UNIT 11: NATIONAL PARKS

Cuc Phuong National Park , Viet Nam Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160 kilometers south west of Ha Noi.. The best time to visit the park is during the dry season , from October to

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Where can you see these animals?

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Cuc Phuong National Park , Viet Nam

Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160 kilometers south west of Ha

Noi It is the first of Vietnam’ s nine national parks to be established , and

it over 200 square kilometers of rain forest 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.

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 of animals and plants They also learn about the habits of animals and how one is dependent upon another for .

An interesting feature of this park is the Orphanage, where lots of

orphaned or abandoned animals are taken care of.

Everglades National Park , USA

Everglades National Park is a wilderness in the

southeastern United State 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 sue of nearby land for farming , there are toxic levels of chemicals in water This has threatened the park and many animals in it.

contains

species survival

sub-tropical

contamination

butterfly / 'b t flai ʌtəflai əflai / (n)

a child whose parents are dead orphan / 'ɔ:fən / (v) make (a child) an orphan

a home for orphans

vùng hoang

dã (used about a climate) not very hot and not very cold

khu vực, miền, vùng poisonous

từ bỏ, bỏ rơi, ruồng

bỏ

Scan the text for the positions of the

following words in 1 minute

Read the passage individually and find the word in the passages that best suits each of the following definitions:

intended to continue for a long time.

Answer the following questions:

1 What is the area of the rainforest in Cuc Phuong

National Park?

2 Why would November be a suitable time to visit this park?

3 What can people learn in Nairobi national park?

4 What kinds of animals are taken care of in the

Orphanage?

5 Why is Everglades National Park endangered?

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

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

2 Why would November be a suitable time to visit this park?

3 What can people learn in Nairobi national park?

square km.

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

Answer the following questions:

6 What do you think will happen to Everglades National

Park if more chemicals are released into the water?

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

5 Why is Everglades National Park endangered?

taken care of.

animals will die /be killed / destroyed.

Answer the following questions:

True or False

Cuc Phuong National park is located 160

kilometers north west of Hanoi.

5 32416789 10 Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160

kilometers south west of Hanoi.

The best time for tourists to visit Cuc

Phuong National Park is from October to

April.

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Nairobi National Park in Kenya is very large.

Nairobi National Park is Kenya’s smallest park.

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Everglades National Park is a tropical

wilderness in the Southeastern United

States.

Everglades National Park is a sub-tropical

wilderness in the Southeastern United States.

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Everglades National Park has plants and animals from both tropical and sub-tropical zones.

It has plants and animals from both tropical and temperate zones.

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1.READ THE READING PASSAGE AGAIN

2.LEARN ALL THE WORDS YOU HAS JUST LEARNED IN THE LESSON

3.PREPARE FOR THE NEW LESSON