Unit 10 nature in danger reading

REMEMBER & NAME THESE PICTURES:


REMEMBER & NAME THESE PICTURES:

Tiger

Lion

Elephant

Panda

Bear


Discussion
:
1/ Where do these wild animals live?
2/ Have the numbers of these wild
animals become larger?
3/ Why have they become smaller?
4/ What makes them become smaller?


Unit 10:

NATURE IN
DANGER
Section

A: Reading


PRE READING


Unit 10: Nature in danger

Reading.

Vocabulary:
1/ pollutant (n)
smoke
2/ extinct (adj)
3/ endangered (adj) in danger of becoming
dinosaur
extinct s
Exhaust fumes

4/ interference (n)
5/ decrease (v) ≠ increase (v)
6/ prohibit (v) = ban (v)
They are
extinct

Chemical waste


Unit 10: Nature in danger

Reading.

Vocabulary:
1/ pollutant (n): chất làm ô nhiễm
2/ extinct (adj): tuyệt chủng
3/ endangered (adj): có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng
4/ interference (n): sự can thiệp
5/ decrease (v): giảm
6/ prohibit (v): cấm


Unit 10: Nature in danger
Reading. Fill in each

blank with a word above:

pollutants
interference

decreasing
extinct

protect
endangered

extinct
1- Dinosaurs became………………millions
of years ago.
protect
2- She tried to……………..herself

from the wind.
decreasing
3- This species of bird is………………..in
numbers every
year.
pollutants
4- The chemical………………..from
cars and factories
make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty.
endangered
5- The blue whale is a(an)………………….species.
interference
6- Because of the………………….of
human beings,
many animals have become extinct.


WHILE READING


READ THE PASSAGE, AND
THEN DO THE TAST THAT
FOLLOW


Unit 10: Nature in danger
Reading.

Task 1: True or false statements:

1/ The human race and many other species
exist on this planet.
2/ Human beings are changing the environment
by destroying forests for agriculture.
3/ The number of rare animals are decreasing
so rapidly that they are endangered.
4/ To make sure that these rare animals do not
disappear, the scientists have set up thousands
of national parks all over the world.
5/ Many species will survive and produce
offspring because of people’s interference.

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Unit 10: Nature in danger

Reading.

Task 2: Answer the questions:
1. What are the four ways by which human beings are changing the world?
Four ways that people change the world are:
- They are changing the environment by building cities and villages.
- They are affecting the water supply by using water for industry and agriculture.
- They are changing weather conditions by cutting down trees in the forests.

- They are destroying the air by adding pollutants like smoke from factories and
fumes from cars.
2. What are the serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment?
The serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment are:
- Many kinds of rare animals are killed.
- The environment where these animals are living is badly destroyed.
- The numbers of rare animals are decreasing so rapidly that they are in danger
of becoming extinct.
3. What has been done to protect the environment?
Many things have been done to protect the endangered nature, such as:
- Many organizations have been set up and money has been raised to save rare
animals.
- Thousands of national parks have been established.
- Laws have been passed to prohibit killing endangered animals.


Task 3: Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
1. Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct.
D. The human race is also an endangered species.
3. Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment.
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.

C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.


Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
1. Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
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B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
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A. Human beings need to grow food.

B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct.
D. The human race is also an endangered species.
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4. Paragraph 4
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D. The human race is also an endangered species.
3. Paragraph 3

A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment.
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.


Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
1. Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph
2
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interference with the environment
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decreases,
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peacefully
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B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4

A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.


Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
1. Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct.
D. The human race is also an endangered species.
3. Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment.
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.


Work in groups:

Find out why some animals
become extinct.


A

B


-People kill animals for fur, skin
and food.
- People keep animals as pets.
- People hunt or capture animals
for recreation or entertainment.


People are destroying
natural environment:

the

- by cutting down trees in the
forests
- by adding chemical pollutants
People’s interference with the
environment cause many natural
disasters: flood, forest fire, ….

HOMEWORK:
1. Learn vocabulary by heart
2. Write the reasons that you
have just discussed