Talk about something you shouldn’t do to protect the environment
You can use the following questions as cues:
• What is it?
• How often do you do it?
• Who don’t you do it with?
• Why shouldn’t you do it?
Useful languages:
Useful vocabulary |
Useful structures |
• littering, cutting down trees, using nylon bags, using private cars, ... • every day, once a week, three times a month, every week, ... • friends, family members, relatives, colleagues,... • damaging health, devastating ecosystems, causing flood, eroding soild, ... |
• Avoiding ... is what I do to protect the environment. • Saying no to ... is the way that I do to protect the environment. • I do it everyday/ once a week/ every time I go shopping, ... • My family members don’t..., either. • There are several reasons explaining for my decision. • I don’t do it because of some reasons. |
Complete the notes:
Structures of the talk |
Your notes |
What is it? |
__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
How often do you do it? |
__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Who don’t you do it with? |
__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Why shouldn’t you do it? |
__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Now you try!
Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.
1. Protecting the environment is a primary concern of every one these days.
2. Saying no to ... is the way that I do to protect the environment.
3. I do it...
4. People around me such as my family members, my fiends do not...
5. I don’t do it because of some reasons ...
Now you tick!
Did you ...
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Talk about something you shouldn’t do to protect the environment.
Dịch nghĩa câu hỏi:
Nói về một việc nào đó bạn không nên làm để bảo vệ môi trường.
Em có thể sử dụng những câu hỏi sau như gợi ý:
• Đó là việc gì?
• Bạn thực hiện việc này bao nhiêu lần?
• Bạn không làm việc này với ai?
• Tại sao bạn không làm nó?
Gợi ý trả lời:
MAIN IDEAS (Ý chính)
Activities (Hoạt động)
* litter (v.) (vứt rác)
* cut down trees (v. phr.) (chặt cây)
* use nylon bags (v. phr.) (dùng túi ni lông)
* use private cars (v. phr.) (dùng xe riêng)
Frequency (Tần suất)
* every day (adv.) (hàng ngày)
* once a week (adv.) (một tuần một lần)
* three times a month (adv.) (ba lần một tháng)
* every week (adv.) (hàng tuần)
Reasons (Lý do)
* damage health (v. phr.) (làm tổn hại sức khỏe)
* cause flood (v. phr.) (gây lụt lội)
* devastate ecosystems (v. phr.) (tàn phá hệ sinh thái)
* erode soil (v. phr.) (xói mòn đất)
With whom (với ai)
* friends (n.) (bạn bè)
* relatives (n.) (họ hàng)
* family members (n. phr.) (người trong gia đình)
* colleagues (n.) (đồng nghiệp)
Bài mẫu:
Protecting environment are activities that keep the environment clean and use natural resources economically and appropriately. Saying “no” to the use of nylon bags is the way that I do to protect the environment. I do It every day. For example, when I go to the market or buy something at a store or supermarket, in any situation, I often avoid using nylon bags. Family members are well aware of protecting the environment so everyone says No to nylon bags. I don’t do It because of some reasons. Firstly, It devastates ecosystems; plastic bags located in the soil prevent soil from retaining water and nutrients. Secondly, it damages health, especially colored nylon bags . These bags, which contain lead, can contaminate the food inside it, which damage the brain and cause lung cancer. Lastly, it destroys organisms, nylon bags washed down into lakes, oceans kill microorganisms when they swallow nylon bags. To carry something, we can use cloth bags, paper bags or any kind of bag used repeatedly and decomposed biologically instead of nylon bags. Remember that don’t accept nylon bags from seller when buying something. It is a way for us to contribute to protecting the environment |
Bảo vệ môi trường là các hoạt động giữ môi trường sạch sẽ và sử dụng tài nguyên thiên nhiên một cách kinh tế và phù hợp. Không sử dụng túi ni lông là cách giúp tôi bảo vệ môi trường.
Tôi thực hiện việc này mỗi ngày. Ví dụ, khi đi chợ hay mua đồ ở cửa hàng hay siêu thị, trong bất cứ hoàn cảnh nào, tôi đều tránh sử dụng túi ni lông. Những thành viên trong gia đình tôi đều nhận thức tốt về việc bảo vệ môi trường nên ai cũng đều nói không với túi ni lông. Tôi không sử dụng nó vì một số lý do. Thứ nhất, nó tàn phá hệ sinh thái, túi ni lông nằm trong đất khiến cho đất không giữ được nước và dinh dưỡng. Thứ hại, nó gây tổn hại sức khỏe, đặc biệt bao bì ni lông mầu đựng thực phẩm làm ô nhiễm thực phẩm do chứa các kim loại như chì gây tác hại cho não và nguyên nhân gây ung thư phổi. Cuối cùng, nó hủy hoại sinh vật, bao bì ni lông bị trôi xuống hồ, biển làm chết các vi sinh vật khi chúng nuốt phải. Để mang một cái gì đó, chúng ta có thể sử dụng túi vải, túi giấy hoặc bất kỳ loại túi nào được sử dụng nhiều lần và phân hủy sinh học thay vì túi nylon. Hãy nhớ rằng đừng nhận túi ni lông từ người bán khi mua một cái gì đó. Đó là một cách để chúng ta góp phần bảo vệ môi trường |
Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
European Union, almost 100 million citizens of all ages invest their time, talents and money to make a positive contribution to their community by volunteering in civil society organisations, youth clubs, hospitals, schools, in sport clubs, etc. For the Commission, volunteering is an active expression of civic participation which strengthens common European values such as solidarity and social cohesion. Volunteering also provides important learning opportunities, because involvement in voluntary activities can provide people with new skills and competences that can even improve their employability. This is especially important at this time of economic crisis. Volunteering plays an important role in sectors as varied and diverse as education, youth, culture, sport, environment, health, social care, consumer protection, humanitarian aid, development policy, research, equal opportunities and external relations.
Objectives of the Year:
1. To create an enabling and facilitating environment for volunteering in the EU;
2. To empower volunteer organisations and improve the quality of volunteering;
3. To reward and recognise volunteering activities; and
4. To raise awareness of the value and importance of volunteering.
The Commission expects that the European Year of Volunteering will lead to an Increase In volunteering and to greater awareness of its added value, and that it will highlight the link between voluntary engagement at local level and its significance in the wider European context.
(EU Citizenship Portal)
1. What does the word “their” in paragraph 1 refer to?
Volunteer work/ offer/us/ chance/ make/ difference/ people/ around/ them.
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Write a short paragraph (120 -150 words) about doing volunteer work.
You can use the following questions as cues:
* Why do people do volunteer work?
* Which volunteer activities do you like?
* What situations need volunteer workers?
* What benefits can you get from volunteer work?
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Listen to the information about Rosa Louise McCauley Parks and (decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was honored “mother of the modem civil rights movement” by the US Congress. 2. She became an international icon representing the movement against racism 3. She won a Nobel Peace Prize. 4. From 1965 to 1988 she worked as a seamstress. 5. She was voted as one of the 100 most influential figures of the 20th century by Time magazine |
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There/ be/ lots/ reasons/ people/ want/ volunteer.
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Volunteering/ interesting/ because/ it/ also/way/ meet/ make/ new friends
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They are going to treat drinking water and widen roads in_________areas.
Complete the following sentences using the given words in the box.
meaningful |
non-profit |
opportunities |
apply |
by chance |
handicapped |
employment |
donated |
priorities |
hopeless |
E.g.: Doing volunteer work helps me have a lot of __opportunities__to meet new people.
1. The special equipment is designed for_________children.
2. Fixing running water for people in remote areas is on their list of_________ .
3. I saw this job advertisement on the newspaper_________yesterday.
4. Jack finds it_________to help disadvantaged people.
5. Linda has been working for an independent_________organization since she graduated from university.
6. A generous businesswoman_________one million dollar to the charity last week.
7. It Is not easy for graduates to find_________today.
8. We need to_________for a visa to travel to Korea.
9. They searched the survivors in that earthquake but it was_________.