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Watch the video and answer the questions
What do you see in the video?
What should we do to protect the environment?
Unit 9 : Preserving The Environment
Lesson 5: Listening
Preserving the natural environment
How to Overcome Natural Disaster
Natural Resource Depletion
Environmental Degradation
Deforestation and Its Effects
Task 1. Listen to a student’s talk. What is he talking about? Tick the correct box.
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Task 2. Listen. Tick the words you hear.
Degrade /dɪˈɡreɪd/ (v): lower in quality
 Giảm chất lượng
Result /rɪˈzʌlt/ (v): cause an outcome
 Gây ra một kết quả, kết quả
Erosion /ɪˈrəʊʒən/ (n): condition in which earth’s
surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
 Tình trạng trong đó bề mặt trái đất bị hư hỏng do tác động của nước và gió, xói mòn
Sewage /ˈsuː.ɪdʒ/ (n): Liquid or solid water carried off in sewers or drains
 Chất thải, nước cống
Aquatic /əˈkwætik/ (a): Of water or living in water
 Nước hoặc sống trong nước
Awareness /əˈweənəs/ (n): Knowledge of something
 Kiến thức về cái gì, sự nhận thức
Vocabulary
Degraded /dɪˈɡreɪdid/ (adj): giảm sút chất lượng
Erosion /ɪˈrəʊʒn/ (n): sự xói mòn
Aquatic / əˈkwætɪk / (adj): sống ở nước
Awareness /əˈweənəs/ (n): sự nhận thức
Sewage /ˈsuːɪdʒ/ (n): chất thải
Task 3. Listen again. Complete the sentences with 1 or 2 words.
The natural environment has been seriously __________ and degraded by human activities through many decades
The burning of fossil fuels by factories and motor vehicles has led to air pollution and resulted in acid rain, greenhouse effect and ______
Deforestation for land use has affected the ________ and led to the extinction of the rare animals, extreme floods and land erosion
They have changed and degraded the natural environment and let to various_______
We should __________ the burning of fossil fuels, and encourage forestation to replace deforestation
People should make ______________ to protect the environment for the next generation
affected
global warming
ecosystem
health problems
control
efforts
Task 4. Listen again. Complete the sentences with 1 or 2 words.
What is the definition of environment in the talk?
The natural world in which people, animals and plants live.
2. What has led to air pollution?
 The burning of fossil fuels by factories and motor vehicles.
3. What has led to soil pollution?
 The use of harmful chemicals in agriculture.
4. What has deforestation caused?
 The extinction of rare animals and extreme floods and land erosion.
5. What should we do to reduce water pollution?
We should dump harmful rubbish and chemicals at appropriate places.
6. What should we do to preserve the forests?
 We should replace deforestation with forestation.
7. What should people do to preserve the environment for the next generation?
 We should make every effort to preserve the environment for the next generation.
“What can you do to protect the environment?”