Save the Earth

1.

Look at the title. What do you think the unit will be
about?
How to help our planet.

2.

A power
Электростанция
station/factory
Токсические
Toxic fumes
выбросы
Factory
waste
Отходы
производства
Кислотный
Acid rain
дождь
Загрязненные
Polluted clouds
облака
Утрата естественной
Loss of natural habitats
среды обитания
Загрязнение
Air, water and
воздуха,
soil
воды
pollution
и почвы
Вымирание
Fish and plant
видов
species
рыб и
растений
dying
Air,
water
and
soil
Fish
and
plant
species
ALoss
power
Factory
station/factory
waste
Polluted
clouds
of
natural
Toxic
Acid
fumes
rainhabitats
pollution
dying

3.

Which of the following can you see in the pictures?
A power
station/factory
Toxic fumes
Factory waste
Acid rain
Polluted clouds
Loss of natural
habitats
Air, water and soil
pollution
Fish and plant species
dying

4.

burn
wipes out
emit
harmful
gather
reduce
oxygen
poison
atmosphere
land
sleet
отравлять
солнечная
энергия
обогревать
solar power
heat
истреблять, сокращать
уничтожать атмосфера
дождь со снегом
вредный
выбрасывать,
кислород собираться
сжигать приземляться выделять

5.

сжигать
burn
истреблять,
wipes out
уничтожать
выбрасывать,
emit
выделять
вредный
harmful
собираться
gather
сокращать
reduce
кислород
oxygen
отравлять
poison
atmosphere
атмосфера
солнечная
solar power
энергия
приземляться
land
обогревать
heat
дождьsleet
со снегом

6.

Look at the pictures again and the headings in the text. Can you explain the
problem? Read and check.

7.

Read carefully and fill in the blanks with the best word A, B or C. Listen and
check.
also
Some
away
but
our

8.

Explain the words
in bold.

9.

Make notes under the headings and give
a talk about acid rain.
What acid rain is &
what causes it
What effects it has
What governments are
doing & what we can do

10.

We use the Present Perfect Continuous
to talk about actions that began in the
past and are still taking place with
emphasis on duration.
been watching
I have beenI’veworking
here for 50
TV since 6 p.m.
years.
(I’m still watching TV now.)
They’ve been sleeping
for hours.
- How long
have you been
studying?
have/has
(They’re stillbeen
sleeping at the
- Since the morning/For five hours.
moment.)
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11.

Listen to the sounds. Match the people to what they have been doing. Then
complete the sentences.
John
play football
The kids
listen to music
Grandad
watch TV
Ann
sleep
Steve
wash dishes
3. Grandad ……………………………………
for two hours.
4. Ann …………………………………………
for half an hour.
5. Steve ………………………………………
1. John …………………………………………… for an hour.
2. The kids ……………………………………… since 6:00pm.
since 10 am.

12.

up
out
manage to
understand
invent a story
become friends again
after a quarrel
up (with
sb)

13.

Complete the sentences with the correct phrasal verb in the appropriate
form.
1. I can’t ……………………………………… your
handwriting.
2. It’s not true. She ………………………… the
whole story.
3. He has …………………… with Tom after
their quarrel.

14.

Work in groups. Collect information about what we can do to solve the problem
of acid rain and present it to the class. Draw pictures to show some of the things
we can do.