Unit 10:
NATURE IN DANGER
A. Reading
Vocabulary:
agriculture (n): nông nghiệp
pollutant (n): chất gây ô nhiễm
extinct (adj): tuyệt chủng
endangered species (adj): các loài bị nguy hiểm
respect (n): phương diện
consequence (n): hậu quả
result in (v): dẫn đến
as a result: kết quả là
interference (n): sự can thiệp
offspring (n): con (cái)
prohibit (v) cấm = ban
co-exist (v): cùng tồn tại
Use words in box to fill in the blank bellow.



1. Dinosaurs became ….…..… millions of years ago.
2. She tried to………..…herself from the wind.
3. This species of bird is……………….in numbers every year.
4. The chemical……………. from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty.
5. The blue whale is a(n) …………….…species.
6. Because of the ……………..…of human beings, many animals have become extinct.
pollutants - decreasing - protect -
interference - extinct - endangered
extinct
protect
decreasing
pollutants
endangered
interference

Task 1
Task 2: Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct.
D. The human race is also an endangered species.
3. Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment.
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.
Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct.
D. The human race is also an endangered species.
3. Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment.
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.
Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct.
D. The human race is also an endangered species.
3. Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment.
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.
Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct.
D. The human race is also an endangered species.
3. Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment.
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.
Task 2. Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct.
D. The human race is also an endangered species.
3. Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment.
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.
Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
A. Human beings need to grow food.
B. Human beings pollute the environment
C. Human beings interfere with nature.
D. People should stop living in cities and villages.
2. Paragraph 2
A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming extinct.
D. The human race is also an endangered species.
3. Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to protect the environment.
B. Scientists have made a long list of endangered species.
C. People should be kept away from animals and plants.
D. Rare animals do not disappear.
4. Paragraph 4
A. The survival of endangered species.
B. The Earth – a happy planet.
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-existence.
D. People’s interference with the environment.
Task 3: Answer the questions
1. What are the four ways by which human beings are changing the world ?
2. What are the serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment?
3.What has been done to protect the environment?
Tiger
Lion
Panda
Elephant
Bear
Task 3: Answer these questions:
1. What are the four ways by which human beings are changing the world?
-They are changing the environment by building cities and villages.
-They are affecting the water supply by using water for industry and argriculture.
-They are changing weather conditions by cutting down trees in the forests.
-They are destroying the air by adding pollutants to it.
Tiger
Lion
Panda
Elephant
Bear
Task 3: Answer these questions:
2. What are the serious consequences of people’s interference with the environment?
- many kinds of rare animals are killed
- the enrironment where these animals are living is badly destroyed
Tiger
Lion
Panda
Elephant
Bear
Task 3: Answer these questions:
3. What has been done to protect the environment?
- Scientists have made lists of endangered species and suggested ways to save them.
- Many organizations have been set up and funds have been raised.
- Thousands of national parks have been established (to protect endangered animals)
- Laws have been introduced (to prohibit the killing endangered animals ...)
NATURE IN DANGER

Home work
Learn by heart the vocabulary and prepare for the next lesson
Thanks for your attention !