groups and discuss the solutions to water pollution. Make notes of your answers.

4. Work in groups and discuss the solutions to water pollution. Make notes of your answers.

1. Give heavy fines to companies that are found doing this.
2. Educate companies about the environment.

3. Give tax breaks to companies that find “clean” ways to dispose of
their waste.
5. Now complete the diagram of water pollution. Use the information from the text for the causes and effects and your group’s ideas for the solutions.
6. Make a presentation about water pollution based on the diagram.

HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart all new words
- Workbook- Unit 7- Part D-
- Prepare “Skills 2” for the next lesson.