Bài giảng môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 7: Pollution, Lesson 1 - Trường THCS Thái Sơn

 English 8
 UNIT 7 . POLLUTION
PERIOD 54: GETTING STARTED
 A PROJECT ON POLLUTION 
 Welcome to our class * WARM UP: BRAINSTORMING
 Air pollution Water pollution
 POLLUTION
 Soil pollution
Light pollution
 Noise pollution 1.Who can you see in the picture?
 → Mi and Nick
2. Where do you think they are?
→ They are in Mi’ s home village.
3. What can you see in the picture ?
→ smoke from the factory, waste, 
→ poison from the factory, water 
 is
→ black, the fish are dead. 
4. What do you think the people in the picture are talking about?
 → They are talking about their environmental project. I. NEW WORDS
 1. Pollution (n) : sự ô nhiễm
 2. poison (n) : chất độc
 3. Die (v)
 : chết
→ Die – dead - death
4. Aquatic (adj) : dưới nước 
5. Dump (v) : thải
 6. to come up with : nghĩ ra
7. illustrate (v) : minh họa
8. radioactive (a) : thuộc về phóng xạ
9. thermal (a) : thuộc về nhiệt
10. visual (a) : thuộc về thị giác 1a. Find a word / phrase that means : 
 1. no longer alive dead L10
 2. growing or living in, on, or near water aquatic L16
 3. throwing away something you do not want, dump L10
 especially in a place with is not allowed
 4. A substance that can make people or poison L15 
 animals ill or kill them if they eat or drink it 
5. Made unclear or unsafe to use polluted L13
6. To think of an idea, or a plan to come up with L22 1b. Answer the questions. 
1. Where are Nick and Mi ? 
→ They are in Mi’s home village.
2. What does the water in the lake look like ?
→ Almost black
3. Why is Mi surprised when they get closer to the lake?
→ Because she sees the fish dead.
4. What is the factory dumping into the lake?
→ poison.
 5. Why is Nick sneezing so much ?
→ Because the air is not clean. 1c. Tick ()true (T) , false (F), or no information (NI)
 T F NI
1. The water in the lake has been 
polluted by a ship. 
2. Water pollution in the lake has 
made the fish die. 
3. Aquatic plants may also die 
because of the polluted water. 
4. Nick wouldn’t sneeze so 
much if the air was clean.
5.Nick and Mi will give a talk 
about water and air pollution. 2. There are different types of pollution. Write each type under 
 a picture:
Water pollution land/ soil pollution air pollution noise pollution
Thermal pollution light pollution radioactive pollution visual pollution
 c. visual
a. radioactive b. noise d. thermal
 pollution
pollution pollution pollution
 e. water f. land/ soil g. light h. air
 pollution pollution pollution pollution 3. Complete the sentences with the types of pollution.
1. When .............thermal pollution happens, the water temperature in 
streams, rivers, lakes, or oceans changes.
2. .Air pollution occurs when the atmosphere contains gases, 
dust, or fumes in harmful amounts.
3. When radiation goes into the land, air or water, it is called 
radioactive pollution
4. Too much use of electric lights in cities may cause light.. pollution
5. ..Water pollution is the contamination of lakes, rivers, oceans, 
or groundwater, usually by human activities.
6. Land/ Soil pollution happens when human activities destroy 
the Earth’s surface.
7. ..Noise pollution occurs because there are too many loud sounds 
in the environment.
8. The sight of too many telephone poles, advertising billboards, 
overhead power lines, or shop signs may case visual pollution 4. Work in groups. Which types of pollution in 3 does your 
neighbourhood face? Rank them in order of seriousness. Give 
 reasons for your group’s order.
 → It’s air pollution, noise pollution and visual 
 pollution.
 → Air pollution does harm to your health. Noise 
 pollution can make you stressed. Visual pollution 
 is nit good for sight around. - Practice the dialogue again.​
- Do exercises B1,2,3 in workbook (page 4).​