Getting Started | Tiếng Anh 8 (Global Success) | Unit 7: Environmental protection - Lớp 8 - Global Success & Bộ Giáo Dục - Đào Tạo

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THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

Vocabulary
Environmental protection

Pronunciation
Sounds: /bl/ and /kl/

Grammar
Complex sentences with adverbs clauses of time

Skills
• Reading about Con Dao National Park
• Taking aboutVu Quang National Park
• Listening about water pollution 
• Write a notice

Everyday English
Asking for clarification

👉 GETTING STARTED

   At the go green club

1. Listen and read. 🎧
   
   Club leader: Hello. Welcome back. Today we're discussing environmental problems and environmental protection. What are our serious environmental problems now?
   Nam: Pollution and habitat loss, I think.
   Ann: I agree. The air and water quality are getting worse and worse.
   Club leader: Any others?
   Ann: Yes, I can think of some like global warming, endangered species loss, ...
   Nam: So what should we do to help protect our environment?
   Club leader: We can reduce our carbon footprint even in our homes.
   Ann: What do you mean by 'carbon footprint'?
   Club leader: It's the amount of carbon dioxide we release into the environment.
   Ann: I see. So we can do things like turning off devices when we're not using them.
   Club leader: Right... And there is mucj more we can do, like practising the 3Rs.
   Nam: We can plant more trees in our neighbourhood too.
   Ann: And try to avoid using single-use products, like plastic bags, and stop littering.
   Club leader: Yeah. And we can volunteer at some local environment programmes to save endangered species.
   
   
2. Read the conversation again and match the two halves in the two columns.
   
   

   To protect the environment, we should:

   1. reduce 2. turn off 3. plant 4. avoid 5. stop

   a. using single-use products b. littering c. our carbon footprin d. devices when we're not using them e. more trees in our neighbourhood

    
3. Complete each sentence with one word or phrase from the box.
   
   

   reduce                                single-use  pollution                             carbon footprint environment programme

   
   1. _____ is a serious problem everywhere.
   2. We should avoid dumping waste into lakes and rivers to _____ water pollution.
   3. We shouldn't throw away _____ products but recycle them.
   4. _____ is the amount of carbon dioxide we release into the environment.
   5. We hope a lot more people join our _____. 
   
   
4. Write a phrase from the box under each picture.
   
   

   plastic rubbish                 water pollution single-use products         3Rs endangered species

   
   
   
   1. _____________            2. _________________      3. ___________________       4. __________________        5. ___________________
   
   
5. QUIZ Environment Quiz
   
   1. Which of the following is the greenest form of transport?
       A. Motorbike.                    B. Bus.                         C. Bicycle.
   2. Which of the following is a renewable source?
       A. Coal.                              B. Oil                           C. Wind.
   3. What causes the most pollution?
       A. Factories.                       B. Animals.                  C. Hospitals.
   4. The suroundings in which we live are our _____.
       A. habitat                          B. place                        C. environment
   5. Which of these will reduce your carbon footprint?
       A. Cutting down a lot of trees.
       B. Recycling paper products.
       C. Leaving the TV on all night.