Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 8 (Global Success) - Unit 7: Environmental protection, Lesson 1 - Trường THCS Thái Sơn

 Unit 7 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
 LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
 At the Go Green Club
 1 LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
 WARM-UP
 Asking questions
 Vocabulary
 PRESENTATION
 • Task 1: Listen ad read.
 • Task 2: Read the conversation again and match the two 
 PRACTICE halves in the two columns.
 • Task 3: Complete each sentence with one word or 
 phrase from the box.
 • Task 4: Write a phrase from the box under each picture.
 PRODUCTION
 • Task 5: Environment Quiz.
 • Wrap-up
CONSOLIDATION
 • Homework WARM-UP
 Answer the question: WHAT ARE 
 ENVIROMENTAL 
 ISSUES IN OUR 
 CITY?
ENVIROMENTAL 
 PROTECTION PRESENTATION
 habitat (n)
 /ˈhabəˌtat/
 môi trường sống PRESENTATION
endangered species (n)
 /inˌdānjərd ˈspēSHēz/
 động vật sách đỏ PRESENTATION
 carbon footprint (n)
 /ˌkärbən ˈfo͝otprint/
 dấu chân cac-bon PRESENTATION
 release (v)
 /rəˈlēs/
 thải ra PRESENTATION
 single-use (adj)
 / ˈsiNGɡ(ə)l yoos͞ / 
 dùng một lần PRESENTATION
 New words Pronunciation Meaning
 1. habitat (n) /ˈhabəˌtat/ môi trường sống
 2. Endangered species (n) /inˌdānjərd ˈspēSHēz/ động vật sách đỏ
 3. carbon footprint (n) /ˌkärbən ˈfo͝otprint/ dấu chân cacbon
 4. release (v) /rəˈlēs/ thải ra
 5. single-use (adj) / ˈsiNGɡ(ə)l yoos͞ / dùng một lần PRACTICE 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 much 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. PRACTICE
2 Read the conversation again and match the two halves in the two columns 
 1. C 
 2. D 
 3. E 
 4. A 
 5. B PRACTICE
3 Complete each sentence with one word or phrase from the box. 
1. _______________POLLUTION is a serious problem everywhere.
2. We should avoid dumping waste into lakes and rivers to 
_________________REDUCE water pollution.
3. We shouldn’t throw away ________________SINGLE-USE products but 
recycle them.
4. _____________________CARBON FOOTPRINT is the amount of carbon dioxide
we release into the environment.
5. We hope a lot more people join our ______________________.ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME PRACTICE
 4 Write a phrase from the box under each picture. 
 3Rs water pollution endangered species
 plastic rubbish single-use products PRODUCTION
 5 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? 1. C 
A. Factories. B. Animals. C. Hospitals. 2. C 
4. The surroundings in which we live are our ______. 3. A 
A. habitat B. place C. environment
5. Which of these will reduce your carbon footprint? 4. C 
A. Cutting down a lot of trees. 5. B
B. B. Recycling paper products.
C. Leaving the TV on all night. CONSOLIDATION
 1 Wrap-up
 What have we learnt in this lesson?
 ✓ identify the topic of the unit
 ✓ use lexical items related to environment protections
 ✓ identify the language features that are covered in the unit CONSOLIDATION
2 Homework
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