UNIT 10
Endangered Species
Writing
What endanged species are they?
Thylacine
Przewalski Horse
Red Wolf
Golden Toad
Scimitar Horned Oryx
Angel Shark
Leather Back Turtle
American Wild Dog
Corroboree Frog
Ethiopian Wolf
Hyacinth Macaw
Black Rhino
Indian Garial
Sumatran Orangutan
Kakapo
Sumatran Rhino
Tiger
Where are they living?
Natural environment = habitat
What did peole do? Why?
Urbanize (v) urbanization (n)
What did peole do? Why?
destroy (v) destruction (n)
People’s unawareness / no laws
TASK 1
Work in pairs. Match A & B to find the possible answers that should be taken to solve the following problems.
1. People do not know much about the need to protect rare and endangered animals.



2. Projects to save endangered animals do not have sufficient funds.
- We should have different activities to raise people’s awareness of the need to protect these animals.
- Governments should raise sufficient funds for projects to save endangered animals.
3. Some countries do not have laws to protect endangered animals.
Laws should be enacted to protect endangered animals.

4. People keep buying fashionable wildlife products.
Government must stop illegal trade of endangered animals and their associated products, as well as encourage people not to use some fashionable wildlife products.
5. People who live in or near endangered animals’ habitats have poor living conditions and rely mostly on wildlife products for their livelihood.
- Governments should have a good policy to improve the life of people who live in or near endangered animals’ habitats.
6. The habitats for endangered animals are being seriously damaged and polluted.
Human must provide endangered animals with appropriate habitats to live in and breed successfully.
7. There are not enough wildlife habitat reserves.
- Humans must keep water, air and land clean to preserve natural habitats for wild animals.
THE WAY TO WRITE A PASSAGE:

Topic sentence:





Concluding sentence:

- Idea 1: Supporting idea 1
- Idea 2: Supporting idea 2
- Idea 3: Supporting idea 3
There are a number of measures that should be taken to protect endangered animals from extinction.
Endangered animals will be saved from extinction when these measures are carried out effectively.
First,
Second, (Next,)
Third, (Then,)
Finally,
TASK 2
Write a paragraph about measures for protecting endangered animals using the ideas discussed in TASK 1.
Begin your paragraph with:

There are a number of measures that should be taken to protect endangered animals from extinction.
SAMPLE WRITING:

There are a number of measures that should be taken to protect endangered animals from extinction.
First, we should have different activities to raise peoples’ awareness of the need to protect these animals. Funds should also be raised for projects to save them.
Second, human must provide endangered animals with appropriate habitats to live in and breed successfully.
Then, Governments should have a good policy to improve the life of people who live in or near endangered animals’ habitats so that they can stop illegal trade of endangered animals and their associated products.
Finally, there should be campaigns to stop people from using fashionable wildlife products. It is believed that once these measures are carried out effectively, endangered animals will be saved from extinction.
POST WRITING:
Work in pairs. Ask and answer about how to protect wildlife animals, using the information in TASK 1 .

A:- What should we do if there are not enough wildlife habitat reserves?
B:- I think we must provide endangered animals with appropriate habitats to live in and breed successfully.
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