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Unit 10: Nature In Danger. Period 61: A. Reading Week 22. Give each picture its name. A monkey. jellies. A bear. A tiger. A flood. A draught. A deforestation. A forest fire. * Cheetahs are now only scattered throughout East Asia.
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Unit 10: Nature In Danger Period 61: A. Reading Week 22
A monkey jellies A bear A tiger
A flood A draught A deforestation A forest fire
* Cheetahs are now only scattered throughout East Asia. * Approximately 1000 pandas remain in the wild.* About 20 Siberian Tigers are left in the wild and 100 live in Chinese zoos and national parks. • These animals are going to die out in near future. • They are in danger of extinction.
Because people are hunting / killing them for food, fur, skin and other parts of their bodies. Why are these animals in danger of extinction?
- People are also destroying the environment where they are living.
Task 1a: Find the following words in the text and guess the meanings. Things that make air, water and soil… dirty. • Pollutants (n): • Decreasing (v): • Protect (v): • Interference (n): • Extinct (a): • Endangered (a): Becoming or making sth become smaller in number… ~ sth/sb from (against) sth: bảo vệ ai…khỏi… Sự can thiệp No longer exist: tuyệt chủng Trong tình trạng nguy hiểm, bị đe doạ…
*Task 1b: Fill in each blank with a word above. pollutants decreasing protect interference extinct endangered 1- Dinosaurs became………………millions of years ago. 2- She tried to……………..herself from the wind. 3- This species of bird is………………..in numbers every year. 4- The chemical………………..from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty. 5- The blue whale is a/an………………….species. 6- Because of the………………….of human beings, many animals have become extinct. extinct protect decreasing pollutants endangered interference
* Sub-task: Match the word/phrases in A with the definitions in B
*Task 2: Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph 1- Paragraph 1 A- Human beings need to grow food. B- Human beings pollute the environment. D- People should stop living in cities and villages. C- Human beings interfere with nature 2- Paragraph 2 A- Many animals are disappearing. C- People are in danger of becoming extinct. D- The human race is also an endangered species. B- Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
3- Paragraph 3 B- scientists have made a long list of endangered species. C- People should be kept away from animals and plants. D- Rare animals do not disappear. A- Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment. 4- Paragraph 4 A- The survival of endangered species. B- The Earth – a happy planet D- People’s interfere with the environment C- Conditions for a peaceful co-existence
Task 3: Answer the following questions 1- What are the four ways by which human beings are changing the world? They are: Human beings are changing the environment by building cities and villages where forests once stood, affecting the water supply by using water for industry and agriculture, changing weather conditions by cutting down trees in the forests and destroying the air by adding pollutants to it.
2-What are the serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment? - They are many kinds of animals are killed, the environment where animals are living is badly destroyed and the number of rare animals are decreasing so rapidly that they are in danger of extinction. 3- What has been done to protect the environment? Many thingshave been done to protect the environment such as many organizations have been set up, money has been raised to save rare animals, thousands of national parks have been established and laws have been passed to prohibit killing endangered animals.
