Unit 9. Undersea world

WELCOME TO THE UNDERSEA WORLD

Presenters: Nguyễn Trần Lê
Phạm Thị Hà Mi
READING
Pre-reading
Warm-up
Presenting vocabulary
While-reading
Activity 1
Activity 2
Post-reading
Listening task
Speaking task
5 oceans of the world
gulf
bay
submarine
starfish
jellyfish
whale & sperm whale
seal
challenge
investigate
organism
offspring
at stake
biodiversity
life span
habitat

5 OCEANS OF THE WORLD
gulf // (n)
meaning: a large area of land that is partly surrounded by sea
Gulf of
California
bay // (n)
meaning: a part of the sea, or of a large lake, enclosed by a wide curve of the shore
Crescent Bay
submarine // (n)
meaning: a ship that can travel underwater
starfish // (n)
jellyfish // (n)
whale
// (n)

sperm whale
/ /
(n)

seal // (n)

challenge //
(n) a new or difficult task that test sb’s ability or skill.
Ex: New technology is one of the challenges schools must face.
(v) to test sb’s ability or skill, especially in an interesting way.
Ex: The job doesn’t really challenge her.
challenger (n)
challenging (a)
Ex: Protecting environment is a challenging matter.
investigate // (v)
meaning: to find out more information and facts about a subject or problem by study or research
Ex: The research investigates how the increase of population effects the development of our country.

investigation (n)
investigator (n)
organism // (n)
meaning: a living thing, especially one that is extremely small

offspring // (n)
meaning: the young of an animal or plant

at stake / /
meaning: in danger
Ex: If we don’t pay more attention to the protection of marine life, it may be at stake.
biodiversity // (n)

bio- : connected with living things or human life
diversity : the quality of including a range of people or things

meaning : the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment
habitat // (n)
meaning : the place where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found
Ex: The panda’s natural habitat is the bamboo forest.

life span / / (n)
meaning : the length of time that sth is likely to live
Ex: The life span of a dog is about 10 - 15 years.
FIND THE WORD IN THE TEXT THAT MEANS :
connected with the sea
very small
a part taken from a group and used in tests
supply
under
very large
READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THESE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Describe 5 oceans in the world.
What technologies help us study the undersea world and its marine life?
How do we classify the marine plants and animals? Can you give some examples for each group?
Listen to the song and do the following tasks

Task 1

Task 2

Fill in the blanks:

The ___ is always greener
In somebody else`s lake
You ___ about going up there
But that is a big ___
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ___ floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you ___ for?

Rearrange the following sentences:

Out in the sun they slave away
Under the sea, under the sea
Darling it`s better down where it`s wetter
Under the sea, ha ha...
Up on the shore they work all day
While we`re devoting full time to floating
Take it from me
SPEAKING
Work in pairs to discuss the following questions:
1. List at least 5 reasons why marine life is at stake.
2. Can you suggest some possible solutions.
HOMEWORK
Complete the table with the information of a marine animal you like.

Use the information from the table to write a paragraph describing that animal