Have you ever been to these places ?
Bach Ma
Everglades
Cuc Phuong
Nairobi
Can you name some national parks in Vietnam ?
What can you see in a national park?
Unit 11: National parks
I. Vocabulary
-to locate:
Ex: My school is located in Tran Hung Dao ward
- to establish:
thành lập, thiết lập
- butterfly:
- recognise:
nhận diện, nhận biết
- survival:
sự sống sót, sự tồn tại
- to contaminate
to pollute
- contamination:
pollution
Unit 11: National parks
Find the word in the passages that best
suits each of the following definition:
1. establish:
to start an organization that is intended
to continue for a long time.
2. contain
to have something inside.
3. species:
a group/ groups of animals or plants.
4. survival:
a state of continuing to live or exist.
5. sub-tropical:
related to an area near a tropical area.
6. contamination:
a state of being polluted.
Where can we see these things?
Cuc phuong
Cuc phuong
Nairobi
Cuc phuong
Unit 11: National parks
II. Reading comprehension:
2 Make true or false
a. Cuc phuong is the only national park in Vietnam.
F
b. We can go to Cuc phuong national park to study butterflies,
visit caves hike mountains and look at the 1000-year-old tree.
c. Nairobi National park is the smallest park in Kenya.
T
d. The species of animals and plants in Nairobi
National park are poor.
F
T
e. Everglades National park is in the southwestern United states.
T
f. Everglades National park has plants and animals from
both tropical and temperate areas.
T
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2. Answer the questions:
a. What is the area of the rainforest in CUC PHUONG
national park?
over 200 square km
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2. Answer the questions:
b. Why would November be a suitable time to visit this park?
Because the rainy season is over.
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2. Answer the questions:
c. 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.
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2. Answer the questions:
d. What kind of animals are taken care of in the Orphanage?
In the Orphanage, orphaned and abandoned animals are
taken care of.
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2. Answer the questions:
e. Why is Everglades National park endangered?
Because of the toxic levels of chemicals in the water.
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2. Answer the questions:
f. 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.
LOCATION AND SPECIAL FEATURES
Cuc Phuong
National park
Location In southwest
of Hanoi Vietnam
Special
- Butterflies,
features
caves, and
1000- years
old -trees.
- It contains
over 200
square km of
rain forest.
Nairobi National
Park
Everglades
National Park
In Kenya
In the
southeastern
United States
- Large variety
of animals and
plants.
- Lots of
orphaned,
abandoned
animals are
taken care of.
- Plants and
animals from
both tropical
and temperate
zones.
- Toxic levels of
chemical in the
water.
Unit 11: National parks
DISCUSSION
Which of the three national parks would you like to
visit most? Why?
1. This English center has …… for 2 years.
2. We can see a lot of …… in Cuc Phuong national park.
3. The water in this pool is ……
4. They …… the need to take the problem seriously.
5. Exporting is necessary for our economic ……