Good morning! Welcome to our class! Fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box. endangered extinction contaminated biodiversity survive 1. Do you think plants and animals, however small or oversized, all contribute to the ………………… 2. The air, rivers and seas are all …………………, especially in over-populated and heavily industrialized regions. 3.The winter is coming nearer and nearer, many species are unable to ………………… the severe winter. 4. There is no doubt that the mountain gorilla is the verge of ……………………… 5. J.Aspinall is famous for his programme of breeding ………………… animals and reintroducing them into the wild. Unit 10: Unit 10: Endangered species Endangered species ( Speaking ) PRE-SPEAKING: Task 1- Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. What do you call these animals in English? tiger panda elephant rhinoceros 2. In which sort of habitats can you find each of these animals? 3. Which of these animals can be kept as a pet or used for food or medicine? 4. Which of them are endangered? Habitat: Bamboo forests in mountains in central and western China. Population: Only about 600 Height: 1.2 to 1.5 m Weight: 75 to 160 kg Food: Bamboo Life span: about 20 to 30 years Reasons for decline: Habitat destruction and illegal trading WHILE-SPEAKING: Task 2- Ask and answer about Giant Pandas using the given information. 2. What is population of pandas in the world? 1. Where do giant pandas live? 3. How tall are they? 4. How much do they weigh? 5. What is their food? 6. How long can they live? 7. Why are they in danger? / What are the reasons for their decline? Task 2. Ask and answer about Giant Pandas. 2 1 3 6 4 7 8 5 Game: Lucky number height food You’re lucky! life span habitat reasons for decline weight population 7 8 9 Habitat: Grassland, tropical and subtropical forests in Africa and Southern Asia Population: About 17,000 Height: 1.2 to 1.8 m Weight: 1,000 to 3,000 kg Food: Grass and plants Life span: about 40 years Reason for decline: habitat destruction and illegal hunting Practice asking and answering about Rhinoceros. Habitat: Forests, grasslands and swamps in Siberia, Southeast Asia and Southern India. Population: only about 6,000 Height: 1.4 to 2.8 m Weight: 65 to 300 kg Food: deer, buffalo …. Life span: about 15 to 17 years Reason for decline: habitat destruction and illegal trading Practice asking and answering about Tigers. Habitat: Small area of India, Sri Lanka, China, and Southeast Asia and the Sahara desert in Africa. Population: about 700,000 Height: 3 to 4 m Weight: 5,000 to 7,000 kg Food: Grass, bark, root, leaves and fruit Life span: about 60 years Reason for decline: habitat destruction and illegal hunting Practice asking and answering about Elephants. Giant pandas live in bamboo forests in the mountain in western China. Only about pandas are living there. They attain a height of 1.2 m to 1. 5 m and weight from 75 kg to 160 kg. Giant pandas can live up to 20 or 30 years. They are in danger because people are destroying their habitat and hunt them for trade. Giving an oral report on the animals mentioned in Task 2 . programme of breeding ………………… animals and reintroducing them into the wild. Unit 10: Unit 10: Endangered species Endangered species ( Speaking ) PRE-SPEAKING: