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Teacher: Tran Thi Thanh Huyen
Class: 10A3
What has happened to the Earth, our only home?
UNIT 9: PRESERVING THE ENVIROMENT
Lesson 1: Getting Started
Environmental impacts
1.Vocabulary
Greenhouse effect (n): /ˈɡriːn.haʊs ɪˌfekt/ 

Polar ice melting: /ˈpəʊ.lər aɪs ˈmel.tɪŋ /

Vocabulary
Deforestation (n):/diːˌfɒr.ɪˈsteɪ.ʃən/

Fossil fuel (n)/ˈfɒs.əl ˌfjʊəl/



Check understand

Label the photos with the words

and phrases from the box.
greenhouse effect
pollution
deforestation
polar ice melting
fossil fuel
Vocabulary
Newsletter (n): /ˈnju:zletə(r)/ ~Newspaper or magazing



Preserve (v): /pri`zə:v/
=> Preservation (n)

Vocabulary
Depletion (n): /di`pli:∫n/

Task 3: Read and answer the following question
1. What is Nam doing for the school newsletter ?

2. What did the editor ask Nam to write about ?

3. What does ‘environment impact’ mean?

Why is Nam intersted in environmental impacts ?

5. Name the threats to the environment mentioned in the conversation?

6. What is the biggest threat to the environment in your neighbourhood?

What is Nam doing for the school newsletter ?

He is writing a letter for the school newsletter
1


What did the editor ask Nam to write about ?



The editor asked Nam to write
some partical advice on environmental preservation.
2

What does ‘environment impact’ mean?

It means the negative influence or effect on the environment.
3

Why is Nam intersted in environmental impacts ?

Because he thinks if we can see impacts on the natural environment, we will know how to protect it
4

Name the threats to the environment mentioned in the conversation?

 They are deforestation, pollution, global warming, fossil fuel depletion, polar ice melting and the rise of sea levels.
5

What is the biggest threat to the environment in your neighbourhood?

Open answers
(Name some threats to the environment mentioned in the conversation. They are: deforestation, pollution, global warming, fossil fuel depletion, polar ice melting and the rise of sea levels)

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III. Production
Talk about environmental problems in your neighbourhood
Hints:
What are environmental problems in your neighbourhood?
What are their consequences?
What should be done to protect the environment?
Consolidation


The environmental impact
Some outcomes of the environmental impacts
Homework:

Learn by heart the new words
Write about environmental problems in your neighbourhood
Prepare the next lesson