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Unit 10: ENDANGERED SPECIES
PART D : WRITING
WARM _ UP :
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. What are the main causes of extinction or endangerment to species ?
2. What should we do to conserve endangered species ?
Suggested answer:
1. The main causes of extinction or endangerment are habitat destruction, commercial exploitation and pollution.
2. To conserve endangered species, wild animals’ habitat mustn’t be destroyed.
We should raise our awareness of conservations needs.
Laws should be enacted to protect wildlife from commercial trade and overhunting.
Tast 1: Suggest possible measures that should be taken to solve the following problems.
* People do not know much about the need to protect rare and endangered animals.
* Projects to save endangered animals do not have sufficient funds.
* The habitats for endangered animals are being seriously damaged and polluted.
* People keep buying fashionable wildlife products.
* There are not enough wildlife habitat reserves.
* Some countries do not have laws to protect endangered animals.
* People who live in or near endangered animals’ habitars have poor livimg conditions and rely mostly on wildlife products for their livelihood.
Useful structure:
should + Vo
must + Vo
had better + Vo
Example :
We should organise different activities to raise people’s awarenees of the need to protect these animals.
Suggested answers :
*We should organise different activities to raise people’s awarenees of the need to protect these animals.
*Governments should raise sufficient funds for projects to save endangered animals.
* Humans must keep water, air, and land clean to preserve natural habitats for wild animals.
* Governments should have a good policy to improve the life of people who live in or near endangered animals’ habitats
* Laws should be enacted to protect endangered animals.
* Governments must stop illegal trade of endangered animals and their associated products, as well as encourage people not to use some fashionable wildlife products.
* Humans must provide endangered animals with appropriate habitats to live in and breed successfully.
Tast 2: Write a paragraph about measures for protecting endangered animals using the ideas discussed in Tast 1.
Linking words:
In addition, moreover, firstly, next, then, finally
Begin your paragraph with:
There are a number of measures that should be taken to protect endangered animals.
Writing sample :
There are a number of measures that should be taken to protect endangered animals from extinction.
Firstly, we should have different avtivities to raise people’s awareness of the need to protect these animals. Funds should alse be raised for projects to save them. Secondly, endangered animals should be provided with appropriate habitats to live in and breed successfully. Then , gevernments shlould have a good policy to improve the lives 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.
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