Unit 10.CB. Reading

6- Because of the……….of human beings, many animals have become extinct.. pollutants decreasing protect interference extinct endangered extinct protect decreasing pollutants endangered in

 Give each picture its name

1 2

A bear

A tiger

5 6

7

8

A flood

A draught

A forest fire

Deforestation

* Cheetahs are now only

scattered throughout East

Asia.

* Approximately 1000

pandas remain in the

wild.

* About 20 Siberian

Tigers are left in the wild

and 100 live in Chinese

zoos and national parks.

-These animals are

going to die out in

near future.

-They are in

danger of extinction.

*Why are these animals in danger of extinction?

hunting / killing them

for food, fur, skin and other parts of

their bodies.

- People are also destroying the environment where they are living.

* Task 1a : Find the following words in the text and guess the meanings.

Things that make air, water and soil… dirty.

Becoming or making sth become smaller in number…

~ sth/sb from (against) sth: bảo vệ ai…khỏi…

Sự can thiệp

No longer exist: tuyệt chủng

Trong tình trạng nguy hiểm, bị đe doạ…

*Task 1b: Fill in each blank with a word

above.

1- Dinosaurs became………millions of years ago 2- She tried to……… herself from the wind

3- This species of bird is……… in numbers every year

4- The chemical……… from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty

5- The blue whale is a/an……….species

6- Because of the……….of human beings,

many animals have become extinct

pollutants decreasing protect

interference extinct endangered

extinct protect

decreasing pollutants

endangered interference

* Sub-task: Match the word/phrases in A

with the definitions in B

1- to have a great influence

on sb/sth

2- in all respects

3- to result in sth

4- to set up

5- to make an effort

to do sth

6- to raise a fund

7- to prohibit

8- to co-exist

A- to live together B- to build / to establish C- to try/ to manage to do sth

D- to collect money E- to make sth happen F- to stop / to prevent sth G- to affect/ to influence sb/ sth

H- in all aspect

each paragraph

1- Paragraph 1

A- Human beings need to grow food

B- Human beings pollute the environment

D- People should stop living in cities and villages

C- Human beings interfere with nature

2- Paragraph 2

A- Many animals are disappearing

C- People are in danger of becoming extinct

D- The human race is also an endangered species

B- Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment

3- Paragraph 3

A- Human beings have made efforts to protect the

environment

B- scientists have made a long list of endangered

species

C- People should be kept away from animals and plants D- Rare animals do not disappear

4- Paragraph 4

A- The survival of endangered species

B- The Earth – a happy planet

D- People’s interfere with the environment

C- Conditions for a peaceful co-existence

Task 3 : Answer the following questions

1- What are the four ways by which human beings are changing the world?

They are: Human beings are changing the

environment by building cities and villages

where forests once stood, affecting the

water supply by using water for industry

and agriculture, changing weather

conditions by cutting down trees in the

forests and destroying the air by adding

pollutants to it.

2- What are the serious consequences of

people’s interference with the

environment?

- They are many kinds of animals are killed , the environment where animals are living is badly destroyed and the number of rare animals are decreasing so rapidly that they are in danger of extinction.

3- What has been done to protect the environment?

Many things have been done to protect the environment such as many organizations have been set up, money has been raised to save rare animals, thousands of

national parks have been established and laws have

been passed to prohibit killing endangered animals

Time is over Goodbye!