unit 10: endangered species- reading

Unit 10: Endangered species A: Reading.?. - Primary ['praiməri] - Toxic ['tɔksik] - Contaminated [kən'tæmineit] - Fertile ['fə:tail] - Vulnerable ['vʌlnərəbl] adj: chính adj: có độc ad

Look at the pictures and answer the questions

1 Which of the animals and insects can be found in Vietnam?

2 Which of them are in danger of extinct?

parrot tortoise rhinoceros

monkey

elephant leopard

frog mosquito

3 What are the reasons? Matching

Unit 10: Endangered

species

A: Reading

- Primary ['praiməri]

- Toxic ['tɔksik]

- Contaminated

[kən'tæmineit]

- Fertile ['fə:tail]

- Vulnerable

['vʌlnərəbl]

(adj): chính (adj): có độc (adj): bẩn

(adj): màu mỡ (adj)dễ bị tổn thương

Unit 10: Endangered species ► Reading

A B

Unit 10: Endangered species ► reading► Task 1

Matching words with definitions

a The existence of a large number

of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment

1 Extinction

2 Habitat b The act of preventing something

from being lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed

3

Biodiversity c A situation in which a plant, an animal, a way of life, etc stops

existing

4

Conservation

d The natural environment in which

a plant or an animal lives

c A situation in which a plant, an animal, a way of life, etc stops existing

a The existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment

b The act of preventing something from being lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed

d The natural environment in which

a plant or an animal lives

Answer Explanation

1 D P2 - L2: Over 8,300 plants and 7,200

animals …

2 B (P2-L1,2: The primary causes of species

extinction are habitat destruction, commercial exploitation and pollution)

3 A P4-> L2,3: The Red List – a global list

of endangered and vulnerable …

4 A

5 B

P4 -> L6,7: … a wide range of endangered species can have a chance to survive

Unit 10: Endangered species – Reading - Task 2

Choose the best answer:

Statement Evidence

Unit 10: Endangered species - reading - Task 3

Finding evidence

3 There are a number of ways

to help save endangered

species.

1 Pollution is one of the main

causes of species extinction.

2 Species diversity has

provided humans with so many

essential things.

P 4 P2: Line 1,2

P3

d species

Post reading:

- Habitat destruction

- Commercial exploitation

- Pollution

-The drainage of wetlands

- Deforestation

- Urbanization

- Road and dam construction

- Loss of biodiversity

- Having a serious Impact on the ability

of remaining species

solutions

-Introducing the Red List to raise people’s

wareness of conservation needs

-Enacting laws to protect wildlife from commercial

trade and overhunting

- Developing wildlife habitat reserves

- Learn by heart the new words.

- Do “reading” part in sts’ book.

Unit 10: Endangered species - reading