Game: Yes/ No questions
Unit 10: Endangered
species
A: Listening
Unit 10: Endangered species – listening
What do you know about Gorilla?
1. In which continents can you find
Gorilla?
- In Africa
2. How tall are they?
- 1.7 m
3. How much do they weigh??
- 180 kg
4. How long can they live?
- More than 30 years
Unit 10: Endangered species – listening
Vocabulary:
- Gorilla [gə'rilə] (n)
- Bared teeth (n)
[beəd ti:θ]
- Sociable ['sou∫əbl]
- Silverback
['silvər bæk]
- Sub-adult [sʌbædʌlt]
- Civil war ['sivl wɔ:]
- Nest [nest]
- Forest rangers
['fɔrist] [reindʒə]
Khỉ đột
Răng hở
Dễ gần
Khỉ đầu đàn
Chưa trưởng thành
Nội chiến
Tổ
Nhân viên kiểm lâm
Unit 10: Endangered species – listening – Task 1
Task 1: Listen and choose the best answer
Answer
Explanation
1.A
Gorilla live in family group. A typical group is
led by the biggest and strongest grown-up
male gorilla
2.B Babies sleep with their mother at night
3.D Hunters kill them for food
4.C
5. D
Unit 10: Endangered species ► Listening► Task 2
Listen and complete the chart
Peaceful
General features (1)___________
, gentle, sociable
below
and (2)__________
Plant-eating
Group members
The silverback, one or two subadult males (3)________________
A few female and their young
Food
(4)__________________ and worms
Place for sleeping
Plants and a few insects
In trees
Nest (5)__________________
Causes of being
endangered
Civil war
(7)__________hunters
killing them
for food (8)__________________
forests being cut down
or (6)_______________________
In grasses
Unit 10: Endangered species ► Listening
After you listen: Summarize the listening
passage
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
What are the main features of gorillas?
What do they eat?
How do they live?
Where do they sleep?
With whom do baby gorillas sleep?
Why do hunters kill mountain gorillas?
Who protect mountain gorillas?
Unit 10: Endangered species - Listening
- In about 80 words write a paragraph
about the life of gorillas.