Unit 9-Listening 11NC

Some ecotourists are A lot of tourists are watching a whale swimming in the sea.. Tourists are hiking/ walking in the forest A lot of tourists are takingboats along a cannal river...

Thursday, December 25th , 2008

1 What can you see in the pictures?

2 What might ecotourists in the

pictures be doing?

Some ecotourists are

A lot of tourists are

watching a whale

swimming in the sea.

Tourists are hiking/

walking in the forest

A lot of tourists are takingboats along

a cannal( river)

I Pre-Listening

1 Vocabulary:

-To disturb (V): [dis'tə:b] làm mất yên tĩnh, làm náo động

-Dolphin (n) ['dɔlfin] cá heo

-Vegetation: (n) [,vedʒi'tei∫n] thực vật, cây cối nói chung

-Path (n) [pɑ:θ]] đường mòn, đường nhỏ

What might you do

if you go on an ecotour?

Listen to the first part and check ()

whether the following statements are true or false.

1 During an ecotour, tourists may hunt animals.

2 Ecotourists like watching wildlife

3 Ecotourists do not want to harm the environment.

4 Ecotourism does not harm the environment.

F

F

T

T

Tourists don’t go hunting

( Many activities cause harm to the environment)

During an ecotour, tourists may hunt animals

Ecotourists like watching wildlife

Ecotourists do not want to harm the environment.

Ecotourism does not harm the environment

Ecotour activities Their effects

(1) Watching……….

(3) Watching………

(5) Watching……

( 2) Noise from boats……

(4)The strong light from the flashes…

( 6) The vegetation

whales of dolphins can become stressed and eat less.disturbs whales and dolphins, which

causes soil erosion when

Discuss possible effects other ecotour activities might have on wildlife

or the environment

- Buying objects made from endangered species

( ivory, coral, seashell,etc) may encourage illegal hunting or killing of these species

- Littering might pollute the environment

- Feeding animals may change their eating habits and cause their unhealthy dependency on men’s source of food

- Touching animals can transmit diseases to them, which are already in danger

- Boating might cause soil erosion

1.Learn by heart all new words

2.Prepare the next period

of the lesson