English12 - Unit 10 Speaking

Welcome to our class
Game: Who am I?
There are 3 cues in turn appearing. Basing on the cues, finding the answers
What is this?
A. It is very important in both human and animals’ life.
B. Many wildlife live there.
C. It has many different kinds of trees.




FOREST


2. Which animal is this?
A. It has relatives with bear.
B. It lives in central and western China.
C. It likes eating bamboo.




GIANT PANDA
3. What are they?
A. They live mainly in Africa
B. They are hunted for horns
C. “Rhino is the abbreviation of their name



RHINO


4. What is the name of this animal?
A. It has four legs, black stripes and lives mainly in forest.
B. People hunt it for skin.
C. It eats meat, deer, buffalo, and even man, etc…

TIGER
5. Can you name this animal?
A. It is an endangered species.
B. It has a long nose.
C. It lives in Bản Đôn village, Vietnam.
ELEPHANT
Unit 10: Endangered species
SPEAKING

Task 1: Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.

Which of the following animals would you
Eat?
Keep as a pet?
Use for medicine?
Use for food?
Think they are endangered




Task 2: Work in pairs. Look at the information about the giant panda, tiger, rhino, and elephant, which are endangered animals. Ask and answer questions about them.
GIANT PANDA
HABITAT: Bamboo forest in central and western China.
POPULATION: Only about 600.
HEIGHT: 1.2 m to 1.5 m.
WEIGHT: 75 to 100 kg.
FOOD: Bamboo.
LIFE SPAN: About 20 to 30 years.
REASON FOR DECLINE: Habitat destruction and illegal trading.

Useful Questions:

Habitat: Where do ………… live?
Population: What is the population of ………?
Height: How tall are they?
Weight: How much do they weigh?
Food: What do they eat?/What is their main food?
Lifespan: How long do they live?/What is the life span of ……….?
Reason for decline: Why are they in danger? What are the reasons for their decreasing in number?
Example
A: Where do giant pandas live?
B: They live in bamboo forests in the mountain in central and western China.
A: What is the population of pandas in the world?
B: Only about 600.
A: How tall are they?
B: About 1.2 to 1.5m
A: How much do they weigh?
B: About 75 kg to 160 kg
A: What do they eat?
B: Bamboo
A: Why are they in danger?
B: People destroy their habitat and hunt them for trade.
Task 3: Work in groups. Take turn to give an oral report on the animals mentioned in task 2
Suggested answers
Giant pandas live in bamboo forests in the mountain in Western China. Only about 600 pandas are living there. They attain a height of 1.2m to 1.5m and weigh from 75kg to 160 kg. Giant pandas can live up to 20 or 30 years. They are in danger because people destroy their habitat and hunt them for trade.
HOMEWORK
Prepare listening lesson at home.
Thank You!