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Discussion: 1/ Where do these wild animals live? 2/ Have the numbers of these wild animals become larger? 3/ What makes them become smaller?

Suggested answers The numbers of these animals have become small because they are killed for food, skin or fur.

Unit 10: nature in danger lesson 1: reading

Before you read

READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES • Once found throughout Africa and Asia, Cheetahs are now only scattered throughout east Africa Scatter (v)= distribute CHEETAH

READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES • PANDAS • It is estimated that only 1, 000 pandas remain in the wild.

READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW. • There are only about 20 Siberian tigers left in the wild in China and about 100 live in Chinese zoos and national parks. TIGER

You are going to read about how we have destroyed our environment and affected other species and what we can do to save endangered animals. Then you do the tasks that follow

Unit 10: Nature in danger Reading. Vocabulary: 1/ pollutant (n) 2/ extinct (adj) smoke 3/ endangered (adj) = in danger of becoming Exhaust fumes extinct dinosaurs 4/ interference (n) 5/ prohibit (v) = ban (v) 6/ to exist on something Ex: They can’t exist on the money he’s earning. 7/ co-exist(v) =live together Chemical waste They are extinct 8/ destroy (v)

Unit 10: Nature in danger Vocabulary: 1/ pollutant (n): chất làm ô nhiễm 2/ extinct (adj): tuyệt chủng 3/ endangered (adj): có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng 4/ interference (n): sự can thiệp 5/ prohibit (v): cấm 6/ to exist on something: sống nhờ vào 7/ co-exist(v): sống chung 8/ destroy(v): tàn phá Reading.

Read the passage in silence.

While you read

Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the passage. Fill each blank with a suitable word. Pollutants Interference 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. decreasing extinct protect endangered extinct Dinosaurs became _______ million of years ago. She tried to ______ protect herself from the wind. This species of bird is decreasing ______ in numbers every year. The chemical ______ pollutants from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty. The blue whale is a(n) _______ endangered species. Because of the _______ interference of human beings, many animals have become extinct.

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. C. Human beings interfere with nature. D. People should stop living in cities and villages.

Task 2: Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph. 2. Paragraph 2 A. Many animals are disappearing. B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment. C. People are in danger of becoming extinct. D. The human race is also an endangered species.

Task 2: Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph. 3. Paragraph 3 A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment. 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.

Task 2: Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph. 4. Paragraph 4 A. The survival of endangered species. B. The Earth- a happy planet. C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence. D. People’s interference with the environment.

Task 3: Answer the questions 1. What are the fours ways by which human beings are changing the world (paragraph 1) 2. What are the serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment? (paragraph 2) 3. What has been done to protect the environment? (paragraph 3)

Task 3: Answer the questions 1. Four ways that people change the world are: - They are changing the environment by building cities and villages. - They are affecting the water supply by using water for industry and agriculture. - They are changing weather conditions by cutting down trees in the forests. - They are destroying the air by adding pollutants like smoke from factories and fumes from cars. (paragraph 1)

Task 3: Answer the questions 2. The serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment are: - Many kinds of rare animals are killed. - The environment where these animals are living is badly destroyed. - The numbers of rare animals are decreasing so rapidly that they are in danger of becoming extinct. (paragraph 2)

Task 3: Answer the questions 3. Many things have been done to protect endangered nature, such as: - Many organization have been set up and money has been raised to save rare animals. - Thousands of national parks have been established. - Laws have been passed to prohibit killing endangered animals. (paragraph 3)

After you read

Work in groups of 4. In your groups, one of you acts as a TV reporter and the others as scientists. The TV reporter will interview the scientists about the reasons why some animals such as cheetahs, tigers, pandas are disappearing and some have become extinct. The reporter will have to write down the ideas.

What do you think about the reasons why wild animals disappeared? ? ? ? I think people hunt or capture them for many purposes…

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