Unit 10 - Part A

The number of rare animals have become small because of the people’s interference with the environment.. We kill animals for food, skin, fun…, we build many cities and villages where for

Welcome to our class

Teacher: Dang Thi Lan Huong

• The class is divided into 2 groups.

• The groups take turns to choose numbers then answer some questions.

• The group giving the wrong answer will lose

your turn The next group will go on giving

another answer for the current question.

• If you guess the picture behind numbers, you’ll get total marks If your answer is wrong, minus

2 marks.

Good luck!!!

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Part A: READING

Before you read:

One found throughout Africa and Asia, they are now only scattered throughout east Africa

There are only about 20

Siberian tigers left in the

wild in China and about

100 live in Chinese zoos

and national parks

2 Can you expain why the numbers of

these animals have become small?

Answer:

The number of rare animals have become small

because of the people’s interference with the

environment We kill animals for food, skin, fun…,

we build many cities and villages where forests once stood, we cut down trees, we destroy the air, we

destroy the environment through our actions

Answer:

Question 2:

Can you explain why the numbers of

these animals have become small?

While you read:

rapidly (adv) /'ræpidli/

extinct (adj) /iks'tiηkt/

survive (n) /sə'vaiv/

offspring (n) /'ɑfsspriη/

Task 1: Fill in each blank with a word above:

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.

pollutants interference decreasing extinct endangered protect

extinct protect

decreasing pollutants

endangered interference

+ Adj + bare V

+ V-ing + N

+ N + N

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.

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.

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.

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:

What are the serious consequences

of the people’s interference with the

invironment?

What are the fou r ways by which human be ings are changing the w orld?

Question 1:

What are the four ways by which

human beings are changing the world?

The four ways that human beings are changing the world: + They are changing the environment by building cities and villages where forests once stood

+ They are affecting the water supply by using water for industry and agriculture

+ They are changing weather the air by adding

pollutants to it

Answer:

Question 2:

What are the serious consequences of the people’s interference with the environment?

There are two serious consequences:

+ Many kinds of rare animals are killed

+ The environment where rare animals are living is badly destroyed

As a result the number of rare animals are decreasing rapidly and they are in danger of becoming extinct

Answer:

Question 3:

What has been done to protect the

environment?

Efforts have been made to protect the environment:

+ Scientists have made lists of endangered species and suggested ways to save them

+ Thousands of national parks all over the world have been established to protect endangered animals

+ Laws have been introduced to prohibit the killing of endangered animals and the destruction of the

environments where these rare animals are living

Answer:

People and Nature

After you read:

Work in groups, and answer the question: What should we do to protect our nature?

SUMMARY

- Learn by heart all the new words.

Film

What are they doing?

They are killing whales

What are people doing?

They are cutting down trees Deforestation

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What are we doing?

We are polluting the air and the rivers.

What are these men doing?

They are hunting and killing animals

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