1.Do you think there are a lot of those animals in the world nowdays?
2. Why are they in endangered of being extinct?
Unit 10: ENDANGERED ANIMALS
Lesson: Reading
New words:
Habitat ( n)
Exploitation (n)
Drainage (n)
Urbanization (n)
Toxic (a)
Contaminated (a) = polluted (a)
Biodiversity( n)
Fertile (a)
Vulnerable( n)
enact ( n)
- Overhunting (n)
column A all Task 1: The noun in appear in the passage. Match each of them with a suitable definition in column B
a. The existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment
b. The act of preventing something from being lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed
c. A situation in which a plant , an animal, a way of life, … stops existing
d. The natural environment in which a plant or animal lives
4.conservation
3. Biodiversity
2.habitat
1. extinction
Task 2: Completing the sentences about the reading
1.The number of species around the globe threatened with extinction is over….
A. 7,000 B. 8,300 C. 1,600 D.15,000
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a primary cause of species extinction?
Pollution C. habitat destruction
B. natural selection D. overexploitation
3. The red List is a special book that provides names of……. animals
Vulnerable and endangered C. endangered
B. hunted D. extinct
4. The development of wildlife habitat reserves helps………
A. Save a large number of endangered species
B. make a list of endangered species
C. Enact law to protect wildlife
D. Develop commercial trade and overhunting
5. The best title for the passage is………
Endangered species and Conservation Measures
B. Endangered species and their Benefits
C. The global Extinction Crisis
D. Endangered Species Extinction: Causes and Conservation Measures
Task 3:Find the evidence in the passage to support these statements
1. Pollution is one of the main causes of species extinction
Sentence 1- paragraph 2
2. Species diversity has provided humans with so many essential things
Paragraph 3
3. There are a number of ways to help save endangered species
Paragraph 4
After you read:
Write ONE sentences for each paragraph to summarise the passage
Suggested sentences
Over 15 thousand plant and animal species all over the world are threatened with extinction
2. The main causes of species extinction are habitat destruction, commercial exploitation and pollution
3. Biodiversity is important for humans as it provides food, clean air, water, fertile soil and other products
4. Different efforts have been made to conserve endangered species