10 unit 11 reading

mountain rainy season cave species park visitor population plant water... animal park mountain rainy season species population chemical visitor plant water... Cuc Phuong National Park

mountain

rainy season

cave

species park

visitor

population plant

water

animal park

mountain rainy season species

population chemical visitor

plant water

Have you ever been to a national

park?

Can you name some of the national parks in Vietnam and in the world?

Unit 11: NATIONAL PARKS Lesson: Reading

rainforest :

butterfly :

wilderness :

abandon :

threaten :

toxic :

(n) rừng mưa nhiệt đới (n) bướm

(v) bỏ đi, từ bỏ

(n) vùng hoang dã, bãi hoang (adj) độc

(v) doạ, đe doạ

Thursday, January 11st 2007

Task 1: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

Unit 11: NATIONAL PARKS

1 Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160

kilometers north west of Hanoi.

2 Tourists go to Cuc Phuong National Park to visit

caves and look at the 1000- year-old tree.

3 Nairobi National Park is the smallest park in

Kenya.

5 Everglades National Park is special because it

has plants and animals from both tropical and

temperate zones.

4 Everglades National Park is a tropical

wilderness in the southeastern United States.

F

F

T T

T

Thursday, January 11st 2007

4 5 6 7

1 Task 2: Answer the following questions

What is the area of the rainforest in Cuc Phuong National Park?

200 square kilometers

Why would November be a

suitable time to visit this park?

Because the rainy season is over

What can people learn in Nairobi

National Park?

animals, how to recognize the different species of animals and plants and how one species is dependent upon another for survival.

What kinds of animals are taken

care of in the Orphanage?

In the Orphanage, orphaned

or abandoned animals are taken care of.

Why is Everglades National Park

endangered?

Because of the toxic levels

of chemicals in the water

What do you think will happen to

Everglades National Park if more

chemicals are released into the water?

Plants and animals will die/ be killed/ destroy…

Task 3: Find the word in the passages that best suits each of the following definitions

1 to start an organization that is intended to continue for a long time

5

2

3

4

6

to have something inside

a group/ groups of animals or plants

a state of continuing to live or exist

a state of being polluted

related to an area near a tropical area

establish contain

species

survival

sub-tropical

contamination

Like Dislike Reason

Cuc Phuong

1000-year-old tree

Nairobi National

Park

Everglades

-Do you like to visit Cuc Phuong/ Nairobi/

Everglades National Park?

Why? Why not?

Homework:

Workbook – part 1,2 – page 64.