Tài liệu E11 unit 10 part A Reading

The facts above show that the numbers of some wild/rare animals such as cheetahs, pandas and Siberian tigers become small/ extinct.. You are going to read about how we have destroyed

What can you see in these pictures?

Unit 10: nature in

danger

lesson 1: reading

I Before you read

READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND

DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

Scatter (v)= distribute

READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND

DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

• PANDAS

• It is estimated that only 1,000 pandas remain in the wild.

READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND

DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

TIGER

• There are only about

20 Siberian tigers left

in the wild in China and about 100 live in Chinese zoos and

national parks

Discuss the questions

1 What do you understand from the facts

above?

2 Can you explain why the numbers of

these animals have become small?

Suggested answers

1 The facts above show that the numbers of

some wild/rare animals such as cheetahs,

pandas and Siberian tigers become small/

extinct.

2 The numbers of these animals have become

small because they are killed for food, skin or fur

You are going to read about how

we have destroyed our environment and affected other species and what we can do to save endangered animals Then

you do the tasks that follow

Eg: Does life exist on other planets?

(Exist is not used in the progressive tense )

- To exist on something: tiÕp tôc sèng, sèng nhê vµo…

Eg: They can’t exist on the money he’s earning.

Existent ( adj )

Existence ( n )

• Co-exist (v) : live together (co- means together ) “ ”

• Have an influence on = have an effect on

Eg: Bad weather has strong influence on agricultural

production

- Set up (v)= establish, build

Eg: Many international organizations have been set up.

- Destroy (v) phá hủy, tiêu diệt

- Destruction (n) sự phá hủy, su tiêu diệt

- Prohibit /prə'hibit/ (v) = ban, not allow cấm

- Offspring (n) =a child con của một con vật

Eg: She is the offspring of a nurse and a teacher.

- Result in (v,n) /ri'zʌlt/ đem lại kết quả, kết quả

- influence (v,n) /'influʊəns/ ảnh hưởng, sự ảnh hưởng.

- environment (n) /in'vɑiərənmənt/ môi trường

- affect (v) /ə'fekt/ làm ảnh hưởng đến.

- industry (n) /'indəstri/ công nghiệp

- agriculture (n) /'ægrikʌlt∫ə(r)/ nông nghiệp

- survive (v) /sə'vaiv/ sống sót,tiếp tục sống

- Interference /intə'fiərəns/ ( n ) sự can thiệp

- pollutant (n) /pə'lu: tənt/ chất gây ô nhiễm.

- Polluted (adj ) bị ô nhiễm

- Pollution (n) sự ô nhiễm

- respect (n) /ri'spekt/

- consequence (n) /'kɒnsikwəns/ hậu quả

- rare (adj) /reə/ hiếm, ít có

- decrease (v) /di'kri: s/ giảm, giảm xuống

- endangered (adj) /in'deindʒəd(r)/ gặp nguy hiểm

- disappear (v) /disə'piə/ biến mất

- effort (v, n) /'efət/ cố gắng, sự cố gắng

- Protect /protect/ ( v) bảo vệ

laws (n) /lɔ: / luật pháp

Read the passage in silence.

II While you read

Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill each blank with a suitable word.

1 Dinosaurs became _ million 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(n) _ 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

Task 2: 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

Task 2: Circle A,B,C or D that best sums up

each paragraph

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

Task 2: Circle A,B,C or D that best sums up

each paragraph

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

Task 2: Circle A,B,C or D that best sums up

each paragraph

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 fours ways by which

human beings are changing the world

(paragraph 1)

2 What are the serious consequences of

people s interference with the ’

Task 3: Answer the questions

1 Four ways that people change the world are:

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.

(paragraph 1)

Task 3: Answer the questions

2 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.

(paragraph 2)

Task 3: Answer the questions

3 Many things have been done to protect

endangered nature, such as:

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

After you read

Work in groups of 4.

In your groups, one of you acts as a TV reporter and the others as scientists The TV reporter will interview the

scientists about the reasons why some

pandas are disappearing and some

The reporter will have to write down

the ideas.

I think people hunt or capture them for many purposes…

What do you think

about the reasons

why wild animals

disappeared?

???

homework