Vocabulary: Slick problems Grammar: Active voice & Passive
voice Function: Expressing feelings and ideas I think/ In my
opinion, Language Features and Functions
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Speaking : To answer the question about the story. Reading : To
read for comprehension and answer. Writing : To write and share the
opinion about the story Language Skills
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Match the words to their definitions. 1. spilla. a substance
that can make people or animals ill or kill them 2. environmental
if they eat or drink it 3. disasterb. to (cause to) flow, move,
fall or spread over the edge or 4. explosion outside the limits of
something 5. poisonc. the sudden violent bursting and loud noise of
something 6. barrierd. equipment for a special purpose 7. bane. an
object like a fence that prevents people from moving 8. rig forward
from one place to another f. relating to the air, water and land in
or on which people, animals and plants live g. to forbid (=refuse
to allow), especially officially an unexpected event, such as a
very bad accident, a flood or a fire, that kills a lot of people or
causes a lot of damage Vocabulary Test
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Answer 1. b 2. f 3. h 4. c 5. a 6. e 7. g 8. d
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Spill (v.) The milk was spilt on the floor by my children.
Vocabulary
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Environmental (adj.) Everyone should be aware of environmental
issues. Vocabulary
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Disaster (n.) Tsunami in Japan is one of the worst natural
disasters. Vocabulary
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Explosion (n.) The explosion of nuclear plant in Japan was
occurred in 2011. Vocabulary
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Poison (n.) He drank some poison because he had a lot of
problems. Vocabulary
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Barrier (n.) Please show your ticket at the barrier.
Vocabulary
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Ban (v.) Some films were banned in many countries.
Vocabulary
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Rig (n.) There are various kinds of rigs in factories.
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Pre-reading What problems can people cause for animals that
live in the sea? Do you think the sea near your country is clean or
dirty? How can we help to keep the sea safe and clean?
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Savannah Jackson lives in the town of Bon Secour, Alabama, on
the coast of the USA near the Gulf of Mexico. Many people in Bon
Secour need the sea for their work. Some are fishermen; Savannahs
family catches wild shrimp. On 20 April 2010 Savannah saw some bad
news on TV. There was an explosion on Deepwater Horizon, a big oil
rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil spill disaster
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The explosion killed eleven people and damaged the rig. Oil
spilled out of the ground into the sea. BP, the company who owned
the rig, could not stop the oil coming out. They couldnt stop it
for three month! Four hundred and sixty thousand tonnes of oil went
into the water killing thousands of birds and poisoning the sea.
The oil spell was an environmental disaster. Fishing was banned in
more than 200,000 square kilometres of the Gulf of Mexico. Like
many other people, the shrimp fishermen of Bon Secour couldnt make
any money. Cleaning up the oil became a big and important job. Oil
spill disaster
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BP and the American army put a barrier around Deeppwater
Horizon. They wanted to stop the oil from getting to the coast. The
barrier was more than 55 kilometres long, but it didnt stop the
oil. Savannah and her friends also wanted to help. Savanah cleaned
the oil off birds. Some of her friends cleaned the oil off the
beaches. Cleaning up the oil spill will cost millions of dollars,
and will take many years. Oil spill disaster
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Savannahs family will have to wait a long time before they can
catch their shrimp again. Oil spill disaster
Vocabulary B1. making sick 2. something which stops people 3.
hurt or broken 4. the area of a country where the land meets the
sea 5. not allowed Post-reading
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In other words A2 - To describe an environmental disaster in
the Gulf of Mexico. B1. Paragraph 2 2. Paragraph 3 3. Paragraph 1
Post-reading
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General understanding 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F Post-reading
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In detail 1. Savannahs family catches wild shrimp. 2. It was on
20 April 2010. 3. In the Gulf of Mexico. 4. Three months. 5.
460,000 tonnes. 6. They cleaned the oil off birds and the beaches.
7.Because the American army wanted to stop the oil from getting to
the coast. 8.Because the oil spilled into the sea.
Post-reading
