Welcome to our class
GAME: HIDDEN DOORS
The pictures will be opened slowly.
Raise your hand to name the kind of pollution in each picture whenever you can.
Soil pollution
What are the environmental impacts of the above kinds of pollution?
Lesson 4: Speaking
Unit 9: Preserving the environment
Environmental impacts of human activities
Task 1. As you see in the video, the environmental pollution results in many problems. Match the kinds of pollution with the consequences.
Air pollution
Soil pollution
Noise pollution
A series of environmental problems such as acid rain, greenhouse effect, global warming and health problems.
Contaminated vegetation and the decrease of soil fertility leading to the negative utilization of land.
Human psychological and health problems such as stress, the increase of heart rate and hearing damage.
Air pollution
acid rain
greenhouse effect
global warming
health problems
Soil pollution
contaminated vegetation
decrease of soil fertility
Noise pollution
stress
increase of heart rate
hearing damage
Task 1. As you see in the video, the negative environmental impacts come from human activities. Match the kinds of pollution with the activities.
Air pollution
Soil pollution
Noise pollution
A series of environmental problems such as acid rain, greenhouse effect, global warming and health problems.
Contaminated vegetation and the decrease of soil fertility leading to the negative utilization of land.
Human psychological and health problems such as stress, the increase of heart rate and hearing damage.
Task 2. Read the text in the reading section again. Complete the table.
Task 2. Read the text in the reading section again. Complete the table.
Task 3: Work in pairs. Practice the following conversation.
Student A: We are facing severe environmental pollution despite the fact that many organizations are working hard to reduce it.
Student B: Well, it is a result of human activities in modern times. For example, air pollution is a consequence of fossil fuel burning by motor vehicles, factories, aircraft and rockets .
Student A: You are right. It leads to a series of environmental problems such as acid rain, greenhouse effect, global warming and health problems.
Student B: Well, if this goes on, the earth may soon become a dangerous place to live on. Therefore, we must do something before it’s too late.
Task 4: Work in pairs. Choose one of the types of pollution in 2. Prepare a similar conversation as in 3.
Student A: We are facing severe environmental pollution despite the fact that many organizations are working hard to reduce it.
Student B: Well, it is a result of human activities in modern times. For example, ____________ is a consequence of ___________________ .
Student B: You are right. It leads to _____________.
Student B: Well, if this goes on, the earth may soon become a dangerous place to live on. Therefore, we must do something before it’s too late.
Task 5. Act out the conversation you have prepared.
Homework
- Learn all the new vocabulary
- Prepare for the next lesson - Listening
Thank you