Unit 10. Conservation

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Thursday, February 19th , 2009.
Welcome to our class!
A giant panda
A squirrel monkey
A dugong
Name the following animals?
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2
3
Unit10(3): Listening
I. Before you listen.
a) Work in groups. Discuss where the following animals live (habitat), what they eat (food), and why they become extinct (cause of extinction). Complete the table with the information provided below.
New vocabulary:
Offshore (adj) >< coastal (adj)
Capture (n) sự bắt giữ
Predator (n)
Ex: Lions, tigers, and sharks are predators.
Misty (adj) = foggy (adj)
Breed (v) (về động vật) sinh con
Extinct (adj) tuyệt chủng
Extinction (n)
habitat (n) the natural environment where a plant or animal lives.
HABITATS: - in the rain forests in South America
In the deep sea offshore Australia
In the coastal waters in Australia
In the forests in China.
FOOD: bamboo, fruit, sea grass
CAUSE OF EXTINCTION: human capture, habitat loss, sea pollution, population decrease
In the rain forests in South America
In the coastal waters in Australia
In the forests in China
fruit
Sea grass
bamboo
Human capture and habitat loss
Sea pollution and population decrease
Human capture and population decrease
II. While you listen.
b) You are going to hear a tour guide introducing some endangered species to tourists. Now listen to Part A and Part B. As you listen, circle the best option (A, B, or C) to complete each of the following statements.
PART A
Wild giant pandas are found in…………
The rain forests in China
In the coastal waters of Australia
The damp, misty forests in southwestern China
2. Pandas are in danger because of……….
Human capture, habitat loss, and inappropriate breeding season.
Food shortage
Wildlife purchase and human capture
PART B
Dugongs are found in……………………
the deep sea offshore Australia
the coastal sea of southern Australia
the shallow coastal waters of northern Australia.
2. Dugongs are in danger because of……..
sea pollution, hunting, and little protection against predators.
the destruction of sea grass caused by sea pollution
the attack of large sharks, saltwater crocodiles, and killer whales

PART A
1. Wild giant pandas are found in……….
C. The damp, misty forests in southwestern China
2. Pandas are in danger because of…….
A. Human capture, habitat loss, and inappropriate breeding season.
PART B
1. Dugongs are found in…………………..
C. the shallow coastal waters of northern Australia.
2. Dugongs are in danger because of……
A. sea pollution, hunting, and little protection against predators.

Fill in the blank with the missing words.
Now look, in the front of you are some(1) ..……… pandas. They are eating(2)………..
in a(3) ……….. position. They eat a(4)…....., let’s say, between 10.4 and(5)………kilos of food in(6)…………hours a day.
There are a few(7)………... why they become(8) …….. ..First, because of the inappropriate(9) ………….. that makes pandas(10)…..……to breed a lot. Second, the(11) ………….. of giant pandas is restricted to certain(12)………….of China. Third, due to human(13)……..………, giant pandas become(14)……………on humans and will not able to go back to the(15)….. ………
giant
bamboo
sitting
lot
16.3
12
reasons
extinct
season
harder
habitat
areas
capture
dependent
wild
III. After you listen.
c) Work in pairs. Name some endangered species in Vietnam.
Dugongs in Phu Quoc island.
Javan tigers in Western Highland forests
Pheasants in Bach Ma National Park
One-horned rhinoceros in Nam Cat Tien National Park

IV. Homework.
- Find more endangered species at home and suggest some measures to protect them.
- Prepare for Unit 10 (4): Speaking
Thank you for attending!
GAME: Jumbled words
1. Aapdn
2. reendagnde
3. oolluptin
4. hnut
5. ouggdn
6. inextc
dugong
extinct
panda
endangered
pollution
hunt