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

 English 8
 UNIT 7 . POLLUTION
PERIOD 55: GETTING STARTED
 A PROJECT ON POLLUTION 
 Welcome to our class * WARM UP: BRAINSTORMING
 Air pollution Water pollution
 POLLUTION
 Soil pollution
Light pollution
 Noise pollution Vocabulary
-die (v) chết - dead (adj) – death (n)
-dump (v) vứt, bỏ
- poison ( n, v) chất độc, làm nhiễm độc - poisonous ( adj)
-aquatic ( adj) dưới nước
-Bless you! ( idiom) Chúa phù hộ cho bạn!
- illustrate (v) minh họa
-to come up with (v) nghĩ ra
- radioactive (adj) thuộc về phóng xạ
- thermal ( adj) thuộc về nhiệt
- visual (adj) thuộc về thị giác 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. II. LISTEN AND READ
 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 b. 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. c. 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:
a. radioactive b. noise c. visual 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. thermal pollution
1. When ............. happens, the water temperature in 
 streams, rivers, lakes, or oceans changes.
 Air pollution
2. . 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. .. is the contamination of lakes, rivers, oceans, Water pollution
or groundwater, usually by human activities. 
6.  happens when human activities destroy Land / Soil pollution
the Earth’s surface. 
7. .. occurs because there are too many loud sounds Noise pollution
in the environment.
8. The sight of too many telephone poles, advertising billboards, visual pollution
overhead power lines, or shop signs may case  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. • Revise the new words, exercises in the work notebook.