Unit 10. Nature in danger

Nam Cat Tien National Park, Lam Dong province, Vietnam Yellow Stone National Park, The United States scenic features /‘si:nik ‘fi:t∫ə/  Đặc trưng phong cảnh Mountains, caves, lakes, rare animals and plants are scenic features _ of national parks Devastating /devəsteitin/ tàn phá, phá hủy devastating the forest The fire is devastate (v) = destroy (v) He writes to his friends very often to maintain _ their friendship /mein‘tein/ Duy trì to maintain (verb)  maintenance (noun) /‘meintənəns/ What are these? They are vehicles /vi:əklz/ Xe cộ (xe hơi, xe tải) Approximately /ə’prɔsimətli/ (adv) Khoảng chừng, độ chừng Completely /kəm’pli:tli/(adv) Hoàn toàn, đầy đủ, trọn vẹn Approximately Đặc trưng phong cảnh Scenic features tàn phá Maintenance Khoảng chừng Vehicles Hoàn tồn Devastating Duy trì Completely Xe cộ Task 1: Listen and give general answers for these questions What are national parks? They are places to protect and preserve the natural beauty of the land What happens to many national parks? They are in danger of being destroyed Task 2: Listen again to the first part of the talk and decide if the following sentences are true or false Correct the false ones National parks contain a variety of scenic features.T 52 national parks in the US There are 62 F National parks cover about 23 per cent of the total F land of the United States public National parks are all open to the children F Millions of people visit national parks each year T Task 3: Listen again to the second part of the talk and complete the table about: Reasons why national parks are in danger Things related to national parks What happens to them 1.Rare _ animals are killed or hunted for fur, skin or other parts Trees are cut down for wood experience devastating fires Large areas of parks caused by careless people number of is increasing and is harming the 4.The _ visitors parks due to their vehicles’ pollution Task 4: Listen to the last part of the talk and choose the correct answer It is inferred from the last part that we should: A protect animals and trees B limit fires caused by careless people C reduce pollution from visitors’ vehicles D raise money for the parks’ staff and maintenance of their resources E A, B, C, D are correct Task 4: Summarize the passage, using the information in tasks 1, 2, 3, National parks are large National parks are …areas to … of land to protect and preserve the natural beauty of However, … the land However, they are now in danger of being We should … destroyed We should protect rare animals and trees, limit fires and pollution as well as raise money for the parks’ staff and maintenance of their resources • • Find more information about some national parks for the writing lesson Write a short paragraph about national parks ... Devastating /devəsteitin/ tàn phá, phá hủy devastating the forest The fire is devastate (v) = destroy (v) He writes to his friends very often to maintain _ their friendship /mein‘tein/ Duy... They are in danger of being destroyed Task 2: Listen again to the first part of the talk and decide if the following sentences are true or false Correct the false ones National parks contain a variety... fur, skin or other parts Trees are cut down for wood experience devastating fires Large areas of parks caused by careless people number of is increasing and is harming the