English 12 e 12 UNIT 6 READING

Which of the above animals are on the list of endangered species?2.. Unit 6: Endangered Species Lesson 3: Reading Saving endangered species: pros and cons... Whether or not we should pr

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Panda

Tiger

dolphin

Saola

Turtle

1 Which of the above animals are on the list of endangered species?

2 Can you find them in Viet Nam now?

3 Should we protect them?

Unit 6: Endangered Species

Lesson 3: Reading

Saving endangered species: pros and cons

Task 1. Practice pronouncing the names of these animals

Task 2. Below are three people's opinions posted on the fantasticwildlife.org website Read the text and decide what they are talking about.

Task 2. Below are three people's opinions posted on the fantasticwildlife.org website Read the text and decide what they are talking about.

C. Whether or not we should protect  endangered species

Answer key

Task 3 Whose opinions are these? Write the correct name in the space before each statement.

1. _ There are two reasons why we should protect endangered species

2. _ There are two reasons why we shouldn't protect endangered species

3. _ Humans should be held responsible for endangering species or driving them to extinction

4. _ Saving species in danger of extinction means going against the laws of nature

5. _ Humans and animals should get an equal chance of being protected from danger

6. _ Preserving animal and plant species helps to maintain biodiversity

Ai Lien

Yoshiko

Simon

Yoshiko

Simon

Ai Lien

  Task 4. Find the prepositions in the reading text to complete these phrases and expressions Use a dictionary to find their meanings.

1. to put oneself _someone's shoes

2. to attribute something (a result) _ something else (a

cause)

3. to cause damage _ something

4 to interfere _ something

5 to feel _ peace

in

to

to

with

at

be in another person's situation (đặt mình vào vị trí của ai đó)

believe that something is the result of a particular thing (quy cái này cho ai/ cái gì)

harm something (gây thiệt hại cho cái gì)

prevent something from being done (gây trở ngại cho thứ gì đó)

be free from anxiety or distress (cảm giác yên bình)

Task 5 Discuss with a partner Which of the three people above do you agree with? Why?

Task 5 Discuss with a partner Which of the three people above do you agree with? Why?

Suggested answer 

Among the three opinions, I agree with the opinions of Simon and Ai Lien for a number of reasons 

- For humane purpose, we shouldn't ignore plants' or animals' lives when we see them in danger Saving endangered animals from becoming extinction doesn't cost as much as bringing back extinct animals, so we should try our best to save those endangered ones. 

- Endangered animals help balance the ecosystem If all of them died out, human's lives would be so boring We should save them for our future's generations so that our kids can see them in real life instead on movies or the Internet

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