Tài liệu E11 unit 10 part A Reading

What can you see in these pictures?
Unit 10: nature in
danger
lesson 1: reading
I. Before you read
READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND
DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW.
CHEETAH
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Once found throughout
Africa and Asia,
Cheetahs are now only
scattered throughout
east Africa
Scatter (v)= distribute
READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND
DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW.
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PANDAS
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It is estimated that
only 1,000 pandas
remain in the wild.
READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND
DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW.
TIGER
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There are only about
20 Siberian tigers left
in the wild in China
and about 100 live in

Chinese zoos and
national parks.
Discuss the questions
1. What do you understand from the facts
above?
2. Can you explain why the numbers of
these animals have become small?
Suggested answers
1. The facts above show that the numbers of
some wild/rare animals such as cheetahs,
pandas and Siberian tigers become small/
extinct.
2. The numbers of these animals have become
small because they are killed for food, skin or
fur.
You are going to read about how
we have destroyed our
environment and affected other
species and what we can do to
save endangered animals. Then
you do the tasks that follow
Vocabulary
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Human race
(singular noun)
= people
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Human beings
(plural noun)

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Exist (v): to be real
Eg: Does life exist on other planets?
(Exist
is not used in the progressive tense.
)
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To exist on something: tiÕp tôc sèng, sèng nhê vµo…
Eg: They can’t exist on the money he’s earning.
Existent ( adj )
Existence ( n )
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Co-exist (v) : live together (
co-
means together )“ ”
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Have an influence on = have an effect on
Eg: Bad weather has strong influence on agricultural
production.
- Set up (v)= establish, build
Eg: Many international organizations have been set up.
- Destroy (v) phá hủy, tiêu diệt
- Destruction (n) sự phá hủy, su tiêu diệt
- Prohibit /prə'hibit/ (v) = ban, not allow cấm
- Offspring (n) =a child con của một con vật
Eg: She is the offspring of a nurse and a teacher.
- Result in (v,n) /ri'zʌlt/ đem lại kết quả, kết quả
- influence (v,n) /'influʊəns/ ảnh hưởng, sự ảnh hưởng.
- environment (n) /in'vɑiərənmənt/ môi trường
- affect (v) /ə'fekt/ làm ảnh hưởng đến.

- industry (n) /'indəstri/ công nghiệp
- agriculture (n) /'ægrikʌlt∫ə(r)/ nông nghiệp
- survive (v) /sə'vaiv/ sống sót,tiếp tục sống
- Interference /intə'fiərəns/ ( n ) sự can thiệp