Unit 09 undersea world reading

Unit Undersea world A Reading • Before you read: Work with a partner Look at the map and give the Vietnamese names for the oceans on the map Bắc Băng Dương Đại Tây Dương Thái Bình Dương Ấn Độ Dương Nam Băng Dương • Work with a partner: partner: Look at the picture below Can you name the sea animal in each picture? The first letter of the word has been given to help you Seal Dolphin Shark Jellyfish Turtle Starfish Seahorse New words of the reading text Bay (n) (n) vịnh Mystery (n) điều huyền bí Mysterious (a) Mysteriously (adv) Beneath (prep): Ex: The boat sank beneath the waves Submarine (n) tàu ngầm Marine life (n) sống biển Fall into (v)= to be able to be divided into sth chia thành water current (n) dòng nước New words of the reading text Organism (n) a living being sinh vật At stake = At risk Ex: Our environment is at stake so we have to join together to save it 10 Contribute (v) to sth Ex: How many events contributed to the liberation of women? Contribution (n) Ex: We admire his great contribution to Vietnam education system While you read : The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill each blank with one of them There are more words than needed Task : Task 1: filling in the blank with one of the words in the box Gulf: vịnh Investigate: điều tra Oversized : khổ Tiny : nhỏ Biodiversity: đa dạng sinh thái samples: mẫu 7.Challenges: thử thách Provide: cung cấp Some plants and animal are referred to as organisms tiny because they are extremely small Thanks to modern technology , scientists have been able to _ the life of plants and animal that live under the sea investigate A _ is a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land gulf is a term that refers to the existence of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment These scientists have collected different to analyse for their experiment Biodiversity samples H A L S O D E P H R M O C E A N N R R R D G A C K E B A Y B E N T V I C E S It is one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations and was world heritage listed by UNESCO in 1994 It is have five pairs of legs, the first of which is modified into a pair of claws What percentage of the earth’s surface is covered by seas and oceans ? Look at the picture Task Read the passage again and then answer the following questions What percentage of the Earth’s surface is covered by seas and oceans? 75 % of the earth’s surface How scientists now overcome the challenges of the depth? By using modern services What can submarines to help scientists know about the undersea world? They investigate the seabed and bring samples of the marine life back to the surface for further study Task What can we learn from the satellite photos? We can know a wide range of information, including water temperature, depth and the undersea populations What are the three groups of marine plants and animals? They are those that live on or depend on the bottom like the starfish, those that move independently of water currents and those that are carried along by the currents What would happen if the sea biodiversity were not maintained? The marine life would be at stake if the sea biodiversity was not maintained After you read : • Work with a partner: Complete the summary of the reading passage by filling each blank with a word or phrase given in the box below three - quarters mysterious Though covering of the earth’s surface , modern the ocean has remained to us until discoveries biodiversity recently huge With _ technology we have now made important closely connected plants and animals about the of marine life We have learnt that whether tiny or , all the ... of the depth? By using modern services What can submarines to help scientists know about the undersea world? They investigate the seabed and bring samples of the marine life back to the surface... been given to help you Seal Dolphin Shark Jellyfish Turtle Starfish Seahorse New words of the reading text Bay (n) (n) vịnh Mystery (n) điều huyền bí Mysterious (a) Mysteriously (adv) Beneath... (v)= to be able to be divided into sth chia thành water current (n) dòng nước New words of the reading text Organism (n) a living being sinh vật At stake = At risk Ex: Our environment is at stake