tieng anh 11 unit 10 reading

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

BUTTERFLY DRAGONFLY ANT CRICKET FLY CICADA

WHO AM I?

FORESTS

THE ATMOSPHERE/AIR THE ENVIRONMENT/LAND

ARE GETTING POLLUTED.

RARE ANIMALS ARE BEING KILLED/HUNTED.

Unit 10: NATURE IN DANGER

Before you read

READING

SIBERIAN TIGERS CHEETAH

1 MATCHING

2 FACTS & QUESTIONS

Once found throughout

Africa and Asia,

cheetahs are now

only scattered

throughout East Asia

It is estimated that

only 1,000 pandas

remain in the wild.

There are only about

20 Siberian tigers left

in the wild in China

and about 100 live in

Chinese zoos and

national parks

1 Are these animals great or limited in number?

2 Why have these animals become small?

3 VOCABULARY

E.g.: a species

2 species

species (n)

human (n) = human being

human (adj)

E.g.: a human face

human race

→humane (adj)

Have an influence on sb/st (n) = have effect on sb/st

E.g.: My parents have a great influence on me.

polluted (adj) pollutant (n) pollution (n) pollute (v)

Tom’s cat

dead

The death of his cat Tom’s sadness resulted in

result in st=make st happen

destroy (v)

destruction (n)

conserve (v)

conservation (n)

consequence (n)

cause (n,v)

3 VOCABULARY

Unit 10: Conservation

While you read

READING

Task 1: 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 interference decreasing extinct endangered protect

extinct protect

decreasing pollutants

endangered interference

Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.

1 Paragraph 1

A Human beings need to grow food.

B Human beings pollute the environment

C Human beings interfere with nature.

D People should stop living in cities and villages.

2 Paragraph 2

A Many animals are disappearing.

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

C People are in danger of becoming extinct.

D The human race is also an endangered species.

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.

C Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.

D People’s interference with the environment.

Task 3: Answer the questions:

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

2/ What are the serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment? 3/ What has been done to protect the environment?

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

2 What are the serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment?

3 What has been done to protect the environment?

Four ways that people change the world are:

- They are changing the environment by building cities and villages

- They are affecting the water supply by using water for industry and agriculture

- They are changing weather conditions by cutting down trees in the forests

- They are destroying the air by adding pollutants like smoke from factories and fumes from cars

The serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment are:

- Many kinds of rare animals are killed

- The environment where these animals are living is badly destroyed

- the numbers of rare animals are decreasing so rapidly that they are in danger

of becoming extinct

Many things have been done to protect the endangered nature, such as:

- Many organizations have been set up and money has been raised to save rare

animals

- Thousands of national parks have been established

- Laws have been passed to prohibit killing endangered animals

Suggested answers: (Task 2)

After you read

-People kill animals for fur, skin and food.

- People keep animals as pets.

- People hunt or capture animals for recreation or entertainment.

Find out why some animals become extinct.

People are destroying the natural environment:

-by cutting down trees in the forests

- by adding chemical pollutants

People’s interference with the

natural disasters: flood, forest fire, ….

* Learn by heart all new words.

* Prepare the speaking lesson

Unit 10: Conservation

Homework READING