unit 11 - A - READING

Cuc Phuong National Park, VietnamCuc Phuong National Park is located 160 kilometres south west of Hanoi.. Nairobi National Park, KenyaNairobi national Park is Kenya’s smallest park, but

T o O u r C l a s s

What do you see in

these pictures?

A whale is being killedA tree is being cut downA forest fire

I Before You Read

A. Work in pairs to answer the following

questions:

1. Have you ever been to a national park?

2. Can you name some of the national

parks in Vietnam and in the world?

3. What trees and animals can you see in a

national park?

NAIROBI

CUC PHUONG

I Before You Read

B Vocabulary

- Orphan (n) : tr m côi, thú m côi tr m côi, thú m côi ẻ ồ ẻ ồ ồ ồ

Orphan (v) : (khi n cho) m côi (khi n cho) m côi ế ế ồ ồ

ORPHANAGEAbandon (v): từ bỏ, bỏ rơiWILDERNESS

I Before You Read

- Orphan (n) /' :fn/: ' :fn/: ɔ ɔ

Orphan (v)

Orphanage (n) /' :f nid Orphanage (n) /' :f nid ɔ ə ɔ ə ʒ ʒ /

- Abandon (v) / ə ə 'b 'b ænd ə ə n/: n/:

- Wilderness (n) /'wild ə ə nis/: nis/:

- Temperate (adj) /'temp r t/: 'temp r t/: ə ə ə ə

- Toxic (adj) /'t ksik/: 't ksik/: ɔ ɔ

tr / thú m côi ẻ ồ

tr / thú m côi ẻ ồ (khi n cho) m côi ế ồ

(khi n cho) m côi ế ồ

tr i m côi ạ ồ

tr i m côi ạ ồ

t b ừ ỏ

t b ừ ỏ vùng hoang dã (có khí h u) ôn hòa ậ

(có khí h u) ôn hòa ậ

đ c ộ

đ c ộ

B Vocabulary

VOCABULARY

 abandon (v) [ 'bænd n] [ 'bænd n] ə ə ə ə : b r i: b r iỏ ơỏ ơ

Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160 kilometres south west of Hanoi It is the first

of Vietnam’s nine national parks to be established (1962), and it contains over 200 square kilometres of rainforest Tourists go there to study butterflies, visit caves, hike mountains and look at the 1,000-year-old tree The best time to visit the park is during the dry season, from October to April, when the rainy season is over.

Cuc Phuong National Park

One thousand year-old tree BAMBOO TREE BUTTERFLY MONKEY

Nairobi National Park, Kenya

Nairobi national Park is Kenya’s smallest park, but you may be surprised at the large variety of animals that live there Visitors Especially children, can go there to learn how to recognize the different species of animals and plants They also learn about the habits of animals and how one species is dependent upon another for survival An interesting feature of this park is the Orphanage, where lots of orphaned or abandoned animals are taken care of

Nairobi National Park, Kenya

Everglades National park, USA

Everglades National Park, is a sub-tropical wildness in the southeastern United States This national park is special because it has plants and animals from both tropical and temperate zones Due to an increase in population and the use of nearby land for farming, there are toxic levels of chemicals in the water This contamination has threatened the park and many of the animals in it.

Everglades National Park, USA

While you read:

establish

2 ………… : to have something inside.

3 ………… : a group/ groups of animals or

plants

4 ………… : a state of continuing to live or exist

5 ………… : related to an area near a tropical

1 ………… : to start an organization that is

intended to continue for a long time.

 Task 2: Answer the following questions

1 What is the area of the rainforest in Cuc

Phuong National Park?

1 It is over 200 square kilometers.

2 Because the rainy season is over.

2 Why would November be a

2 Why would November be a suitable time

to visit this park?

3 What can people learn in Nairobi National Park?

3 They can learn about the habits of animals and how one species is dependent upon another for survival

4 What kinds of animal are taken care of in the Orphanage?

4 In the Orphanage, orphaned (abandoned) animals are taken care of

5 Everglades National Park is endangered because of the toxic levels of chemicals in the water.

6 If more chemicals are released into water plants and animals will die/ be killed/ destroyed.

5 Why is Everglades National Park

endangered?

endangered?

6 What do you think will happen to Everglades National Park if more chemicals are released into water?

AFTER YOU READ:

1 Why do you like to visit Cuc Phuong National Park?

- or Because I can study butterflies.

- or Because I can visit caves.

2 Because I can learn how to recognise the different species of animals and plants

3 Because it has plants and animals from both tropical and temperate zones

 Learn by heart all new words