Unit 11 grade 6: Our Greener World – Getting Started
Let’s “go green”! (Let’s go “green”!)
1. Task 1 Unit 11 Grade 6 Getting Started
Listen and read (Listen and read)
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Translated:
Mi: Hi Nick.
Nick: Hi Mi.
Mi: You buy a lot of things.
Nick: Um. I’m going on a picnic tomorrow, what are you doing at the supermarket?
Mi: I’m buying a loaf of bread. Hey, what is this?
Nick: This is a reusable shopping bag.
Mi: Do you always use it?
Nick: That’s right. This bag is better than plastic bags, bags made of natural materials. If we all use this bag, we will help the environment.
Mi: I get it. I will buy a bag for my mother. Where can I buy this bag?
Nick: They sell a lot of these bags at the counter.
Mi: Thank you. Are these bags expensive?
Nick: Nope. By the way, you’re ‘green’ too. You’re riding a bike.
Mi: You’re right. If there were more people cycling, there would be less air pollution. Right?
Nick: That’s right. Oh, look, it’s almost 5 o’clock. I have to go here. We have a lot of things to prepare for the picnic. Goodbye.
Mi: See you soon, Nick! Let’s have fun tomorrow! Goodbye!
a. Read the conversation again and complete the following sentences. Use no more than three words in each blank. (Read the conversation again and complete the following sentences. Do not use more than 3 words in each place.)
Guide to answer
1. on a picnic
2. reusable/ natural
3. the check-out
4. a/ a reusable
5. cycling
Translated:
1. Nick is going on a picnic tomorrow.
2. Green shopping bags are reusable bags. The material of the bag is from nature.
3. Bags can be purchased at the cash register.
4. Mi wants to buy 1 bag/a reusable bag for her mother.
5. Nick thinks Mi is ‘green’ because she is riding a bicycle.
b. Based on the ideas in the conversation, match the first half of the sentence in column A with its second half in column B. (Based on the above conversation, connect the first half of the sentence in column A with the second half of the sentence in column B.)
Guide to answer
1 – b
2 C
3 – a
Translated:
1. Reusable bags are better than plastic bags.
2. The air will be less polluted if more people ride bicycles.
3. If people use reusable bags for shopping, they help the environment.
c. Find these expressions in the conversation. Check what they mean. (Find these expressions in the conversation. Check what they mean.)
Guide to answer
1. I see./ I understand: I understand.
2. By the way: By the way
3. Not at all: It’s okay/ There’s nothing.
d. Fill each blank with a suitable expression. (Fill in each blank with a suitable expression.)
Guide to answer
1. B: I see.
2. B: Not at all.
3. B: By the way
Translated:
1. A: It works like this.
B: Oh, I get it.
2. A: Are you tired?
B: It’s okay.
3. A: What will you do this weekend?
B: I’m going to a birthday party. By the way, what do you think of this dress?
2. Task 2 Unit 11 grade 6 Getting Started
There are a lot of environmental problems today. Write each problem in the box under the picture. (There are many environmental problems today. Write each problem in the box below that matches the picture.)
Guide to answer
1. soil pollution: soil pollution
2. forest: deforestation
3. water pollution: water pollution
4. noise pollution: noise pollution
5. air pollution: air pollution
3. Task 3 Unit 11 grade 6 Getting Started
Now listen, check and repeat the answers. (Listen, check and repeat the answer.)
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4. Task 4 Unit 11 Grade 6 Getting Started
Match the causes in column A with the effects in column B. (Match the causes in column A with the consequences in column B.)
Guide to answer
1 – b
2 – d
3 – e
4 – c
5 – a
Translated:
1. Air pollution causes breathing problems.
2. Water pollution kills fish.
3. Contamination of soil causes tree death.
4. Noise pollution causes hearing problems.
5. Deforestation causes floods.
5. Task 5 Unit 11 grade 6 Getting Started
Game: Which group is the winner? (Game: Which team wins?)
1. Make groups of six. (Create a group of 6 people)
2. As a class, choose one environmental problem in 2. (The whole class chooses the environmental problem in lesson 2).
3. In five minutes, write down as many effects of the problem as possible. (Within 5 minutes, write down as many of the consequences of this problem as you can.)
4. After 5 minutes, one member from each group runs quickly to the board and writes the effects. (After 5 minutes, one member of each group quickly runs to the board and writes the consequences.)
5. The group with the most effects wins! (The group that writes the most consequences wins.)
6. Practice
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences
Question 1: If we continue to deforest, our earth ___________ tarnished.
A. be B. is C. will be D. was
Question 2: Do you know what ___________ water pollution?
A. caused B. causing C. to cause D. causes
Question 3: We ___________ a survey to know more about recycling.
A. make B. do C. have D. get
Question 4: You should put rubbish in the recycling ___________.
A. bin B. sea C. soil D. air
Question 5: Charities raise money for people who are ___________ need.
A. in B. on C. at D. for
Question 6: We will save the environment if we ___________ plastic.
A. reuses B. reuse C. reuse D. reused
Question 7: They are using leaves __________ food.
A. wrap B. to wrap C. wrapping D. will wrap
Question 8: We are trying to __________ the president to the party.
A. pollute B. exchange C. invite D. cause
7. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, students need to practice reading the dialogue between Nick and Mi and do related exercises; At the same time, memorize the words in the lesson:
- go on a picnic: have a picnic
- loaf of bread: loaf of bread
- reusable (adj): can be reused
- shopping bag: shopping bag
- plastic (adj): plastic
- be made of: made of…
- material (n): material
- environment (n): environment
- check-out: checkout counter
- air-pollution: air pollution
- soil pollution: soil pollution
- forest: deforestation
- water pollution: water pollution
- noise pollution: noise pollution
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