Environmental protection.

Welcome to the English class

• Who is on duty today?
• What date is it today?
• What is the weather like today?
• What season is it now ?

• How many months

are there in winter?

• What are they?

Phonetic exercise

• A tutor who tooted the flute, tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
• Which is this switch? Which switch is which?
• How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck would chuck wood?
• A big black bug bit a big black bear, a big black bear bit a big black bug

The sun, the trees, the grass, the sky,

The silver moon that’s sailing by

The rain and dew, and snowflakes white,

The flowers sweet and stars of night!

The songs of birds, wind whispering,

The autumn leaves, the bugs of spring-

Such lovely things to hear and see

Belong to you, belong to me!

Our world

PASSPORT

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Other

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Address :

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Age:

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Color:

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Closest neighbours:

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Occupation:

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Hobbies:

the Earth

the World, the Blue Planet,

the Solar System,

the Universe

4,600 million years

blue, green, brown,

often white with clouds

the Moon

making happy people, animals and plants

space travel

T he new theme:

Environment and

Ecology

Environment

is the natural world , for example the land, air and water, in which people, animals and plants live.

The word environment means simply what is around us.

New words:

• Puff
• Acid
• Harm
• Dump
• Solution
• Pest
• Pesticide
• Tough

• Litter
• Pollution
• Nuclear
• Waste
• Solve
• Protect
• Disappear
• fumes

B eauty of our planet

The types of environment:

• Natural-geographical futures
• Living organisms
• Man-made geographical futures

Natural-geographical futures - environment which has not been much changed by people

• Climate, weather, mountains, forests, lakes, seas, oceans, continents, minerals, air, water, natural channels, islands, land, other planets, the Moon…..

Man-made geographical futures environment which has been changed by human activity

• Towns , canals, railways, buildings, farms, factories, picture galleries, villages…

Living organisms:

• Fishes, plant species, human beings, trees, animals, birds, insect species, reptiles….

but...

The most serious environmental problems :

• Pollution in it’s many forms (water, air, land, nuclear pollutions);
• Destruction of wildlife and the beauty of the countryside;
• Shortage of natural recourses (metals, different kinds of fuel);
• The growth of population

It’s wonderful world we live in. For thousands of years the Earth has given support of life-human beings, animals, birds, fishes, insects and plants. But now human beings are killing our planet.

Many species of animals and birds have disappeared. Millions of animals die every year because man has polluted their natural homes. Besides, every year people cut down more trees, build more roads, and use more land for farming. The country air, once clean and fresh, now may be polluted by power stations and factories. Some of our rivers are empty of fish. All over the world the forests are disappearing. People cut the trees down because they need wood and paper or new places for farms and houses. Go to the seaside and you’ll see a lot of litter on the beaches.

Pollution is very dangerous for people, wildlife and the environment. We live among litter and wastes which we have created ourselves –fumes of cars, throw away packaging… People don’t just pollute the environment. They pollute themselves with cigarettes, alcohol and junk food.

These are some of the world’s most serious environmental problems. What will happen if we don’t try solve these problems?

Land Pollution

Air pollution

Land Pollution

Water pollution

Littering

Answer the questions:

• What does the word environment mean?
• Why have many species of birds and animals disappeared?
• What is the air polluted by?
• Why are the forests disappeared all over the world?
• Can you see pollution at the seaside?
• What are the most serious environmental problems?

Homework

Write a short essay about your town. Use the following guidelines .

• Write where it is situated.
• Write about its population(how many people, what nationalities, what languages are taught).
• Describe its man-made features and architecture.
• Describe its geographical features and wildlife.

Work in small groups

Write down the kinds of environment, which are in your area.

1-stgroup: Natural-geographical futures

2-nd group: Living organisms

3-rd group: Man-made geographical futures