Transcript Tortoises and rhinoceros(es) are in danger of becoming extinct

Teacher: Trịnh Thị Kim Luyến
Quang Trung High School
Unit 10 :
ENDANDER SPECIES
Period 60
Week 22
Lesson 1: Reading
Warm up: Can you name the following
animals?
ANIMALS
tortoise
elephant
mosquito
rhinoceros
leopard
monkey
frog
parrot
Answer the questions:
1. Which of the animals and insects below can be found in
Vietnam?
- Most of them can be found in Vietnam.
2. Which of them is / are in danger of becoming extinct? Why?
-Tortoises
and rhinoceros(es) are in danger of becoming extinct
because they are hunted for food and medicine. The hard
the are
questions:
round shells ofAnswer
the tortoises
used to make handicrafts ...
Rhinoceros’ horns are a kind of precious medicine.
Match the words in column A with their suitable
meanings in column B.
A
1. extinction (n)
[iks'tiηk∫n]
2.Deforestation (n)
[di,fɔris'tei∫n]
3. habitat (n)
['hæbitæt]
4. vulnerable (a)
['vʌlnərəbl]
5. biodiversity (n)
[baiou dai'və:siti]
6.conservation (n)
[,kɔnsə:'vei ]
∫n
B
a. The act of cutting down or burning trees in
an area
b. The nature environment in which a plant or
animal lives
c. The act of preventing something from being
lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed.
d. A situation in which a plant, an animal, a
way of life, etc stops existing.
e. Weak, easily hurt physically and
emotionally.
f. The existence of a large number of a large
number of different kinds of animals and
plants which make a balanced environment.
1. extinction
(n)
[iks'tiηk∫n]
2.Deforestation (n)
[di,fɔris'tei∫n]
3. habitat
(n)
['hæbitæt]
4. vulnerable
(a)
['vʌlnərəbl]
5. biodiversity
(n)
[baiou dai'və:siti]
6.conservation (n)
[,kɔnsə:'vei∫n]
: sự tuyệt chủng
: sự phá rừng
: nơi cư trú
: dễ bị tổn thương
: sự đa dạng sinh học
: sự bảo tồn thiên nhiên
Activity 1: Number the passage with the suitable
headings.
Headings
A. Causes of endangerment
B. The numbers of endangered species
C. Solutions to the endangerment
D. The importance of biodiversity
Numbers
2
1
?
4
?
3
?
Activity 2: Choose A, B , C or D to
complete the following sentences about
the reading passage:
1. The number of species around the globe threatened with
extinction is over.................. .
A. 7,200
B. 8,300
C. 1,600
D. 15,000
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a primary cause
of species extinction?
A. pollution
C. habitat destruction
B. Natural selection
D. overexploitation
3. The Red List book that provides names of .............. Animals.
A. vulnerable and endangered
C. endangered
B. Hunted
D. extinct
4. The development of wildlife habitat reserves helps............
A. Save a large number of endangered species.
B. Make a lost of endangered species.
C. Enact laws to protect wildlife.
D. Develop commercial trade and overhunting.
5. The best title for the passage is...........................
A. Endangered Species and Conversation Measures.
B. Endangered Species and their Benefits.
C. The Global Extinction Crisis.
D. Endangered Species Extinction: Causes and
Conversation Measures.
Task 3: Finding evidence
Statement
1. Pollution is one of the main
causes of species extinction.
2. Species diversity has provided
humans with so many essential
things.
3. There are a number of ways to
help save endangered species.
Evidence
P2: Line 1,2
P3
P4
Post reading:
Endangered
species
causes
- Habitat destruction
- Commercial exploitation
- Pollution
-The drainage of wetlands
- Deforestation
- Urbanization
- Road and dam construction
solutions
consequences
- Loss of biodiversity
- Having a serious
Impact on the ability
of remaining
species
-Introducing the Red List to raise people’s
awareness of conservation needs.
-Enacting laws to protect wildlife from
commercial trade and overhunting.
- Developing wildlife habitat reserves.
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Do “reading” part in sts’ book.