Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 unit 10 Endangered species

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
1. What do you call Gấu Trúc, Tê Giác, Hổ, Voi in
English?
Panda
Rhinoceros
(Rhino)
Tiger
Elephant


Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
2. In which sort of habitats can you find each of the
these animals?
We can find these animals in the forests in Asia, Africa,
……


Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
3. Which of these animals can be kept as a pet or used
for food or medicine?
- Rhino can be used for medicine.
4. Which of them is/are endangered?
- All of them are in danger.


GIANT PANDA
● HABITAT: Bamboo forest in
central and western China.
● POPULATION: Only about 600.

● HEIGHT: 1.2 m to 1.5 m.
● WEIGHT: 75 to 100 kg.
● FOOD: Bamboo.
● LILFE SPAN: About 20 to 30
years.
● REASON FOR DECLINE:
Habitat destruction and illegal
trading.


Complete the following dialogue:
do pandas live?
A: Where
____________(1)____?
B: In bamboo forests in central and western China.
is the population of pandas in the world?
A: What
_______________(2)______________________?
B: Only about 600.
A: How
_______________(3)_______________________?
many kilograms can a panda weigh?
B: From 75 to 160 kg.
A: What
____________________(4)______________?
do they eat?
B: Bamboo.
A: What
_______________________(5)_________?
is the height of a panda/How tall is a panda?

B: From 1,2 to 1,5m.
How many years/How long can a panda live?
A: _____________(6)_____________?
B: About 20 to 30 years.
A: Why
_____________________(7)______________?
are they endangered/Why are they becoming
extinct?
B: Because of habitat destruction and illegal trading.


Useful Languages:
- Where do giant pandas live?
- What is the population of pandas in the world?
- How tall are they?
- How much does a panda weigh/ How heavy is a
panda?
- What do they eat?/What is their main food?
- How long can a panda live?/What is the life
span of a panda?/ How many years can a panda
live?
- Why are they endangered? What are the
reasons for their decline in number?


Work in pairs. Look at the information about the giant
panda, tiger, rhino, and elephant, which are endangered
animals. Ask and answer questions about them.

TIGER
HABITAT: Forests, grasslands,
and swamps in Sahara,
Southeast Asia and Southern
India.
POPULATION: Only about 6000.
HEIGHT: 1.4 m to 2.5 m.
WEIGHT: 65 to 300 kg.
FOOD: Deer, buffalo, …
LILFE SPAN: 15 to 17 years.
REASON FOR DECLINE:
Habitat destruction and illigal
trading.


ELEPHANT
• HABITAT: small areas of India,
Sri Lanka, China, and Southeast
Asia, and the Sahara desert in
Africa.
• POPULATION: About 700,000
• HEIGHT: 3 to 4 m
• WEIGHT: 5,000 to 7,000kg
• FOOD: Grass, bark, root, leaves
and fruit
• LILFE SPAN: About 60 years
• REASON FOR DECLINE:
Habitat destruction and illegal
hunting

RHINO
• HABITAT: Grasslands, tropical
and sub-tropical forests in
Africa and southern Asia.
• POPULATION: About 17,000
• HEIGHT: 1,2 to 1,8 m
• WEIGHT: 1,000 to 3,000 kg
• FOOD: Grass and plants
• LILFE SPAN: About 40 years
• REASON FOR DECLINE:
Habitat destruction and illegal
hunting


Take turn to give an oral report on the animals
mentioned in task 2.


Suggested answers:
Giant pandas live in bamboo forests in
the mountain in Western China. Only
about 600 pandas are living there.
They can attain a height of 1.2m to
1.5m and weigh from 75kg to 160 kg.
Giant pandas can live up to 20 or 30
years. They are becoming extinct
because people destroy their habitat
and hunt them for trade illegally.