Unit 10. Nature in danger

Scenic features Devastating Vehicles Maintenance Completely Đặc trưng phong cảnh tàn phá Duy trì Xe cộ Khoảng chừng Hoàn toàn... What happens to many national parks?. They are places to

Nam Cat Tien

National Park,

Lam Dong province,

Vietnam

Yellow Stone National Park,

The United States

Mountains, caves, lakes, rare animals and plants are _ of national parks scenic features

scenic features

/‘si:nik ‘fi:t∫ə/

 Đặc trưng

phong cảnh

Devastating /devəsteitin/ tàn phá, phá hủy

The fire is the forest.devastating

= destroy (v) devastate (v)

He writes to his friends very often to _ their friendship

to maintain (verb) 

(noun)

maintenance

maintain

/‘meintənəns/

/mein‘tein/ Duy trì

What are these? They are vehicles

/vi:əklz/

Xe cộ (xe hơi, xe tải)

Approximately /ə’prɔsimətli/ (adv)

Completely /kəm’pli:tli/(adv)

Khoảng chừng, độ chừng

Hoàn toàn, đầy đủ, trọn vẹn

Scenic features

Devastating

Vehicles

Maintenance

Completely

Đặc trưng phong cảnh

tàn phá

Duy trì

Xe cộ Khoảng chừng Hoàn toàn

1 What are national parks?

2 What happens to many national parks?

They are places to protect and preserve the natural beauty of the land

They are in danger of being destroyed

Task 1: Listen and give general answers

for these questions.

Task 2: Listen again to the first part of the talk

and decide if the following sentences are true

or false Correct the false ones.

1 National parks contain a variety of scenic features.

2 There are 62 national parks in the US.

3 National parks cover about 2 per cent of the total land of the United States.

4 National parks are all open to the children.

5 Millions of people visit national parks each year.

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T

F

F

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public

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Task 3: Listen again to the second part of the talk and

complete the table about:

Things related to

national parks What happens to them

1 _ are killed or hunted for fur, skin or

other parts

2 Trees 2

3 Large areas of

parks 3

4 _ is increasing and is harming the

parks due to their vehicles’

pollution.

Rare animals

are cut down for wood

experience devastating fires caused by careless people The number of

visitors

Reasons why national parks are in danger

Task 4: Listen to the last part of the talk

and choose the correct answer

It is inferred from the last part that we should:

A protect animals and trees

B limit fires caused by careless people

C reduce pollution from visitors’ vehicles

D raise money for the parks’ staff and

maintenance of their resources

E A, B, C, D are correct

Task 4: Summarize the passage, using

the information in tasks 1, 2, 3, 4

National parks are large areas of land to

protect and preserve the natural beauty of the land

However, they are now in danger of being destroyed

We should protect rare animals and trees, limit fires and pollution as well as raise

money for the parks’ staff and maintenance

of their resources

National parks are … to …

However, …

We should …

• Find more information about some

national parks for the writing lesson

parks