Lesson 7: The moving desert

Lesson 7 (SB) P: 80 (The moving desert)

(ظاهرة التصحر) ص80. كتاب الطالب.

1. What are the main causes of the moving desert? ما هي الأسباب الرئيسية لظاهرة التصحر

Sand storms, low rainfall, tree cutting and burning oil wells.
العواصف الرملية وسقوط الأمطار القليل وقطع الأشجار وحرق الآبار النفطية

2. What is the good news? ما هي الأخبار الجيدة

Fresh water now flows into some of the dry areas and the wildlife is beginning to return.
الماء النقي الآن يتدفق إلى بعض الأراضي الجافة والحياة البرية بدأت بالعودة

Lesson 7 (AB) P: 100

تمرين (A) ص100. جد الكلمات التي تناسب التعاريف التالية من المقالة الموجودة في كتاب الألب ص80:

A. Find words in the article on page 80 of your Student's Book that mean the same as the definitions.

1. an area of land where nothing grows desert.
2. animals and plants wildlife.
3. the place where plants and animals live environment.
4. to have water removed drained.
5. a difficult situation challenge.
6. able to support plants and crops fertile.
7. an organized group of people society.
8. an area of land donam.

تمرين (B) ص100. أكتب أجوبة قصيرة للأسئلة التالية:

B. Now write short answers to these questions.

1. List three causes of the moving desert. sand storms, low rainfall, tree cutting.
2. What happens to the land when the desert moves? It becomes a dry zone; it makes the land less fertile.
3. What is the best way to stop the desert moving? The best way is to start the green belt project.
4. When were the marshes drained? In 1990s.
5. Are the marshes still dry today? No, they aren't.