Teacher: Trịnh Thị Kim LuyếnQuang Trung High School

Unit 10 : ENDANDER

SPECIES

Period 60Week 22

Lesson 1: Reading

Warm up: Can you name the following animals?

ANIMALS

tortoise

elephant

mosquito

rhinoceros

leopard

monkey

frog

parrot

Answer the questions:

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 round shells of the tortoises are used to make handicrafts ... Rhinoceros’ horns are a kind of precious medicine.

A B

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]

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.

Match the words in column A with their suitable meanings in column B.

1.extinction (n) : sự tuyệt chủng [iks'tiηk∫n]2.Deforestation (n) : sự phá rừng [di,fɔris'tei∫n]3. habitat (n) : nơi cư trú ['hæbitæt]4. vulnerable (a) : dễ bị tổn thương ['vʌlnərəbl]5. biodiversity (n) : sự đa dạng sinh học [baiou dai'və:siti]6.conservation (n) : sự bảo tồn thiên nhiên[,kɔnsə:'vei∫n]

Activity 1: Number the passage with the suitable headings.

Headings Numbers

A. Causes of endangerment

B. The numbers of endangered species ?

C. Solutions to the endangerment ?

D. The importance of biodiversity ?

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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.7,200B. 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 Evidence

3. There are a number of ways to help save endangered species.

1. Pollution is one of the main causes of species extinction.

2. Species diversity has provided humans with so many essential things.

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Endangered species

Post reading:

causes consequences- Habitat destruction- Commercial exploitation - Pollution-The drainage of wetlands- Deforestation- Urbanization- Road and dam construction

- Loss of biodiversity- Having a serious Impact on the ability of remaining species

solutions-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.