UNIT 10: Conservation

Lesson 1: Reading
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Forest fires
Forest clear-cutting (deforestation)
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Liquid waste from a factory

Killing elephants (from poachers)
Air pollution from industry
Oil tanker spill
 Vocabulary:
+ conservation (n) [ ,kɔnsə:'vei∫n ] sự bảo tồn
conserve (v) [ kən'sə:v ]
bảo tồn
+ destruction (n) [ dis'trʌk∫n ] sự tàn phá
+ dam (n) [ dæm ]
đập (ngăn nước)
 A hydroelectric dam [ ,haidrou i'lektrik ]
đập thuỷ điện
+ circulation (n) [,sə:kju'lei∫n ] sự lưu thông
[ 'rʌn'ɔ:f ]
+ run-off (n) sự tháo chảy
[ i'rouʒn ]
+ erosion (n) sự xói mòn
[ di'fens ]
+ defence (n) sự bảo vệ

+ to play an important part in sth

II- While you read
 TASK1:
Matching the word in A with a suitable
definition in B

A B
1. eliminate. a. the movement of something
[ i'limineit ] around a closed system.
2. circulation
b. concerning or producing
3. run-off electricity by the power of
4. hydroelectric falling water
c. remove or get rid of completely
d. liquid which flows off or from
(something)
 TASK 3:
Choose the most suitable main
idea for each paragraph.

1. We cannot live without water.

2. Let’s do something to save the earth.
3. Forests give us a lot of valuable things.
4. Vegetation can help conserve water.
I. Before you listen:
LISTEN AND REPEAT
Forest : rừng
Campfire : lửa trại
Valuable : quý giá
Forester : lính kiểm lâm
Destroy: Phá hủy
Awful : kinh khủng
 - forest:
- forester: Cán bộ kiểm lâm
- a forest fire: Vụ cháy rừng

- a heap of leaves:
Một đống lá

- (to) spread: lan rộng

II. While you listen:
Task 1: Listen and number the
events in the order you hear.
3 A campfire near a heap of leaves may
easily cause a forest fire.
2 In late summer, fire is the greatest danger
to forests, and sometimes people are not
allowed to go into them
5 All of us must care for our great forests and
save them from fire.
1 It’s an unpleasant thing to see a great
forest fire.
4 A forest fire destroys valuable wood,
wildlife and good soil.
Task 2: Listen again, and decide
whether the statements are True
(T) or False (F)
1. Once a fire has started, it takes
times to spread. It spreads quickly

2. In late autumn, forest may easily
catch fire. summer

3. Campers must use earth to put
out their campfires completely. 
4. A forest fire may make life more
difficult for all of us.

of us
5. It is the duty of every forester to 
take care not to start a forest fire.
Task 3: Listen again, and tick
() the sentences you hear
a. Have you ever seen a forest destroyed by a
fired?
b. Have you ever seen a forest fire?

a. A great forest fire spread quickly.

b. A great forest fire is an awful thing to see.

a. They are very dry then.

b. Woods and forests are really dry then.