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Before you start
1 Match the names of the endangered species with
their pictures?
Giant pandas
Snow leopards
Yangtze dolphins
Bengal tiger
Yangtze
Alligator
Crested ibis
2 look up these Key Words in a dictionary .
Conservation: the protection of natural things
(such as animals, plants , forests) from being
spoiled or destroyed
Extinct: not existing
Habitat: the natural home of a plant or animal
Preserve: to save something from being harmed
Complete the sentences with the key words.
habitat
1 An animal’s
is the type of area that it
lives in.
2 If we are not careful ,the panda will
extinct
become
and our children will only
see them in books.
preserve
3 It is important to
forests because
otherwise a lot of animals will have nowhere to live.
conservation
4 I am working on a
trying to save the panda.
project.we are
Listen to learn :Exercises
Listen to the lecture again and complete the fact files.
Giant panda:
Numbers : -----world wide : 1,600
-----in special centers : 120
-----in zoos : 20
Habitat : bamboo forests (of centeral China)
Food : bamboo
Reason for being endangered :
human activity destroying
their habitat
Yangtze Dolphin:
Reasons for being endangered :
1 pollution of the river
2 caught and killed in fishermen’s nets
3 hunting in the past
Tiger :
Numbers world-wide : 5,000
Numbers pf species
remaining : 5
Reasons for being endangered :
1 killed by hunters for
false beliefs
2 loss of their natural
habitat
Vocabulary
7. Choose the proper words from this paragraph
and use them to complete the sentences below.
There are many animals in danger of extinction
world wide.
For example , only five sub –species of tiger remain
and the number of fresh –water dolphin in China
is declining.
We must protect endangered species.
1 Fresh-water fish are difficult to catch.
2 The giant panda is the symbol
of endangered animals .
3 The number of endangered animals
world -wide is increasing.
4 Three sub-species of tiger are extinct .
5 Many endangered species now face the
danger of extinction
.
declined
6 Cars sales have
by a
quarter.
remained
7 He had finished ,but he
at the
microphone for a few minutes, gazing at the
audience.
protect
8 Physical exercise can
you from
heart disease.
8 listen to the lecture again and take note of
the pronunciation of the compound words.
Example :
giant panda
central China
Yangtze Dolphin
Yangtze River
fishermen
fresh –water
worldwide
9 listen to the dialogue and complete the
Function File with these expressions.
Justifying Arguments
that’s why
Yes , (1)
I’m joining a conservation
programme (2) to
help save the Yangtze
alligator.
(3) Basically , the alligator live in holes that damage
the farmland .
So (4) that’s the reason why
they are killed.
(5) one reason is that farmers shoot them because they
sometimes attack farm animals ,
but (6) a lot of it is to do with their beatiful fur .
The government is trying to enforce the law
(7)
so that
they are protected.
Because of that
(8)
falling disastrously
, the numbers are
Speaking
10 Read the following information
on these endangered animals:
Asian Elephant
Population : 35,000 -60,000
Countries : India and serveral
other Asian countries
Habitat : forest
Problem : hunting for ivory
Conservation : strong laws
against illegal hunting;
national parks established
Orangutan
Population : 15,000-24,000
Countries : Malaysia
and Indonesia
Habitat : forest
Problem : illegal deforstation
Conservation :
protection laws in place ;
Public awareness programmes ;
Forest conservation urgently
needed.