The protection of nature has become one of the most burning problems of the 20th century. The Earth provides people with mineral resources, rivers, forests, fields — everythingthat makes the foundation of industrial and agricultural production. The development of industry has had a bad influence on the nature of the whole world. People often do things which pollute land and waters greatly. It is very dangerous because it damages health of the people.
The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986 caused radioactive contamination of a vast area around the plant. Soviet statements indicate that 31 people died as a result of the accident but the actual number of deaths caused by the radiation is still unknown. More than 100,000 Ukrainian citizens were evacuated from the city of Chernobyl and other areas around the reactor site.
Environmental protection is a great concern of the Ukrainian Government. The Ministry of Environmental Protection was founded in Ukraine. Their tasks are to control the state of the environment and sources of pollution, to protect the water resources of Ukraine, to extend the network of nature reserves and to maintain co-operation with international ecological organizations.
Campaign for environmental protection is supported by public organizations and individuals. The Ukrainian Green Party is very active today. "Zeleny Svit" is the Ukrainian ecological newspaper. It calls on people to protect the natural wealth and to use it in a more careful and economical manner for the benefit of the present and future generations.
Подивитися відео, записати нові слова та вивчити.
Мета: практикувати використання активної лексики за темою для вираження власних думок та обговорення проблем ; сприяти накопиченню лексичних одиниць за темою ; вчити учнів вести бесіду за темою ; тренувати вживання різних граматичних структур ;
- розвивати навички усного монологічного та діалогічного мовлення ; навички аудіювання та письма; розвивати навички читання тексту з метою повного розуміння змісту прочитаного ;
- сприяти формуванню в учнів екологічного мислення ; сприяти розвитку пізнавальних інтересів учнів , розширенню їх світогляду .
Тип уроку : комбінований .
Обладнання : text “ Greenpeace “ .
Хід уроку .
I . Introduction . Aim .
- Today we are going to continue speaking about relations between people and nature . We’ll try to name the reasons of the main ecological problems , and of course we’ll think about the way out .
Warm – up .
Brainstorm .
We see letters . Name your associations with each letter on the topic “ Environment “ .
R – rubbish , reduce , reuse , resource .
D – destroy .
S – species , survive , save .
P – pollute , protect , planet .
E – environment , endangered .
II . Main part of the lesson .
Vocabulary Practice .
Find and underline the odd word out .
pollution , radiation , destruction , population , environment
to damage , to endanger , to destroy , to ruin , to create
safe , nuclear , dangerous , poisonous , harmful
paper , waste , glass , wood , plastic
habitat , fox , insect , reptile , pigeon
rare , valuable , disappearing , extinct , diseases
Match the word with its definition .
1) Garbage a) something in a crumbled or broken condition
2) Litter b) an unwanted by-product of a manufacturing process
3) Rubbish c) food waste , discarded or useless material
4) Trash d) an untidy accumulation of objects lying about
5) Waste e) useless or rejected matter
Choose one word to best complete the sentences .
I don’t like their house – it’s always full of _ .
The main problem of ecology today is thousands of tons of industrial _ .
She always leaves a lot of _ in the kitchen .
In Singapore a person throwing _ on the road may be put to prison .
Sometimes it seems that _ accumulates itself .
Complete the collocations below by adding an appropriate noun . Some can combine with more than one noun .
1) changes a) acid
2) pollution b) tropical
3) resources c) exhaust
4) waste products d) global
5) effect e) ozone
6) rain f) nuclear
7) fuels g) public
8) transport h) traffic
9) warming i) natural
10) jams j ) air
11) disaster k) sea
12) rainforest l) greenhouse
13) energy m) clean
14) layer n) recycled
15) gases o ) solar
Reading .
Read the text .
After-reading task .
Answer the questions after the text .
Dialogue speaking .
You are a Greenpeace activist . You see the factory that pollutes the river. Make up a dialogue with the manager of this factory on this problem .
Grammar .
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space .
Rainforests
In the last forty years , half of the world’s rainforests ____________ (1) . If this ___________ (2) , millions of species , animals and plants will become extinct . Rainforests grow in countries near the equator . They ___________ (3) 2 metres – 10 meters of rain every year . There have been rainforests on Earth _________( 4) over 75 millions years . Half _________ (5) all the species of butterflies , birds , flowers , trees and insects live in rainforests. Fifty species become extinct every day . The world’s rainforests _________ (6) a total disaster . Some scientists say it’s even _________ (7) than the effects of a nuclear war .
But it’s not just a question of _________ (8) tribes , trees and species . It’s question of climate , too . Our planet needs rainforests to control ________(9) temperature . ________(10 ) them , the greenhouse effect will just get worse and worse . It’s impossible to stop rainforest destruction completely. Too many countries – rich and poor – depend _______ ( 11) it . The people in the Third World _______ (12 ) enough land to grow food for ________ (13) families . 250 millions of ______(14 ) are destroying the rainforest simply to live . Modern life in __________ (15) First World depends on rainforest products , too . These include minerals , wood , rubber , medicine ( for 25% of all medicines ____ (16) rainforest products ) .
But it is possible to make this problem ______ (17) serious . To do this , Governments _________ (18) plan and work together .
A
B
C
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Disappear
Disappeared
Have disappeared
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Continues
Continued
Will continue
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receive
receiving
Have received
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For
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Of
Among
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Are facing
Faces
Faced
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Worse
Worst
Better
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Disappeared
Disappearing
Disappear
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Its
It’s
Her
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With
Besides
Without
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On
of
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Don’t have
Have had
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Them
Their
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Them
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Make
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More
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Project work / Group work .
Make up 2 or 3 groups . Think over the leaflet on ecological problem .
III. Summing – up .
We worked hard today. What did we do today ? What topics did we speak about ?
Homework.
to write 10 tips on the topic “ Ways of saving our planet “ .