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Unit 10: Nature in danger
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Unit 10: Nature in danger
Before you read: Look at these pictures
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cheetahs
Siberian
tiger
panda
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Answer the questions:
Are there many these animals in the world today?

- No there aren’t.

2. Why do the numbers of these animals become small?

- Because they are killed for food, medicines and for fur.
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While you read:
Read the passage and find out the words that referring the following:
Vocabulary







rare animals
prohibit (v)
destruction (n)
Smoking is prohibited
The destruction of the storm
interference (n) : sự can thiệp, sự xen vào
The numbers of these animals are small
Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the passage. Fill each blank with a suitable word.
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pollutants decreasing protect
interference extinct endangered
1.Dinosaurs became millions 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 Wales is a (an) species.

6.Because of the of human beings, many animals have become
extinct.
extinct
protect
decreasing
pollutants
endangered
interference
Task 1:
1.Dinosaurs became ……………………… millions 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 Wales is a (an)…………………………species.

6.Because of the……………………….of human beings, many animals have become
extinct.
Task 1: Checking
Task 1:
1, extinct. 2. protect 3. decreasing
4. pollutants 5. endangered 6. interferences
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Task 2: read each paragraph again and circle A,B,C, or D that best sum up it.
1. Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food
B. Human beings pollute the environments
C. Human beings interfere with nature
D. People should stop living in city and villages
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
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 kept away from animals and plants
D. Rare animals do not disappear
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 1:
1. extinct. 2. protect 3. decreasing
4. pollutants 5. endangered 6. interferences
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Task 2:
1.C 2. B 3.A 4. C
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Task 3: Answer the questions:
1. What are four ways by which human beings are changing the world?
2. What are the serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment?
3. What has been done to protect the environment?
Suggestion for you:
1. 4 ways that people are changing the world:
People are:
_changing by
_affecting by
_changing by
_destroying by
2. Serious consequences caused by people to the enviroment:
_ Many kinds of
_ The enviroment
_ The number of rare animals

3. Things should be done to protect these animals:
_ Many organizations
_ Thousands of national parks
_ Laws have been
the enviroment
building cities and villages where forest once stood
the water supply
using water for industry and agriculture
the weather conditions
cutting down trees in forests
the air
adding pollutants to it
rare animals are killed
where these animals are living is badly destroyed
is decreasing so rapidly that they are in danger of
becoming extinct
have been set up and funds have been raised
have been established to protect endangered animals
introduced to prohibit the killing of endangered animals and the
destruction of the enviroments where these rare animals are living
Task 1:
1. extinct. 2. protect 3. decreasing
4. pollutants 5. endangered 6. interferences
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While you read:
Task 2: 1.C 2. B 3.A 4. C
Task 3:
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After you read:
Work in groups, and answer the question: What should we do to protect our nature?
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