Unit 11: National Parks Part A: Reading. 1. Have you ever been to a national park?

Unit 11: National Parks

Part A: Reading

1. Have you ever been to a national park?

2.Can you name some of the national parks in Viet Nam & in the world?

Ba Vi National Park In Ha TayBach Ma National Park in Hue

Dartmoor National Park inthe United Kingdom

Nairobi National park in Kenya

3. What trees and animals can you see in a national park?

Pine trees

Ferm- palms

Monkeys

Lizards

- To be located in: to be in a particular place

- Establish (v): set upEx: The committee was established in

1912.- Rainforest (n) :forest in the tropical

region

Amazon rainforest

- Orphan / 'fi:t∫ə / (n): a child without parents, an animal without mother.

Ex: He was an orphan and lived with his uncle.

Orphan (v): to make sb an orphan.Ex: She was orphaned in the war. Orphanage / 'ɔ:fənidʒ / (n): home for

orphan- Toxic / ‘tɔksik / (adj): involving sth

poisonousEx: Many pesticides are highly toxic.

Vocabulary• To be located in• Establish (v)• Rainforest (n)• Orphan (n)• Orphan (v)• Orphanage (n)• Toxic (adj)

Cuc Phuong National Park

Nairobi National Park

Everglades National Park

Find the word in the passages that best suits each of the following definitions.

1. ____________ to start an organization that is intended to continue for a long time

2. _____________ to have something inside

Establish

contain

3. _____________ a group/ groups of animals or plantsspecies

4. _____________ a state of continuing to live or existsurvival

5. _____________ related to an area near a tropical area

Sub- tropical

6. _____________ a state of being pollutedContamination

1. What is the area of the rainforest in Cuc Phuong National Park?

It is over 200 square kilometres2. Why would November be a suitable time to

visit this park? Because the rainy season is over.3. What can people learn in Nairobi National

Park? They can learn about the habits of animals

and how one species is dependent upon another for survival.

Answer the following questions

4. What kinds of animals are taken care of in the Orphanage?

In the Orphanage, orphaned and/ or abandoned animals are taken care of.

5. Why is Everglades National Park endangered? Everglades National Park is endangered

because of the toxic levels of chemicals in the water.

6. What do you think will happen to Everglades National Park if more chemicals are released into the water?

If more chemicals are released into the water, plants and animals will die/ be killed/ destroyed.

Cuc Phuong National Park

Nairobi National Park

Everglades National Park

-Located ____ kilometres _____ of Ha Noi.- The activities tourists can do there:

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- _____ park in Kenya.- The things visitors can learn there:

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-It is a sub-tropical wilderness in ________ United States.

- Special features we can see there:

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South west

Study butterflies

Visit caves

Hike mountains

Look at the 1,000-year- old tree

The smallest

how to recognize the different species of animals & plants.

The habits of animals & how one species is dependent upon another for survival

southeastern

Plants & animals from both tropical & temperate zones.

The toxic levels of chemicals in the water.

1. Which of the three national Parks would you like to visit most? Why?

2. What should we do to protect the national parks?

- Learn new words

- Do exercises in the textbook again

- Prepare part B: speaking