Unit 10. Endangered species

Mr Vu Thanh Tung
Luc Ngan high school No 4
ENDANGERED SPECIES
UNIT 10:
PART A: READING
I. Provide the name of the animals and plants
Orchid
Elephant
Whale
Parrot
Tiger
Panda
II. Answer the following questions:
1. Which animals can be found in Viet Nam?
2. Which of these are listed in the Red List?
3. Can you think of some reasons why these species are in danger?
III. Vocabulary:


- endangered (adj): bị đe dọa
- extinct (adj): tuyệt chủng
- destruction (n): sự phá hủy
- exploitation (n): sự khai thác
- rare (adj): quý hiếm
- contaminated (adj): bị ô nhiễm
- enact (v): ban hành
IV. Match a word in A with its definition in B:
V. Choose the best option to complete the following sentences:
1. The number of species around the globe threatened will extinction is over_____________.
A. 7,200 B. 8,300
C. 1,600 D. 15,000
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a primary cause of species extinction?
pollution
B. habitat destruction
C. natural selection
D. overexploitation
3. The Red List is a special book that provides names of ___animals.
vulnerable and endangered
B. endagered
C. hunted
D. extinct
4. The developemnt of wildlife habitat reserves helps____________.
A. save a large number of endangered species
B. make a list of endangered species.
C. enact laws to protect wildlife.
D. develop commercial trade and overhunting.
5. The best title for the passage is_____________.
A. Endangered Species and Conservation Measures.
B. Endangered Species and their Benefits.
C. The Global Extinction Crisis.
D. Endangered Species Extinction: Causes and Conservation Measures.
Find evidence in the passage to support these statements
1. Pollution is one of the main causes of species extinction.



2. Species diversity has provided humanswith so many essential things.


3. Laws have been enacted to protect endangered species.


The primary causes of species
extinction are: - Habitat destruction,
- Commercial exploitation and
- Pollution

Humans depend on species diversity to have
food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture
Government have acted laws to protect wildlife habitat from
Commercial trade and overhunting
Work in groups of 4 to find out all of the causes of species extinction mentioned in the passage
Habitat destruction
Commercial exploitation
Pollution
The drainage of wetlands
Deforestation
Urbanization
Road and dam construction
HOMEWORK
Learn all the vocabulary by heart.
Prepare for the speaking and listening sections