Unit 10 The world around us

By Lisa

When farmers cut down trees, tigers can no longer hide and hunt. Many tigers are killed by people who want to sell their fur and use their bones for medicine.

The tiger is very sad. why?

The tiger is very sad. why?

There are few areas left where pandas can live.

The beautiful Tibetan antelopes are hunted for their wool.

藏羚羊的悲惨命运

Many of the world’s animals and plants are Many of the world’s animals and plants are in danger.Discuss the following questions.in danger.Discuss the following questions.

1. Do you know of any other endangered animals? Why are they in danger?

2. Why is it important to make sure that animals do not die out?

3. What can we do to help endangered animals?

elephant

Golden monkey

pangolin

rhinoceros

犀牛

zebra

jackal 豺

1 2 3

What kind of pollution is it?

What are the causes?

What are the

effects ？

Air pollution

Cars, factories, burning coal

and oil

Various answers are

possible

Water pollution

Factories and

drainage

We can’t use/drink the water that is

polluted

Waste pollution

rubbish trash

Tourists /people

Making the environment ugly. Dirty and even dangerous

Oh my, look at this! Dead fish everywhere! What happened? We used to be able to drink the water in our rivers and lakes, but today, many rivers and lakes have been so polluted that the water is useless. Factories and drainage are polluting the water and we are not taking good care of water. We use too much water and we waste water. What is more, we pollute water.

This beautiful mountain is one of the most popular places for people to visit during holidays and festivals. Thousands of people come here to hike in the mountain’s forests and valleys. Unfortunately, the tourists leave a lot of rubbish behind. Plastic bags, soda bottles and other things are thrown everywhere. Many tourists also pick flowers and damage the trees, and the many hotels and restaurants being built are having a negative effect on the environment, too.

What can we do to solve these problems? Work together with your partner and try to think of some good solutions to the problems.

Problem Ways to deal with causes

Ways to deal with effects

_______pollution

_______pollution

_______

What can we do to solve these problems? Work together with your partner and try to think of some good solutions to the problems.

What can we do to solve these problems? Work together with your partner and try to think of some good solutions to the problems.

Problem Ways to deal with causes Ways to deal with effects

Air pollution

We can make cars that don’t pollute the environment. We can ask companies to use modern, clean technology.

We can limit the number of cars in our cities. If people get sick from air pollution, we must help them.

Water pollution

We can try to use less water and make sure that we do not pollute the water. We can tell factories that they are not allowed to pour waste into lakes and rivers.

We can clean the waste water in our rivers and lakes.

Rubbish

We should not throw rubbish in parks and cities. We should not buy things that use a lot of packaging.

We can pick up rubbish if we see it. We can put more rubbish bins in our parks and cities.

What can we do to solve these problems? Work together with your partner and try to think of some good solutions to the problems.

A reporter for the magazine National Wildlife is writing an article about animals in zoos and is going to interview some animals to find out more about advantages and disadvantages of living in a zoo. Work together with your partner. Student A will act as the reporter and Student B will act as the animals. Take turns asking and answering questions. Use the questions below to get started and try to think of more questions.

giraffe hippo

kangaroowolf Tiger and lion

The reporter’s questions:1.Where did you live before they brought you to the zoo?

2. How long have you been living in the zoo?

3. Do you prefer living in the zoo or living in the jungle? Why?

4. If you could say something to all humans, what would you tell them?