Unit 10: ENDANGERED SPECIES

* People do not know much about the need to protect rare and endangered animals.. * People who live in or near endangered animals’ habitars have poor livimg conditions and rely mostly

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Unit 10: ENDANGERED SPECIES

PART D : WRITING

WARM _ UP :

Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

1 What are the main causes of extinction or endangerment to species ?

2 What should we do to conserve endangered species ?

Suggested answer:

1 The main causes of extinction or

endangerment are habitat destruction,

commercial exploitation and pollution

2 To conserve endangered species, wild animals’ habitat mustn’t be destroyed

We should raise our awareness of

conservations needs

Laws should be enacted to protect wildlife from commercial trade and overhunting.

Tast 1: Suggest possible measures that should be taken to solve the following problems.

* People do not know much about the need to

protect rare and endangered animals.

* Projects to save endangered animals do not have sufficient funds.

* The habitats for endangered animals are

being seriously damaged and polluted.

* People keep buying fashionable

wildlife products.

* There are not enough wildlife

habitat reserves.

* Some countries do not have laws to protect

endangered animals.

* People who live in or near endangered animals’

habitars have poor livimg conditions and rely mostly on wildlife products for their livelihood.

Useful structure:

Example :

We should organise different activities to raise people’s awarenees of the need to protect these animals.

Suggested answers :

*We should organise different activities to

raise people’s awarenees of the need to

protect these animals.

*Governments should raise sufficient funds

for projects to save endangered animals.

* Humans must keep water, air, and land clean to preserve natural habitats for wild animals.

* Governments should have a good policy to

improve the life of people who live in or near

endangered animals’ habitats

* Laws should be enacted to

protect endangered animals.

* Governments must stop illegal trade

of endangered animals and their

associated products, as well as

encourage people not to use some

fashionable wildlife products.

* Humans must provide endangered

animals with appropriate habitats to live

Tast 2: Write a paragraph about measures for protecting endangered animals using the ideas discussed in Tast 1

Linking words:

In addition, moreover, firstly,

next, then, finally

Begin your paragraph with:

There are a number of measures that

should be taken to protect endangered

animals.

Writing sample :

There are a number of measures that should be taken to

protect endangered animals from extinction.

Firstly, we should have different avtivities to raise people’s awareness of the need to protect these animals Funds

should alse be raised for projects to save them Secondly,

endangered animals should be provided with appropriate habitats to live in and breed successfully Then ,

gevernments shlould have a good policy to improve the lives

of people who live in or near endangered animals’ habitats

so that they can stop illegal trade of endangered animals and their associated products Finally, there should be

campaigns to stop people from using fashionable wildlife

Homework : prepare next part

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