Unit 9. Undersea world

KIM GAMES
Whale
length
warm
weigh
Huge
decrease
quickly
protect
intelligent


UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD
Lesson : Listening
Vocabulary
1. Krill (n)
2. whaling
3. Migrate (v)
4. Conservation (n)
Nhuyễn thể
Săn bắt cá voi
Di cư
Sự bảo tồn
Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
Do you think whales are fish? Why (not)?
Why do people keep hunting whales?
Task1. Listen to some information about whales and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
T F Correct
1. The whale is the third largest animal that
has ever lived on Earth.
2. Whales are said to be the most intelligent
animals in the ocean
3. Some whales are known to move into warm
waters to give birth
4. Whales are in danger because of the increase
in population of other sea animals
5. Some people are still killing whales for food
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
T
F
T
heavy
hunting pressure

1.What is the length and weight of the blue whale?
2.Why do whales like to feed in the cold oceans?
3.According to the listening passage, what are
the good feeding grounds for whales?
4.What is the main reason for the decrease in whale population ?
5.What have conservation groups asked the International Whaling Commission to do?
6.What would happen if we didn’t take any measures to protect whales?
Task2: Listen again and then answer the following questions




1.What is the length and weight of the blue whale?

The blue whale grows to 30 meters in length and
o over 200 tons in weight.
2.Why do whales like to feed in the cold oceans?
Because there is a lot of krill- their favorite food in cold waters



3.According to the listening passage, what are
the good feeding grounds for whales?
Cold waters in the North and South Atlantic Ocean and
the North and the South Pacific are their favorite feeding grounds

4.What is the main reason for the decrease in whale population ?

Heavy hunting is the main reason for the decrease in whale population


5.What have conversation groups asked the International Whaling Commission to do?

They have asked the International Whaling Commission to stop most whaling
6.What would happen if we didn’t take any measures to protect whales?
if we didn’t take any measures to protect whales, they would disappear forever
Work in groups. Talk about whales which you
1. what is the length and weight of whale ?
2. what do it eat?
3. where was it find ?
4. why does whale population decrease?
5. why should we protect whale?
Report whales which you know