vocabulary names of animals habitats reading reasons why

Содержание: • • • vocabulary (names of animals, habitats); reading (reasons why animals are disappearing); the Amur Tiger (text); speaking (pair work); shocking facts (grammar practice/passive voice); writing (writing an article for a newspaper about kangaroos); speaking (pair work / what can we do to help animals? ); crossword; список литературы; интернет-ресурсы; заключение.

Animals are in danger!

Can you name the animals? dolphins eagle lions buffalo elephants kangaroo rhino giraffes sea turtle monkeys

Where can animals live? 1 2 rainforests 3 mountains 5 4 deserts seas and oceans savannas 6 forests

What are the usual habitats for these animals? A habitat is a place where a certain animal is usually found. Example: Seas and oceans are usual habitats for sea turtles.

Let us check 1 Rainforests are usual habitats for monkeys. 2 Mountains are usual habitats for eagles. 3 Savannas are usual habitats for elephants and zebras.

4 Deserts are usual habitats for snakes and lizards. 5 Seas are usual habitats for dolphins. 6 Forests are usual habitats for bears and wolves.

Why are they disappearing? A lot of species of wild animals on the planet are in danger of extinction. Why are they disappearing?

Every ten minutes one kind of animal, plant or insect disappears. If nothing is done about it, over one million species will disappear in twenty years from now. The seas are in danger. They are filled with poison: industrial and nuclear waste. This kills fish and sea animals.

Thousands of animals, for example: seals and dolphins, die in the nets of fishermen.

The tropical rainforests, which are the home of half the Earth’s living things, are destroyed every year.

Hunters kill animals because they can make a lot of money from their skins and meat. Some people hunt wild animals just for “sport”.

The Amur Tiger It is the largest living cat in the world. Today, there are more Amur Tigers in zoos than in nature. For centuries people have hunted the Amur Tigers for their beautiful fur. Once Amur Tigers lived from Lake Baikal to Northern China. Now, only 200 -400 animals live in the forests along the Amur River in the national parks of the Far East of Russia. Farming and growing cities have made their habitat smaller. So their food in the wild has also decreased. (сокращается)

Let us talk Exchange opinions with your classmate and make a list of reasons why the number of some species of animals is falling now.

Let us check • • Why is the number of some species of animals falling now? Industrial and nuclear waste kills fish and sea animals. A lot of sea animals die in the nets of fishermen. People destroy tropical rainforests, which are the home of half the Earth’s living things. People hunt and kill wild animals for their skins and meat or for “sport”.

Shocking facts Fill in the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs, use passive structures (be + V 3 / V ed). Example: In the 19 -th century more than 50 million buffaloes were destroyed in America. 1 8 big cats (kill) to make one fur coat. 2 Only several hundreds of rhinos (leave) in Asia. 3 Before 1964 on the Falklands (islands in the Atlantic ocean) 6000 seals (kill) yearly. 4 About 3 000 kangaroos (hunt) every year. 5 About 2000 elephants (leave) in Kenya now. 6 Over 40 000 monkeys (catch) every year. 7 In the early 1990 s about 300 dolphins and 30 sea turtles (poison) by water pollution every day.

Let us write Use the text as a model and write an article about kangaroos 15 000 big cats: tigers, snow leopards, cheetahs and lynxes are killed every year for their skins. Skins are used to make fur coats and jackets which are very expensive. A lynx coat, for example, can cost at least 10 000 pounds. The main exporter of cat skins is South America, and they are imported by the European Community (Западно-Европейская

3 000; for their skins and meat; fur goods, sport shoes and handbags; pet food; Australia; European Community; the USA, Japan

Let us check 3 000 kangaroos are killed every year for their skins and meat. Skins are used to make fur goods, sport shoes and handbags. Meat is used to make pet food. The main exporter of kangaroo skins and meat is Australia and they are imported by the European Community, the USA and Japan.

Let us discuss 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 We understand that many animals and birds have to be saved. Think about what we can do to help animals and birds. Use: should/shouldn’t and the words below (fires, rubbish, baby trees, babies of wild animals, rivers, lakes, to make, to leave, to frighten, to plant, to break, to take home, to feed, to keep tidy) We shouldn’t make fires in the forests, because fires destroy forests. We shouldn't leave rubbish in the forests. We shouldn’t frighten wild animals and birds. We should plant trees. We shouldn’t break baby trees. We shouldn’t take babies of wild animals home from forests. We should feed wild birds in winter. We should keep rivers and lakes tidy.

Solve the Crosswords "Do you know Animals? "

Список литературы: 1. Кузовлев В. П. Happy English 2 - Москва: Просвещение, 2000; 2. Цветкова И. Speak Out- Москва: Глосса Пресс, 4/2004; 3. Michael Harris, David Mover World Class level 3 - UK: Longman Group LTD, 2001.

Интернет-ресурсы: 1. http: //www. gifs. net/gif/ - коллекция анимированных гифов; 2. http: //nationalzoo. si. edu/ - фото галерея; 3. http: //www. kws. go. ke/info/multimedia/photos/gal lery_habitat. html- фото галерея; 4. http: //www. worldwildlife. org/species/finder/tigers /index. html? linklocation=footersitemaphttp. Амурский тигр; 5. http: //www. englishlearner. com/in dex. html кроссворды.