[Friends plus] Wild life - Reading

1. Check the meanings of the words in blue in sentences 1-3. Then read the text. Which setences does the writer agree with?

1. It's important to protect all nimals because they are all interesting

2. It's best to protect  the beautiful species, not the ughly ones

3. A lot of species become extinct every year, animlas in danger need our help.

=> Answer: 

- Protect (v): bảo vệ

- Species (n): chủng loài

- become extinct: trở nên tuyệt chủng

- danger (n): sự nguy hiểm

- help (n): sự giúp đỡ

=> Sentences 1 and 2

2. Read and listen to the text and write true or false

1. The blobfish is quite rare.

2. The blobfish sometimes lives in rivers.

3. The blobfish is well-known through magazines and the internet.

4. There's a lot of information about pandas, but not whales.

=> Answer:

1. T     2. F ( it lives 1000 meters under the sea near Australia)

3. T      4. F

3. Use a dictionary to check the meanings of the words in blue in the text

=> Answer: 

- beautiful (a): xinh đẹp

- common (a): phổ biến, nổi tiếng

- dull (a): nhợt nhạt, tối

- colorful (a): nhiều màu sắc

- rare (a): hiếm

4. Work in pairs. Do you know the names of any animals in danger? Do you think which ones are ugly and which ones are beautiful?

=> Answer: 

Some animals in danger: Borneo Gorilla, Mountain gorillas, Philippines Crocodile