Lesson 2. The Wonderful World of Plants

Getting ready for the task:
Do you like plants?
What can make our world colourful?
What plants do /don’t you like?Why?
Why do we need trees?
Key words:
to bear - to be able to deal with smth unpleasant;
a thorn - a small sharp pointed part (on the stem) of some plants
to hunt - to catch /kill animals for food
bushy - growing thickly
a source - resource
a seed - the small hard part produced by a plant
ripe - fully grown
1

CW/IW. Write and speak about the features of the plants. Use the sentences below:

• Plants grow in different sizes and shapes.
• Some plants grow big and some plants remain small.
• Big plants are trees. They can be tall and strong.
• Some plants' stems are weak and some plants have thorns.
• Some plants are bushy. Trees are a source of oxygen.
• We plant seeds of some plants to get crop.
2

GW. Look through the motto, answer the questions and share your ideas. Make/prepare some environmental solutions.

No killing!
Save Nature!
Project Trees!
• What are these solutions about?
• How can people help the environment?
• What current environmental problems is the world facing?