15.30M
Category: englishenglish

We are going to learn about

1.

We are going to learn about:
Environmental protection
Environmental issues
Tropical rainforest
Photosynthesis

2.

What should we do to protect the environment? Use the ideas listed
to make sentences.
We should reduce the
amount of water we use.
We should reduce energy
consumption.
We should reuse old
containers, such as old tins,
shoe boxes, jars and
bottles.
We should recycle glass,
aluminum, paper and plastic.

3.

Before reading learn new words.
уголь
coal
компост,
удобрение
compost
heap
куча
заворачивать
to wrap
потребление
consumption
toсокращать
cut down on
электрическая
light bulb
лампочка
выпускать,
to release
высвобождать
тратить,
to расходовать
waste
сокровище
treasure
to
выключать
switch off
чрезмерный,
excessive
избыточный
ополаскивать,
to rinse
промывать
информационный
newsletter
бюллетень
разлагаться,
to decompose
гнить
удобрение
fertilizer
to
выбрасывать
throw away
просто,
simply
несложно
toободрять
encourage
чинить,
ремонтировать
to repair
to
заменять
replace
нефть
oil
tocoal
wrapoff
compost
tonewsletter
encourage
switch
fertilizer
treasure
oil
light
bulb
to
rinse
heap

4.

Look at the title and headings in the text. What do you think the
writer’s purpose was in writing the text? What do you expect to learn
from it? Read and check.
1. Be a lean, green shopping machine
2. Save on paper
3. Stop using plastic containers
4. Put packaging on a diet
5. Get others involved
6. Turn it down or switch it off
Text A
Text B
Text C
7. Choose to reuse
Text D
Text E
Text F

5.

Read the text and match the paragraphs (A-F) with the headings (1-7).
Put your answers into the table. Each number can be used once. There
is on extra heading. Then listen and check.
1. Be a lean, green shopping machine
2. Save on paper
3. Stop using plastic containers
4. Put packaging on a diet
5. Get others involved
6. Turn it down or switch it off
7. Choose to reuse
C
E
D
F
B
A
Text A
Text B
Text C
Text D
Text E
Text F

6.

Complete the sentences with words in bold from the text.
1.
There wasn’t enough water left for her to
…… the shampoo out of her hair.
2. Our teachers …… us to use recycled paper.
3. Traffic jams …… both air and noise pollution.
4. He …… her birthday present in recycles
paper.
5. I feel very tired; I don’t think I have the
……to play football this evening.
6. People in our neighbourhood have started a
paper recycling …….
7. My brother likes to …… comics with his
friends.
8. When substances ……, they break down into
different chemicals.
9. She was a wonderful teacher. It will be
difficult to …… her.
10. They opened the cage and …… the animals.
rinse
encourage
create
wrapped
energy
campaign
swap
decompose
replace
released
• Energy
• Swap
• Wrapped
• Released
• Campaign
• Create
• Rinse
• Replace
• Decompose
• Encourage

7.

Match the highlighted phrasal verbs with their meanings. Make
sentences using them.
put in the bin
come up with
wear
throw (…) away
think of
switch off
lower
turn down
stop sth working
put on
reduce
cut down on
down
put
onathe
away
turn
down
We
need
toswitch
……………………………
the
amount
ofto
paper
we
use. it.
You
shouldn’t
………………………
throw
used
batteries
……………….
came
upcut
with
off
Harry
Can
you
………………………………
……………………………
the
good
idea
on
Iif
how
can’t
concentrate.
save
energy.
You
should
……………………………
amusic?
scarf
you’re
going
out.
You
should
…………………………
TV
when
you’re
not
watching

8.

Read again and make notes under the headings reduce, recycle, reuse.
Which of these things do you do in your daily life? Discuss.
I don’t waste electricity
II always
keep any
switch
plastic
off and
the
I always
on heating
turn because
off the ITV
glass
lights
bottles
when I use
leave
and
o I
prefer
when to
I’mwear
finished
extra
room
takesothem
as totoreduce
the
clothes
watching
rather
it.than
energy
recycling
consumption.
bin.
turning the heating up.
Reuse shopping
bags
Help
Use energy
saving light bulbs
Give the old one to
someone who can use it

9.

Design a simple quiz to find out how good someone is at reducing,
recycling and reusing things. Use ideas from the text as well as your
own ideas. Give your quiz to your partner to complete.
1. You are packing your lunch for
school. What do you pack?
a. A sandwich and a banana in a
reusable container.
b. A sandwich in a plastic bag & a
packet of crisps.

10.

Design a simple quiz to find out how good someone is at reducing,
recycling and reusing things. Use ideas from the text as well as your
own ideas. Give your quiz to your partner to complete.
2. It’s a bit chilly in your living room.
Do you …
a. put on a sweater?
b. turn up the heating?

11.

Design a simple quiz to find out how good someone is at reducing,
recycling and reusing things. Use ideas from the text as well as your
own ideas. Give your quiz to your partner to complete.
3. You are watching TV when your
friend arrives. You and your decide to
play a board game. Do you …
a. leave the TV on while you play?
b. switch off the TV?

12.

Design a simple quiz to find out how good someone is at reducing,
recycling and reusing things. Use ideas from the text as well as your
own ideas. Give your quiz to your partner to complete.
4. You have just finished writing an
important composition for school. Do
you …
a. proofread it on your computer
screen?
b. print it out to proofread it?

13.

Design a simple quiz to find out how good someone is at reducing,
recycling and reusing things. Use ideas from the text as well as your
own ideas. Give your quiz to your partner to complete.
5. You have finished a drink from a
glass bottle. Do you …
a. rinse the bottle and keep it to
reuse later?
b. throw it away?

14.

Think of what you have learnt in this lesson. Close your book and tell
your partner.

15.

Think of what you have learnt in this lesson. Close your book and tell
your partner.

16.

Match the words. Then, use the phrases to complete the sentences.
f
c
b
e
a
d
Workbook

17.

Fill in: store, release, harm, decompose, replace, reuse, save,
wrap, encourage, swap, waste in the correct form.

18.

Fill in: down on, away, down, off, on.

19.

Tick the correct box:

20.

Complete the gaps.
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