Unit 10. Endangered species

WARMLY WELCOME TO
OUR CLASS!
GOOD MORNING!
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
WARM-UP:
KIM`S GAME
(GROUPWORK)
Look at the pictures in 30 seconds.
Try to remember what you see.
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Write on the board
the names of the animals
you have just seen
(1min)
I-WARM-UP: KIM`S GAME
tortoise
rùa
rhinoceros
tê giác
monkey
khỉ
elephant
voi
leopard
báo
mosquito
con muỗi
frog
con ếch
parrot
con vẹt
I-WARM-UP: KIM`S GAME
II. Based on Part I, discuss and try to
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?
Tortoises, elephants, tigers, parrots, …
Pandas, elephants, rhinoceros, parrots,
Tortoise and rhinoceros are in danger of becoming
extinct because they are hunted for food and
medicine.
The hard round shells of the tortoise are used to
make handicrafts, … Rhinos’ horns are a kind of
precious medicine.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29TH, 2010
UNIT TEN:
ENDANGERED SPECIES
LESSON ONE:
READING
III-VOCABULARY
- habitat [‘hæbItæt]
: môi trường sống
What is the missing word?
The panda’s natural _________ is in the bamboo forest.
The whale’s natural _________ is in the ocean.
habitat
habitat
:the act of cutting down or burning trees in an area
- deforestation [di,foris‘tein]
: sự tàn phá rừng
urbanization
[,з:bənaI‘zeIn]
: sự đô thị hóa
III-VOCABULARY
- biodiversity [,baiodaI‘vз:siti]
: bầu sinh quyển
:something that is more important than the other things and should be dealt with first
- priority [praI‘orəti]
: sự ưu thế, quyền ưu tiên
Note: (to) take priority over s.b/s.th
(to) give priority to s.b/s.th
:weak or easily hurt physically and emotionally
- vulnerable [‘vΛlnərəbl] (adj)
: yếu ớt, dễ bị tổn thương
# (to) pass a law
- (to) enact [i‘nækt]
: ban hành (đạo luật)
III-VOCABULARY
- habitat [‘hæbItæt]
: môi trường sống
- deforestation [di,foris‘tein]
: sự tàn phá rừng
urbanization [,з:bənaI‘zeIn]
: sự đô thị hóa
- biodiversity [,baiodaI‘vз:siti]
: bầu sinh quyển
- priority [praI‘orəti]
: sự ưu thế, quyền ưu tiên
Note: (to) take priority over somebody/s.th
(to) give priority to s.b/something
- vulnerable [‘vΛlnərəbl] (adj)
: yếu ớt, dễ bị tổn thương
- (to) enact [i‘nækt]
: ban hành (đạo luật)
- (to) endanger [in‘deindƷə]
: gây nguy hiểm/nguy hại
=> endangered [in‘deindƷəd](adj): bị nguy hại
danger [‘deindƷə](n) => dangerous [‘deindƷərəs]
(adj) => dangerously [‘deindƷərəsli] (adv)
III-VOCABULARY
- habitat [‘hæbItæt]
: môi trường sống
- deforestation [di,foris‘tein]
: sự tàn phá rừng
urbanization [,з:bənaI‘zeIn]
: sự đô thị hóa
- biodiversity [,baiodaI‘vз:siti]
: bầu sinh quyển
- priority [praI‘orəti]
: sự ưu thế, quyền ưu tiên
Note: (to) take priority over s.b/s.th
(to) give priority to s.b/s.th
- vulnerable [‘vΛlnərəbl] (adj)
: yếu ớt, dễ bị tổn thương
- (to) enact [i‘nækt]
: ban hành (đạo luật)
- (to) endanger [in‘deindzə]
: gây nguy hiểm/nguy hại
=> endangered [in‘deindzəd](adj): bị nguy hại
danger [‘deindzə] (n) => dangerous [‘deindzərəs]
(adj) => dangerously [‘deindzərəsli] (adv)
IV. Match a word in A with its definition in B:
Sự tuyệt
chủng
Sự đa dạng
sinh học
Sự bảo tồn
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
D
Paragraph 1, line 2, sentence 2: “over 8,300 plant species and 7,200 animal species …”
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a primary cause of species extinction?
pollution
B. habitat destruction
C. natural selection
D. overexploitation
C
Paragraph 2, line 1, sentence 1: “The primary causes of species extinction are habitat destruction, commercial exploitation and pollution.”
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3. The Red List is a special book that provides names of ___animals.
A. extinct B. endangered
C. vulnerable and endangered
D. hunted
C
Paragraph 4, line 2-3, sentence 2: “The Red List – a global list of endangered and vulnerable animal species - …”
4. The developemnt of wildlife habitat reserves helps____________.
A. develop commercial trade and overhunting.
B. save a large number of endangered species
C. make a list of endangered species.
D. enact laws to protect wildlife.
B
Paragraph 4, line 5->7, sentence 4: “A number of wildlife habitat reserves (khu bảo tồn) have been established so that a wide range of endangered species can have a chance to survive and develop.”
5. The best title for the passage is _____.
A. Endangered Species Extinction: Causes and Conservation Measures.
B. Endangered Species and Conservation Measures.
C. Endangered Species and their Benefits.
D. The Global Extinction Crisis.
A
Paragraph 2, line 1, sentence 1 and Paragraph 4, line 1, sentence 1: “The primary causes of species extinction are …; and Different conservation efforts have been made in order to save endangered species.”
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 humans with 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
Governments have acted laws to protect wildlife
habitat from commercial trade and overhunting
Paragraph 2, line 1, sentence 1:
“The primary causes of species extinction are habitat destruction,
commercial exploitation and pollution.”
Paragraph 3, line 2=>4, sentence 2:
“For example, humans depend on species diversity to have food,
clean air and water, and fertile soil (đất màu mỡ) for agriculture.”
Paragraph 4, line 4=>5, sentence 3:
“Governments have enacted laws to protect wildlife
from commercial trade (việc buôn bán) and
overhunting (săn bắt quá mức).”
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
Try to read the passage many times.
Summarize the reading passage by writing ONE sentence for each paragraph.
Learn the new words by heart.
Prepare for the speaking and listening sections.
HOMEWORK
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