Curso de Aprendizagem Técnico de Multimédia

1º Ano

Ano Letivo 2012/2013

Domínio: Comunicar em Língua Inglesa

UFCD 6660 - Tema Conhecer os Problemas do Mundo Atual

1ª Parte

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Objetivos

• Consultar várias fontes de informação.

• Selecionar, organizar e sistematizar a informação recolhida.
• Analisar criticamente a informação.
• Produzir textos escritos.
• Argumentar oralmente sobre os textos produzidos.
• Consciencializar-se dos problemas que afetam presentemente a humanidade.
• Identificar a importância de alterar políticas, atitudes e comportamentos.

Bibliografia
COE, Norman and others; Oxford Practice Grammar- Elementary, Oxford University Press, 2006, 1ª Edição

DRISCOLL, Liz; Real Reading, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 1ª Edição

GONÇALVES, Maria Emília e outro; Getting On 9, Areal Editores, 2002, 1ª Edição

Webgrafia

http://www.eslprintables.com/

http://en.islcollective.com/

http://environment.about.com

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Índice de Conteúdos

Are you Eco – Friendly? ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Big Yellow Taxi .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Save the Earth.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Environmental Issues .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Environmental Problems .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Some Solutions ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Verb Prefixes ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
The day after Tomorrow ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Stop Climate Change.................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Infinitive To and without To ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Endangered Species ................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
World Conservation Union .................................................................................................................................................................. 19

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ASPEAKING
RE YOU ECO – FRIENDLY?

It’s not only politicians who make our

environment better or worse. What
about you? Are you doing things that
hurt the planet or are you doing
things that make it better?
Do this quiz and find out.
Be honest!

Do you turn off lights Do you switch on How do you get

and heaters When no heaters when you’re to school/work?
one is using them only a little bit cold?
a) I go by car.
a) Yes, always. a) Yes, quite often. b) I take a bus or train.
b) Sometimes. b) Sometimes c) I walk or go
c) I don’t usually c) No, never. by bicycle.
think about it.
When you put food in the Do you throw
How often do you make a journey by
fridge, what do you keep it in? rubbish down
car when it’s really possible to walk?
the toilet?
a) Plastic boxes or bottles
a) Very often. a) No, never.
which you can use again.
b) Not often. b) Sometimes.
b) Wrapping that you throw
c) Never. c) Often.
away.

How often do you use Do you try to use recycled

only one side of a sheet paper?
What do you do with your rubbish of paper
from a picnic? a) Never.
a) Never.
b) Sometimes.
a) I always take it home or throw it in
b) Sometimes.
c) Always.
the rubbish bin somewhere.
c) Often.
b) I leave it.
Do you buy plastic cups,
When you buy any kind of spray can, When you go shopping, do
plastic knives and forks,
do you buy aerosol sprays? you take your bag with you
not China cups, metal knives
and not take a plastic bag from
and forks?
a) Yes. the shop?
b) If I can’t find any others. a) Yes, often.
a) Always.
c) Never. b) Sometimes.
b) Sometimes.
c) No, never.
When you go to the beach, do you c) Never.
move rocks and stones in pools or Before you go waterskiing,
take home shells and plants? scuba diving, sailing or use If you go fishing, do you take
a jet ski, do you check that it home all your things?
a) Never. is safe for animals in the area?
a) I don’t go
b) Quite often.
a) I don’t do any of those things. fishing.
c) Sometimes.
b) Yes. b) Yes.
c) No. c) No.

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If you go to the country- Do you write mails about

side, do you walk on the paths? environmental problems to
people who can do Are you a member of an
a) Yes, always. something? environmental group?
b) Always, if it is possible. a) Yes, often. a) Yes.
c) No. b) Sometimes.
b) No.
c) Never.

Score

Check your answers from the quiz. The more points you get the more eco-friendly you are.

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LISTENING

A. Listen to an extract from the song Big Yellow Taxi and complete the gaps with the missing words.

BIG YELLOW TAXI

They paved paradise and put up a ____________ _______

1

With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' ______ __________

2

Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Ooooh, bop bop bop

Ooooh, bop bop bop

They took all the trees, and put em in a ________ _________

3

And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no
Don't it always seem _____ ______
4.

That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a ____________ ______
5

Ooooh, bop bop bop

Ooooh, bop bop bop

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

I don't care about spots on my _________,6

Leave me the birds and the ___________

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Please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a ____________ ______
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Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a ____________ ______

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Why not?

Ooooh, bop bop bop Paved (l.1) – pavimentaram

Ooooh, bop bop bop Parking lot (l 1) – (AmE – car park) parquet de
estacionamento
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam To go (l 3) – acontecer
And a big yellow taxi took my ______ _________
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Charged (l.9) – cobraram
Don't it always seem to go DDT (l. 16) – inseticida DDT
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone Spots (l. 17) – manchas, marcas
Slam (l. 27) - bater
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Well, don't it always seem _____ _____
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That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Counting Crows (shortened)

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TEXT COMPREHENSION

B. Find evidence for the following.

1. They constructed new buildings in an ideal place.

2. Things are important to us only when they’ve been gone.

3. They cut down trees and put them in a museum.

4. People had to pay to see the trees.

5. The singer doesn’t want farmers to use insecticides.

6. He prefers organic food.

7. He prefers nature to buildings.

C. Answer these questions on the song.

1. What happened last night?

2. Who left last night?

3. Do you think he misses his girlfriend? Give one reason to justify your answer.

4. What is the relationship between the song and the environment?

5. Who is the author criticizing in the song?

D. Why are trees so important? Why have they been cut down or burnt? Fill in the table.

Why are -
trees so -
important? -

What have -
they been cut -
down? -

What else do -
we use -
trees? -

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SAVE THE EARTH

A. Listen to the interview from( http://www.esl-lab.com/enviro1/enviro1.htm) and answer the questions.

1. What is the name of the girl being interviewed?

a) Alice;
b) Ellen;
c) Alex.

2. She says we should save water when ______________.

a) Washing cars;
b) Cleaning clothes;
c) Taking a bath.

3. The girl's second suggestion is about _____________.

a) separating different types of garbage;
b) disposing of trash properly;
c) having a family clean-up party.

4. By recycling paper, we can ___________________.

a) protect the forests;
b) cut down on waste;
c) save money.

5. What does the girl do once a month?

a) She visits a recycling center;
b) She cleans a neighborhood park;
c) She collects newspapers.

B. Listen to part of the conversation from the quiz. (http://www.esl-lab.com/enviro1/envfra1.htm) Then

choose words from the vocabulary list above and write them in the correct blank.

Interviewer: Today, I'm interviewing nine-year-old Alex about her ____________________ on how people can help save the
1.

environment. So, Alex, how can we save the environment?

Girl: By saving water.
Interviewer: Well, how can we do that?
Girl: By not using too much water when we wash ____________________, take a bath, and when we do other things, like
2.

watering the _____________________ outside.

3.

Interviewer: Oh, I think I can do that. What else?

Girl: When drinking or eating something outside, you should keep the ___________________ until you find a trashcan to
4.

put it in because littering makes our planet dirty. Do you like seeing trash all over the _______________________?
5.

Interviewer: No, I don't.

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VOCABULARY STUDY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
A. Match these words with the pictures.
1 rainforest 2 endangered species 3 planet Earth
4 medicinal plants 5 acid rain 6 wildlife 7 global
warming 8 tribal people 9 air pollution 10 water
pollution 11 exhaust fumes 12 deforestation 13 waste
14 habitat 15 greenhouse effect 16 pesticide
C. Complete these sentences with words from exercises A
and B.
1. Cars, factories, power stations and rubbish dumps all emit
gases which increase ____________.
2. _____________contains dangerous chemicals which destroy
plants and trees.
3. Heat from the sun reaches the Earth, but pollution in the
atmosphere prevents it escaping back into space, and then the
temperature of the atmosphere rises. This is called the
_____________ .
4. The holes in the _____________ may cause a major increase
in the atmosphere’s temperature.
5. ___________ destroys wildlife habitats and contributes to air
pollution.
6. There are many endangered species facing __________
7. The ___________ are the lungs of our planet.
8. Trees produce oxygen and absorb ____________ .
9. We are running out of __________ such as coal and oil.
10. The clean-up of air, water and land will be very difficult if
governments don’t promote ___________ .
11. __________ used to spray crops can contaminate water
supplies and soil.
12. Survival International is a worldwide movement to support
__________. It helps them protect their lands, environment and
way of life.
B. Match the words with the definitions.
ozone layer oil spill sewage
overpopulation natural resources
greenhouse effect carbon dioxide
recycling extinction CFCs
1. too many people ____________
2. something such as land, minerals or
natural energy that exists in a country ___
3.an increase in the world temperatures
caused by the increased level of gases
such as carbon dioxide in the air _______
4.the gas that is thought to prevent heat
from escaping above the Earth and which
causes the Greenhouse Effect. _________
5.gases that protect the Earth from the sun
____
6. chemicals used in aerosols and fridges,
which contribute to the destruction of the
ozone layer __________
7. when a species of animal or plant doesn’t
exist anymore ___________
8. a thin sheet of oil floating on water,
especially as a result of an accident to an oil-
carrying ship _____________
9.transformation of used material ( glass,
cans, paper and some plastics) to be used
again ___________
10. the waste material and water from
people’s houses and from industry
_________
D. Complete the text with these words.
people rainforest
welfare environment
awareness
The Ecotourism Society defines it as “
responsible travel to natural areas which
conserves the 1________ and improves the
2______ of the local people”. A walk through
the 3_______ is not ecotourism unless it
benefits that environment and the 4_______
who live there. A rafting trip is only
ecotourism if it raises 5_______ and funds to
help protect the watershed.
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READ

READING

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
Many people believe that the way that we live our lives today is having an extremely bad effect on the
environment. Here are some examples of environmental problems, and the vocabulary you need to talk about them.

CARS
The biggest polluter today is the
car. Exhaust fumes are the main
cause of bad air quality, which can
make people feel ill and have
difficulty breathing. This problem is
especially bad in some cities
where, on days when there is not
much wind, a brown layer of smog
hangs in the air. The number of
cars is increasing every year, and
this causes serious congestion.
Governments then build new roads
to try to improve the situation, but
this means that they cut down the
trees and destroy more of the
countryside.
POLLUTION
Pollution is damage to the air, sea, rivers, or land caused by
chemicals, waste and harmful gases.
Pollutants include toxic waste, pesticides, and fertilizers.
THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT
is caused by harmful gases
known as greenhouse gases.
These gases are produced
when we burn fuels,
especially coal burned in
power stations to make
electricity.
These gases go up into the
Earth’s atmosphere and stop
heat from leaving the Earth.

HOLES IN THE OZONE LAYER Because the heat cannot

The ozone layer is a layer od gases that protects us from ultraviolet escape, the Earth is getting
light from the sun, which can have a harmful effect on animals, and warmer. This is know as
causes skin cancer in humans. GLOBAL WARMING.
The ozone layer is being damaged by chemicals, especially CFCs Global warming may cause the
(chlorofluorocarbons), and when holes appear in the ozone layer, ice at the North Pole and
harmful light from the sun reaches the Earth. South Pole to melt and sea
levels to rise, leading to serious
flooding in many parts of the
world. In other places,
temperatures will rise and
ACID RAIN THE DESTRUCTION OF there will be less rain, turning
is rain that is HABITATS more of the land into desert.
harmful to the All over the world, wildlife is
environment being threatened because
because it habitats and woodlands are
contents acid being destroyed. Rainforests
from factory are being cut down so that
smoke. Acid rain people can use the land to
causes damage to grow crops. Many species of
trees, rivers, and animal have become extinct,
buildings. and many more are
endangered.

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Some Solutions

Many people believe that the way that we live our lives today is having an extremely bad effect on the
environment. Here are some examples of solutions to the environmental problems, and the vocabulary you
need to talk about them.

ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

TRANSPORT
One of the main problems with
cars is that they cause a lot of
pollution and often carry only one
person. Public transport is more
environmentally friendly because
buses and trains carry large
numbers of people at the same
time. Car pools are another way of
reducing the number of cars on
the roads. Even cleaner solutions
are electric cars, and bicycles.
RECYCLING
Recycling is when you use
something again instead of
throwing it away. Glass, cans,
paper, and plastic can all be
recycled.
such as wind power, wave power, and
solar power do not pollute the
environment. They are much cleaner
than oil and coal.
PROTESTING
Many people try to protest
the environment by joining
environmental groups that
inform people about green
GREEN PRODUCTS issues, and try to persuade
We can help the governments to take more
environment by choosing to care of the environment,
buy green products. especially by organizing
Examples of green products protests.
are recycled paper, wood
from sustainable sources,
and organic fruit and
vegetables.

THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY!

It is personal action that will help preserve the world’s environment. Actions which are simple and quick. Yet
overall they will make an effective and positive contribution to the environment.

- turn off lights and other electrical equipment when not in use
- take shorter showers to save water
- buy products that are recycled, recyclable, reliable, repairable, refillable, reusable
- write on both sides of paper
- put on more clothing in winter instead of turning up the heater
- try to cook several meals at a time
- use public transport or your bike instead of a car
- repair leaking taps, do not leave the taps running
- use energy efficient light bulbs
- do not pour oil, fat, milk or chemical down the sink
- encourage your school to be environmentally friendly

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GRAMMAR

VERB PREFIXES

Prefix Meaning Example

not Why do you dislike her so much?
dis-
opposite The plane disappeared behind the cloud.
bad/badly or
mis- I’m afraid you misunderstood what you said
wrong/wrongly
too much or too
over- She went to bed late and she overslept
long
again Mr Smith will reopen the restaurant next month
re-
in other way We’ve rearranged the furniture in the living room.

un- opposite action I unpacked my suitcase when I arrived at the hotel

A. Form new verbs by putting in a prefix and translate them into your own language.
1. _________ read
2. _________approve
3. _________do
4. _________understand
5. _________lock
6. _________obey
7. _________charge
8. _________build
9. _________wind
10. _________behave
11. _________estimate
12. _________think

B. Use the verbs in brackets to form a new verb. Put into the right tense.

1. I _________________ (like) being away from my family.

2. I keep getting _________________________ (connect) when I’m online.
3. I watched until the train ____________________ (appear) from view.
4. Yesterday she ________________________ (agree) with her parents on most things.
5. In the morning you get dressed. At night you get __________________ (dress).
6. We ___________________ (decorate) our bedroom at the moment.
7. The student ______________________ (read) the last question.
8. You’ll become ill If you continue to ____________________ (work).

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PROJECT – Film Review

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

Characters
Jack Hall - Dennis Quaid
Sam Hall - Jake Gyllenhaal
Laura Chapman - Emmy Rossum
Jason Evans - Dash Mihok
Frank Harris - Jay O. Sanders
Doctor Lucy Hall - Sela Ward

Task: As you watch, answer the following questions:

1) Where are the people at the start of the film?

a) Europe b) America c) Antactica

2) What do they say is melting the polar icecaps?

3) Which teams are playing football on the television?

4) What weather condition occurs in Tokyo?

a) a hurricane b) hail stones c) Snow

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5) How old is Jack’s son, Sam?

a) 17 b) 18 c) 19

6) What is Sam afraid of?

7) What weather condition occurs in Los Angeles?

a) Snow b) flood c) Tornadoes

8) Some scientists believe the North Atlantic current has changed, what do they think this is causing to
happen?
a) Terrible weather all over the world b) Terrible weather in Tokyo

9) What does the computer show, and when will this happen?
a) Major climate change in 6-8 weeks
b) Major climate change in 6-8 months
c) Major climate change in a year

10) Why do the helicopters crash?

11) What is coming towards New York City?

12) What kind of building do Sam, Laura and the others take shelter in?
a) a school b) a public library c) a museum

13) How long will the super storm last?

a) 1 day b) 100 days c) 10 days

14) Why doesn’t Sam want the people to leave the building?

15) Where is Jack going? Why?

16) Why do Sam, J.D and Brian leave the library?

a) to help Sam’s father b) to find wolves c) to get medicine for Laura

17) What’s the weather like in the ‘eye of the storm’?

a) freezing b) Chilly c) very windy

18) Why can’t Jack and his friend find the library?

19) What happens to Sam and Jack at the end of the film?

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READ

READING

STOP CLIMATE CHANGE

For more than a century, people have used fossil fuels such as oil, coat and
gas to produce energy. Now, worldwide, people and the environment are
suffering the consequences. Global warming, caused by burning fossil fuels, is
the worst environmental problem we face today.
5 People are changing the climate that made life on Earth possible and the
results are very bad – droughts and floods, lack of clean water, melting Polar
Regions, rising sea levels and much more. Global warming can affect the lives
of everyone on this planet.
It is not too late to help stop global warming. The solutions already exist.
10 Renewable energy such as wind and solar offer abundant clean energy that is safe for the environment and
good for the economy.
Other green technologies, such as the refrigeration technology Green freeze, offer good alternatives to
climate-changing chemicals.
Industries, governments and individuals must begin to use clean energy solutions and reduce fossil fuels. At
15 the same time, immediate international action must be taken to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases if we
want to stop global warming.
Greenpeace is campaigning to stop climate change – from the campaign to force ExxonMobil and George W
Bush to work with the rest of the world to stop climate change, to promoting clean energy solutions.
Greenpeace, in www.greenpeace.com (abridged and adapted)

TEXT COMPREHENSION

A. Decide whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE. Correct the false ones.
1. _____ People have used fossil fuels for a long time.

2. _____ Burning fossil fuels causes an increase in world temperatures.

3. _____ Pollution is the worst environmental problem.

4. _____ Global warming causes a lot of environmental problems.

5. _____ Solar and wind energy don’t help stop climate change

6. _____ We can use other green technologies to save the environment.

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B. Answer these questions on the text.

1. Who should help stop climate change?

2. What must be done to stop it?
3. What is Greenpeace doing to help solve the problem?
4. What should we do? Add two or three solutions.

C. Decide if these facts are CONSEQUENCES or CAUSES of global warming.

1. Animals that live in Polar Regions may disappear. _________________________

2. People have cut down nearly half the rainforest. _________________________
3. A lot of cities around the world will be flooded. _________________________
4. Smoke of factories and homes goes into the air. _________________________
5. People consume too much energy. _________________________
6. The world is getting hotter. _________________________
7. People dump or burn too much rubbish. _________________________
8. Too many people go to work by car. _________________________

D. What alternative sources of energy do you know? Put the missing vowels to complete the words.

1. s __ l __ r p __ w __ r
2. w __ v __ p __ w __ r
3. w __ t __ r p __ w __ r
4. w __ nd f __ rms

GRAMMAR

INFINITIVE TO AND WITHOUT TO

How you ever been confused about when to use infinitive with to and without to? Here’s a table with all the
information you need to learn about it.
After an adjective To say why
This is horrible to imagine. He needs money to buy a hybrid car.
INFINITIVE WITH TO

After a noun After for + object (sb/sth)

There’s a lot of work to do! This is easy for everyone to see.
With be able to, be about to, be allowed to, be After a question word
going to, have to, ought to and used to. Do you know to reduce CO emissions?
2

Governments ought to make “green laws”.

After some specific verbs: decide, arrange, afford,
hoe, promise, offer, tend, fail, seem, appear, etc.
I decided to change my daily habits.
After modal verbs
WITHOUT TO
After some verbs + object: allow, ask,
cause, help, expect, tell, etc.
I expect you to do something!
After make / let + object

We must do something together. They made me think of it.

INFINITIVE

She didn’t let you explain, did she?

After had better and would rather After feel / hear + an object
We have a test tomorrow. You’d better study. I felt the earth move.
He heard him say he was leaving.

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A. Choose the correct answer.

1. They didn’t allow me _______________ it.
a) do b) to do
2. The police didn’t let me _______________ the building.
a) enter b) to enter

3. The lent me the book _______________ during the summer.

a) read b) to read

4. You can’t _______________ in here.

a) smoke b) to smoke

5. That’s not a very nice thing _______________ to a friend.

a) say b) to say

6. He seems _______________ upset about something.

a) be b) to be

7. There are so many activities _______________ in the park.

a) do b) to do

8. You should _______________ to school by train, it’s cheaper.

a) go b) to go

9. Our teacher told us _______________ more.

a) study b) to study

10. The man saw them _______________ the bank.

a) rob b) to rob

11. Children have a lot of love _______________.

a) give b) to give

B. Read the sentences and put ‘to’ before the verb if necessary.
e.g. I want to tell you a secret.
1. You shouldn’t _____ eat so much chocolate.
2. Do you know when _____ call her?
3. You had better _____ clean up your room.
4. May I go _____ the bathroom?
5. It’s very difficult for everyone _____ change their habits.
6. All the students helped _____ clean up the classroom.
7. I can’t make him _____ come with me.
8. My teacher offered _____ help me with this project.
9. I heard John _____ talk to her the other day.
10. We’ve arranged _____ play tennis with them tomorrow.
11. I saw Joey yesterday and he seemed _____ be sad.
12. Are you sure you know how _____ drive?
13. I’d rather _____starve than eat beef.

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C. Complete the sentences with the most adequate verb from the box and add ‘to’ where necessary.

play do watch help win

eat tell meet get wait

e.g. I can’t go shopping with you tomorrow.

1. He’s a great guy. You must ________________ him.

2. I have ________________ up early tomorrow.
3. She promised not ________________ another biscuit.
4. I want ________________ tell you a secret.
5. I expected you ________________ for me at the bus stop.
6. She didn’t let me ________________ the film.
7. Do you know how ________________ GTA?
8. I have so much homework ________________ over the weekend.
9. We should ________________ them. They seem to be in trouble.
10. He never hoped ________________ the competition.

LISTENING with video

A. The Destruction of the Ancient Rainforest is the title of a protest video produced by an environmental
organization. Before watching it try to complete the following multiple choice exercise and predict the
video’s contents.

1. The international organization responsible for 5. An area of ancient forest, the size of a football
this video is… size, is destroyed…
a) WWF a) Every two years
b) Greenpeace b) Every two seconds
c) Earth Liberation Front c) Every ten minutes

2. The family is watching a documentary on… 6. In the last ten years, the area of ancient forest
a) White sharks that was destroyed is bigger than…
b) Apes a) Portugal and Spain put together
c) Bald eagles b) England and Spain put together
c) France and Spain put together
3. What happens while the family is watching the
documentary? 7. Timber is used only once on building sites and
a) The phone suddenly rings then it is…
b) A thunder strikes their house a) To make doors
c) The house is destroyed by an avalanche b) Thrown away
c) Used to make toilet paper
4. The narrator speaks in the name of…
a) The apes 8. What can we do to protect rainforests?
b) The red foxes a) Tell our government to ban illegally logged
c) The giant pandas timber
b) Tell our government to use recycled
paper
c) Tell our government to use renewable
clean energy

B. Watch the video and check your work.

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ENDANGERED SPECIES
VOCABULARY STUDY
A. What animals can you see in the pictures? Match the names of the animals with the pictures.

Chimpanzee Elephant Panda

Lion Gorilla Whale

Rhino Leopard Tiger

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READ

READING

Did you know that the animals in the pictures above are almost EXTINCT?
Read the text and find out more about them.

World Conservation Union

Gland, Switzerland, 12 September, 2007

Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is taken, according to the
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
There are now 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List and 16,306 of them are threatened with extinction,
up from 16,118 last year. The total number of extinct species has reached 785 and a further 65 are only
found in captivity or in cultivation.
One in four mammals, one in eight birds, one third of all amphibians and 70% of the world’s assessed
plants on the 2007 IUCN Red List are in jeopardy.
People, either directly or indirectly, are the main reason for most species’ decline. Habitat destruction and
degradation continues to be the main cause of species’ decline, along with the all too familiar threats of
introduced invasive species, unsustainable harvesting, over-hunting, pollution and disease. Climate change is
increasingly recognized as a serious threat, which can magnify these dangers.
In http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070912152659.htm

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TEXT COMPREHENSION
A. Find words in the text that the same as:

1. to be put at risk or in danger (v.) ____________________________

2. hazard or risk (n.) ____________________________
3. diminution (n.) ____________________________
4. not able to be maintained or supported in the future (adj.) ____________________________
5. the gathering of crops (n.) ____________________________
6. to increase (v.) ____________________________

B. The following statements are all wrong. Correct them according to the text.

1. Animals will continue to disappear no matter what action is taken.

2. 41,415 species became instinct previous year.

3. The most affected species are mammals.

4. Natural disasters are the main cause of animal extinction.

C. Answer these questions on the text.

1. How many animal species can only be found in captivity?

2. What’s the percentage of endangered birds?

3. Summarize the main causes of species’ decline.

PROJECT

Protecting endangered animals is in our hands now. Make groups and design a poster of an
ENDAGERED SPECIES of your choice to display in your classroom or school. You’ll have to gather information
and pictures online or in magazines or newspapers.
 Include pictures of the animal
 Give general information about it (what is called; where it lives, how many there were before;
how many are now)
 Indicate reasons for their eminent extinction
 Write a slogan to raise awareness (e.g. Save the Dolphins!)
 Give advice on how to help
 Be imaginative

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