Going Green.Toxic tones.

Spotlight 11

Going Green

• Toxic tones .

Oceans noise pollution”

Listen and match the sounds 1-6 with the words. How does each sound make you feel? e.g. anxious, upset, calm

• waves - relaxed
• a ship's horn - anxious
• a boat engine - calm
• seagulls - excited
• a drill - nervous
• an explosion - worried

WORDS

• deadly-смертельный,
• marine-морской,
• low-frequency-низкочастотный,
• sound waves- звуковые волны,
• to keep track-следить,
• to breed-размножаться (о животных),
• offshore – недалеко от берега,
• faint-слабый,
• to flood-наводнять (a flood-наводнение),
• to drill-сверлить, бурить,
• oil drilling- бурение нефти,
• an explosive – взрывчатое вещество,
• a hearing bubble – порог слышимости,
• a mate – самец, самка (у животных),
• to blast - оглушать (a blast-взрыв),
• intense –интенсивный
• stranded-выброшенный на берег (о китах, дельфинах),
• to campaign – проводить кампанию (a campaign-кампания),
• drastic-сильный, глубокий
• sympathy-сочувствие

How might the noises you heard affect the marine animals?

1) Listen and read the text to find out . Ex.1p.115

• Read again and match the headings to the paragraphs. There is one heading that you don't need to use.

A Deadly Noises B No Solution C A Difficult Job D A World of Sound

Match the underlined words/ phrases to their meanings .

• strong

• know where sth/sb is • weak

• unable to leave a place • extreme

drastic

stranded

Intense

faint

keep track of

Make up the sentences from the parts:

• 1. sound, whales, communicate, waves, use, to, low-frequency.
• 2. flooded, sonars, people, drilling, has, from, oceans, with, noise, oil, and, the.
• 3. ships, oil, environmentalists, move, campaign, and, companies, to, away, for.
• 4. the, drastic, human, life, oceans, marine, activity, in, the, a, effect, on, has.

Choose the right answer:

• 1. The  marine/offshore  life of the Great Barrier Reef is various.
• 2. Her voice was  faint/deadly  after a month of illness.
• 3. She felt  sympathy/drastic  when she saw the child crying.
• 4. The  stranded/drastic  whales were shown on TV.
• 5. Millions of tortoises come to this island to  breed/blast .
• 6. We were  drastic/blasted  by the explosion for a few minutes.

Answer the questions.

• What is ocean noise pollution?
• How do people pollute ocean with noise?
• How does noise pollution affect marine animals?
• Why hearing is important to ocean animals ?
• What should people do to make it less?
• What should people do to make this pollution less?

• Homework
• WL 18,learn the words.