Unit 10. Endangered species

Fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box.
extinction endangered contaminated biodiversity survive
1. Do you think plants and animals, however small or oversized,
all contribute to the ….………....
2. The air, rivers and seas are all …………………, especially
in over-populated and heavily industrialized regions.
3.The winter is coming nearer and nearer, many species are
unable to …………… the severe winter.
4. There is no doubt that the mountain gorilla is the verge of
………………
5. J.Aspinall is famous for his programme of breeding
………….… animals and reintroducing them into the wild.



ASK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. Have you ever seen a tiger or an elephant?
2. Where did you see them?
3. Why do we call them endangered animals?
4. What should we do to protect and save them?


II. WHILE – SPEAKING
 Task 1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
What do you call Gấu Trúc, Tê Giác, Hổ, Voi in English?
Rhinoceros
/raɪˈnɒsǝrǝs/

Panda

/ˈpændǝ/

Tiger
/ˈtaɪgǝʳ/

Elephant
/ˈelɪfǝnt/


In which sort of habitats can you find each of these animals?
↪ Each of them lives in the forest.


Which of these animals can be kept as a
pet or used for food or medicine?
↪ Pandas can be kept as a pet, rhinoceroses and
tigers can be used for medicine and elephants
can be used for food.
Rhino horn

Which of them
is endangered?
↪ All of them
are endangered.


A: Where do …… live?
B: In…
A: What is the population of ….… in the world?
B: (Only) About ….…

A: How tall are .......... ?
B: About ……
A: How much do .........weigh ? / How heavy are...... …?
B: About ……
A: How long can they live? / What about the life span?
B: About ……
A: What are the reasons for their decline?
/ Why are they in danger?
B: Because of ..... / They are in danger because of ......


Task 2. Look at the information about the giant
A: Where do the giant pandas live?

pandas,
which
are endangered
animals.
Askwestern
and
B: In bamboo
forests
in mountains in
central and
answer
Chinaquestion about them.
A: What is its population in the world?
Bamboo
B:Habitat:
Only about

600 forests in mountains in central and
China.
A:western
How tall
are they ?
Population:
Only
about
600
B: About 1.2 to 1.5m
1.2 todo
1.5m
A:Height:
How much
they weigh ? / How heavy are they?
75 to
to 160
160 kg
kg
B:Weight:
About 75
A:Food:
HowBamboo
long can they live? / What about the life span?
span20
: About
20 to 30
B:Life
About
to 30 years

years
A: Why are they in danger?
B:Reason
They for
are decline:
in danger because of habitat destruction and
Habitat
illegaldestruction
trading. and illegal trading.


 Where
A:
rhinoceros
Task do
2. the
Look
at thelive?
information about the
B:
In grasslands,
and subtropical
forests
rhinoceros,
whichtropical
are endangered
animals.
Askin

Africa and southern Asia.

and
answer
question
about
them.
A: What is its population in the world?
B:
AboutGrasslands,
17,000 tropical and subtropical forests in Africa
Habitat:
A:
tall are
andHow
southern
Asia.they ?
B:
About 1.2
to 1.8m
Population:
About
17,000
Height:
to 1.8m
A:
How1.2
much
do they weigh ? / How heavy are they?
Weight:
to 3,000kg

B:
About1,000
1,000
to 3,000kg
Food:
grass
and
plants
A:
How
long
can
they live? / What about the life span?
LifeAbout
span: About
40 years
B:
40 years
Reason for decline: Habitat
A: Why are they in danger?
destruction and illegal hunting.
B: They are in danger because of habitat destruction and
illegal hunting.


 Where
Task 2.do
Look
the information
about the tigers, which

A:
theattigers
live?
areInendangered
animal. Ask
and answer
questionSoutheast
about them.
B:
forest, grasslands
and swamps
in Siberia,
Asia and Southern India.
A: What is its population in the world?
Habitat:
forest,
grasslands
B: (Only)
About
6,000 and swamps in Siberia, Southeast
Asia
and Southeast
A: How
tall are they ?
Asia and Southern India.
B: About 1.4 to 2.8m
Population: Only about
A: How much do they weigh ? / How heavy are they?
6,000
B: About

to 300 kg
Height:
1.4 65
to 2.8m
A: How65long
cankgthey live? / What about the life span?
Weight:
to 300
Food:
Deer,15
buffalo,
B: About
to 17etc…
years
Life
span: are
About
15 to
years
A: Why
they
in17
danger?
Reason
for are
decline:
habitat destruction
illegaldestruction
trading.
B: They

in danger
because ofand
habitat
and
illegal trading.



2.do
Look
the information
A: Task
Where
the at
elephants
live? about the elephants,

which
are endangered
animals.
Ask and
answer
B: In small
areas of India,
Sri Lanka,
China,
and
question
about
them.

Southeast
Asia,
and the Sahara desert in Africa.
A: What is its population in the world?
Habitat: Small areas of India,
B: About 700,000
Sri Lanka, China, and Southeast
A:
How
are they
?
Asia,
and tall
the Sahara
desert
B:
About 3 to 4 m
in Africa.
A: How much
do700,000
they weigh ? / How heavy are they?
Population:
About
Height:
3 to5,000
4 m to 7,000 kg
B: About
Weight:
7,000
A: How5,000

long to
can
theykglive? / What about the life span?
Food:
Grass,
root, leaves
B: About
60bark,
years
and
fruit are they in danger?
A: Why
Life span: About 60 years
B: They are in danger because of habitat destruction and
Reason for decline: Habitat destruction and illegal hunting.
illegal hunting.



• Prepare Listening lesson



Giant panda
Habitat:
Bamboo
in mountains in central
Giant pandas
liveforests
in bamboo

forests
in the mountain
and western
China. in western
China. Only about 600 pandas are
Population:
Only
about
600
living
there. They
attain
a height
ofHeight:
1.2 m 1,2
to 1.
m and weight
to 51,5m
from
75 75
kg to
to 160
160kgkg. Giant
Weight:
pandas can live up to 20 or 30
Food:They
Bamboo
years.
are in danger because
people

are: About
destroying
Life span
20 to their
habitat and hunt them for trade.
30 years
Reason for decline:
Habitat destruction
and illegal trading.


Rhinoceros
Habitat: Grasslands, tropical and subtropical forests in Africa and
southern Asia.
Population: About 17,000
Height: 1.2 to 1.8m
Rhinoceros live in grasslands, tropical and subtropical
Weight: 1,000 to 3,000kg
forests in Africa and southern Asia. Its population is
Food: grass and plants
about 17,000. They attain a height of 1.2 to 1.8m and
Life span: About 40 years
weight from 1,000 to 3,000kg. Rhinoceros can live up
Reason for decline: Habitat
40 years. They are in danger because of their habitat
destruction and illegal hunting.

destruction and illegal hunting

Tiger
Habitat: forest, grasslands and swamps
in Siberia, Southeast Asia and
Southern India.
Population: Only about
6,000
Tigers live in forest, grasslands and swamps in
Height: 1.4
to 2.8m
Siberia,
Southeast
Asia and Southern India. Its
Weight: 65 to 300 kg
population is only about 6,000. They attain a height of
Food: Deer, buffalo, etc…
1.4
2.8m
and15
weight
from 65 to 300 kg. Tigers can
Lifetospan:
About
to 17 years
live
up tofor15
or 17habitat
years.destruction
They are and
in danger
because

Reason
decline:
illegal trading.

of their habitat destruction and illegal trading


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You’ve just lost
half of your
points!

You are unlucky!


X

2

Lucky
number!


Elephant
Habitat: Small areas of India,
Sri Lanka, China, and Southeast
Asia, and the Sahara desert
in Africa.
Population:
About 700,000

Elephants
live in small areas of India, Sri
Height: 3 China,
to 4 m Southeast Asia, and the Sahara
Lanka,
Weight: 5,000 to 7,000 kg
desert
in Africa. Its population is about 700,000.
Food: Grass, bark, root, leaves
They
attain a height of 3 to 4 m and weight from
and fruit
5,000
toAbout
7,000
kg. Elephants can live up to 60
Life span:
60 years
Reason for
decline:
destruction
and illegal
hunting.
years.
They
are Habitat
in danger
because
of their
habitat

destruction and illegal hunting