Unit 11. National parks

UNIT 11:
NATIONAL PARKS
A. READING B. SPEAKING C. LISTENING D. WRITING E. LANGUAGE FOCUS

A. READING
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Cuc Phuong National Park , Viet Nam
Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160 kilometers south west of Ha Noi. It is the first of Vietnam’ s nine national parks to be established , and it contains over 200 square kilometers of rainforest. Tourists go there to study butterflies , visit caves , hike mountains and look at the 1,000-year-old tree. The best time to visit the park is during the dry season , from October to April , when the rainy season is over.
Nairobi National Park , Kenya
Nairobi National Park is Kenya’s smallest park, but you may be surprised at the large variety of animals that live there. Visitors, especially children, can go there to learn how to recognize the different species of animals and plants. They also learn about the habits of animals and how one species is dependent upon another for survival. An interesting feature of this park is the Orphanage, where lots of orphaned or abandoned animals are taken care of.
Everglades National Park , USA
Everglades National Park is a sub-tropical wilderness in the southeastern United States . This national park is special because it has plants and animals from both tropical and temperate zones. Due to an increase in population and the use of nearby land for farming , there are toxic levels of chemicals in the water. This contamination has threatened the park and many of the animals in it.
Task 1: Find the word in the passages that best suits each of the following definitions.
1. ___________ to start an organization that is
intended to continue for a long time.
2. ____________ to have something inside.
3. ____________ a group/ groups of animals or plants.
4. ____________ a state of continuing to live or exist.
5. ____________ related to an area near a tropical area.
6. ____________ a state of being polluted.
establish
contain
species
survival
sub-tropical
contamination
Task 2 : Answer the following questions:
What is the area of the rainforest in Cuc Phuong National Park?
Why would November be a suitable time to visit this park?
3. What can people learn in Nairobi national park?

4. What kinds of animals are taken care of in the Orphanage?
5. Why is Everglades National Park endangered?
6. What do you think will happen to Everglades National Park if more chemicals are released into the water?

1. 200 square kilometres.
2. Because the rainy season is over.
3. …the habits of animals and how one species is dependent on another for survival.
4. Orphaned or abandoned animals.
5. Because of the toxic levels of chemicals in the water.
6. Plants and animals will die or will be killed or destroyed if more chemicals are released into the water.
C. LISTENING
1. Where is CUC PHUONG National Park?
2. What is the area of the rainforest in CUC PHUONG National Park?
3. When is the best time to visit CUC PHUONG National Park?
4. What can be seen in CUC PHUONG National Park?
C. LISTENING
Task 1: Listen and fill in the missing information:
1. Cuc Phuong National Park was officially opened in _______.
2. Cuc Phuong is located ___________ Hanoi.
3. In 2002, nearly _______________ visited Cuc Phuong.
4. There are _____________ different species of flora and ___________ species of fauna.
5. Nguyen Hue’s army was stationed in Quen Voi before it made its _____________ on Thang Long.
1960
160 km southwest of
100,000 visitors
about 2,000
450
surprise attack
Task 2 : Listen again and answer the questions:
1. How many provinces does Cuc Phuong National Park belong to?
2. How far is it from Hanoi to Cuc Phuong?
3. What do many people come to Cuc Phuong for?
4. When did Nguyen Hue defeat the Qing invaders?
1. It belongs to 3 provinces : Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa.
2. It is about 160 km.
3. They come there to see the work being done to protect endangered species.
4. In the spring of 1789.
5. What did the Muong ethnic minority in Cuc Phuong live mainly on?
5. They live mainly on bee keeping and farming.
E. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
/ t /
topic
contain
plant
worked
toxic contamination
different
hoped
/ d / difficulty invader
spend
lived documentary dependent depend played
Grammar:
Conditional Sentence
(Type 3)
- If I had had your address, I would have sent you a postcard.
_____________
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* If- clause : past perfect
* Main clause : would have + p.p (V3)
* Type 3 : past-unreal condition
- If I ___________ (know) that you were ill last week, I ____________ (go) to see you.
- He ____________ (buy) a new bicycle if he __________ (have) enough money.
had known
would have gone
would have bought
had had