Discursivecomposition“myfuturejob”

1. Writeaboutyourfuturecareer.Yourcompositionshouldincludeyourreasonsforchoosingthejob,yourassessmentoftheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofthejob,yourcareerplans,etc.Usethefollowinglinkers:moreover,ontheonehand…ontheotherhand,however,but,also,inconclusion,firstly,secondly,etc.

2. Hangupyourcompositionsaroundtheclassroom.Taketimetoreadallofthem.Voteforthebestcomposition.Takebothcontentandformintoconsideration.

Unit3 environment

LESSON1:ENVIRONMENTALISSUES

Communicativearea:speakingaboutenvironmentalissues

Activevocabulary:environment,resourcedepletion,ozonedeple-tion,conservation,nuclear,interdependent,deforestation,biodiversity,extinct,valuable

1. a)Readthejoke.Whatisthelumberjackproudof?

Theadvertisementsaid,“Wan-ted:averyexperiencedlumber-jack”.Amanansweredtheadandwasaskedtodescribehisexperi-ence.

“I’veworkedintheSaharaFor-est.”

“YoumeantheSaharaDesert”,saidtheinterviewer.

Themanlaughedandanswered,“Ohsure,that’swhattheycallitnow!”

2. Whatdolumberjacksdo?Choosefromthelist:

1. earnmoneyforliving;

2. destroytheenvironment;

3. cutdownforests.

environment–theair,waterandlandinoronwhichpeople,animalsandplantslive

2. Wouldyouliketoworkasalumberjack?Why?

2. a)Cutthe‘wordsnake’into7environmentalissues.Matchthemwiththepictures.Whichofthepicturesillustratesthejokeinex.1?

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b)ListentotheinterviewwithBillMcKibben,anenviron-mentalist.Whichoftheenvironmentalissuesinex.2aarementionedintheinterview?

c)Lookthroughtheexcerptsfromtheinterview.Fillinthemissingwords.

1. Peoplearebecomingmoreawarethattheiractivitiescanse-riouslydamagethe…andtheanimalsandplantsonit.

2. –Whatenvironmental…aremostimportanttoday?–Therearemanyofthemandthey’reallinterdependent.

3. However,itiswidelyrecognizedthat…materialsareavalu-ableresource,too.AnEnglishproverbsays“Oneman’strashisanotherman’streasure.”

4. Forestsarebeingdestroyedattherateof40hectaresamin-ute!Deforestationdestroystheenvironmental…andreduc-esbiodiversity.

5. Talkingaboutbiodiversity,moreandmoreanimalsandplant…arebecomingextinct.

6. BiodiversityisatermwhichdescribeshowrichtheEarthisinthe…ofspecies.

d)ListentoBillMcKibbenagain.Checkyouranswerstoex.2c.

3. A)Completethedefinitionsforthewordsinboldfromex.2c.

1. ThedegreeofvariationofanimalandplantspeciesonEarthiscalled….

2. IfananimalnolongerlivesonEarth,itbecomes….

3. Dependentoneachothermeans….

4. Thecuttingdownoftreesinalargeareaorthedestructionofforestsbypeopleis….

5. Tobe…meanstoknowthatsomethingexists,ortohaveknowledgeorexperienceofaparticularthing.

6. Ifsomethingishelpfulandimportant,itcanbecalled….

b)Completethesummaryoftheinterviewusingthenewvocabularyofthelesson.

People’sactivitieshavemadeahugeimpactonthe…,butunfortunately,mostpeoplearenotfully…ofthedamagetheyhavedonetotheplanet.Environmentalistsassessthisdamageandgiveadviceonhowtocompensateforwhathasbeendone.Therearemanyenvironmentalissues,whichareimportantto-dayandtheyareall….Themostdramaticofthemare……,…,

…issues,theissueof…,……whichincludesdeforestationand

…whichiscloselyconnectedwithanimalandplantspeciesbe-coming…andtheproblemofpreserving…ontheplanet.