UNIT 10. ENDANGERED SPECIES
Bài giảng: LISTENING
Môn: Tiếng Anh 12 chương trình cơ bản
Thầy giáo: Nguyễn Kim Long
Before You Lisen
Work in pairs. Discuss and choose the best answer A, B,C or D.
1. You can find gorillas in.................... .
A. Europe
B. Asia
C. Africa
2. The male gorilla may attain a height of………… m and a weight of about 180 kg.
A.
3
B. 1,7
C. 0,8
3. The life span of a gorilla in the wild is about .............. years.
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
Hướng dẫn giải:
1. C
2. B
3. 50
Listen and repeat
- gorilla /ɡəˈrɪl.ə/ (n): con đười ươi
- bared teeth (n.phr): răng hở
- sociable /ˈsəʊ.ʃə.bəl/ (a): dễ gần
- silverback /ˈsɪl.və.bæk/ (n): khỉ đầu đàn
- sub-adult (a): chưa trưởng thành
- civil war (n.phr): nội chiến
- nest /nest/ (n): tổ
- forest rangers (n): kiểm lâm
While You Listen
Task 1: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer A, B,C or D to each question.
Questions
1. Which of the following can be a group leader?
A. The biggest and strongest adult male gorilla.
B. A female gorilla.
C. The biggest adult female gorilla.
D. A grown-up gorilla.
2. With whom do baby gorillas sleep at night?
A. Their sisters.
B. Their mothers.
C. Their fathers.
D. Their mothers and sisters.
3. Why do hunters kill mountain gorillas?
A. For their skin.
B. For their nests.
C. For the trees they live in.
D. For food.
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4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Mountain gorillas live in Africa.
B. Scientists study gorillas and show a different picture of mountain gorillas.
C. Life for mountain gorillas is peaceful.
D. A gorilla sometimes eats worms.
5. What can be learned from the passage?
A. Mountain gorillas are not as dangerous as they look.
B. Mountain gorillas live in groups.
C. Mountain gorillas eat mainly plants.
D. All of A, B and C are correct.
Hướng dẫn giải:
1. A
2.B
3. D
4. C
5. D
Tapescript:
For a long time the image most people had of a gorilla was a dangerous looking animal with big bared teeth.
But researchers studying gorillas show a very different picture of mountain gorillas. The animals are
peaceful, gentle, sociable, and mainly plant-eating creatures.
Gorillas live in family groups. A typical group is led by the biggest and strongest grown-up male gorilla. He
is called a silverback because the hair on a male’s back turn from black to silver as he grows up. This
happens when he is between 11 and 13 years old. A silverback's group usually includes one or two sub-adult
males and a few females and their young.
Mountain gorillas spend much of their time eating. Their food includes a variety of plants, along with a few
kinds of insects and worms. Al night the animals make a nest to sleep in. Many lightweight gorillas nest in
trees. The heavier ones may nest in grasses on the ground. Babies sleep with their mothers at night.
Life for mountain gorillas is not always peaceful. They are endangered and threatened by civil war in a small
area of Africa where they live. Hunters kill them for food. Their forests are cut down for farmland, fuel, and
housing. But many scientists, forest rangers, and other concerned people are working hard to protect
mountain gorillas, their habitats.
Task 2: Listen again and complete the chart below.
General features
(1)……………, gentle, sociable, and
(2)…………………………
Group members
the silverback. one or two sub-adult males,
(3)……………………
Food
(4)……………..and worms
Place for sleeping
nest(5)………….. or (6)……………
Causes of being endangered
(7) ………., hunters killing them for food,
(8)…………………
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Hướng dẫn giải:
1. peaceful
2. plant-eating
3. a few females and their young
4. plants and a few insects
5. in trees
6. in grasses
7. civil war
8. forests being cut down
After You Listen
Work in pairs. Summarize the main ideas of the passage, using the Information and the answers in
Tasks 1 and 2.
1. What are main features of gorillas?
2. What do they eat?
3. How do they live?
4. Where do they sleep?
5. With whom do baby gorillas sleep?
6. Why do hunters kill mountain gorillas?
7. Who protect mountain gorillas?
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