Unit 6 Animals

Synonyms

Antonyms

cruel - honest - smart - naive - egotistical - genuine - sensible - trusting - nasty - conceited - truthful - tricky - astute - uncaring - narcissistic - quick thinking - self-centered - innocent

stupid - kind - thoughtless - selfless - meek - insincere - altruistic - doubtful - humble - foolish - deceitful - compassionate - dishonest - generous - wary - slow - modest - warm-hearted - unintelligent - skeptical

Talk about your personality. Compare your personality with the characteristics used in the chinese zodiac. Use similes.

• If you could choose an animal, which one would you be? Why?
• What do you know about the chinese horoscope?
• Do you think the year you were born affects the way you are?

I could say that I'm as blind as a bat ...

• How do you feel about animals being kept in cages at zoos?
• Are you in favor or against it?
• What should be done with these animals?

Animal

Place where it lives

Current population in the wild

Reasons why it is endangered

Action taken by WWF

giant panda

China

1600

destruction of their home

training staff and the community to save the forest, and stop illegal hunting

polar bear

the Arctic

not stated

global warming

• more important than any other (13)
• try hard to survive (23)
• destroy a large part of something (24)
• a tall plant with hollow stems (24)
• suffer through a bad situation for a period of time (31)
• gas that is produced when carbon is burned and when people exhale; it is harmful to the atmosphere and contributes to the greenhouse effect (52)
• prevent something from happening (54)
• situation in which one action causes another, which then causes a third, etc. (64)
• species that protect other species (68)

making people aware of the importance of stopping global warming

mountain gorilla

decades of civil war

700

Central and East Africa

monitoring gorillas and getting ready to face threats

Summarize Alicia and Ben´s points of view on zoos. Compare it to your own.

fishy - snake - hawk - goat

ants - horse - wolf - cat

1. Why is biodiversity being reduced? Who is to blame for this?

2. What do scientists think about this phenomenon?

3. How bad is the loss of our natural inheritance?

4. How important is the work of the WWF?

5. What do they mean by the ripple effect?

6. What is your answer to the three questions asked in the conclusion?

1. Lisa had ____ in her pants the day before her interview.

2. I knew something ____ was going on when I saw all of my friends’ cars in my mom’s driveway.

3. He seemed nice enough, but he was a ____ in sheep’s clothing.

4. Everyone was surprised at the results of the election. The dark ____ won.

5. How could I ever have trusted that ____ in the grass?

6. It really gets my ____ when people push past without saying 'Excuse me'.

7. The supervisor has eyes like a ____, so be careful she doesn't catch you eating at your desk.

8. Mom let the ____ out of the bag and told us Karen was engaged.

• a sneaky and despised person
• an unknown entrant into a contest; a surprise candidate for political office
• to irritate someone; to annoy and arouse someone to anger
• to notice everything
• reveal a secret or a surprise
• to not be able to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something
• suspicious
• a dangerous person pretending to be harmless

1. The poor students were obliged to _____ three days of tests at the end of the session.

2. The role of _____ in conservation planning is a case in point.

3. To obtain sufficient nourishment, a panda consumes as much as 36 kilograms of _____ daily.

4. Some analysts say the worst is yet to come for a sputtering US economy, predicting a _____ as jobs are cut back.

5. Until the recent past Ireland enjoyed a period of economic prosperity _____ in any country.

6. A nuclear bomb will _____ most of the population in the region.

7. Humans require relatively little oxygen, and plants are constantly transforming the _____ we exhale back into useful oxygen.

8. The company made a better offer to _____ the moves for a strike.

9. Madagascar lemurs _____ that none of them may be left in the wild within 25 years.

1. Approximately _____ species of plants and animals are endangered.

2. Only _____ giant pandas and as few as _____ mountain gorillas exist in the wild.

3. _____ is putting the polar bears' survival at risk.

4. The _____ has been working since 1961 to help protect endangered animals.

5. One reason humans should value animal conservation is that many important _____ and _____ come from wild plants and animals.

1. “Sharks are fascinating creatures, but they (can / not / keep) _______ as pets.”

2. “I think it’s wrong to test beauty products on animals; only life-saving medicines (should / test) _______ on them.”

3. “Dogs are used to help people with disabilities, but I read an article that said cats (could / use) _______ just as easily.”

4. “If people knew what happens to abandoned pets, animals (might / not / give) _______ as gifts so often.”

5. “The killing of African elephants (have / stop) _______, or they will become extinct very soon.”

6. “In the computer age, why do animals (have / use) _______ for research?”

7. “Dogs (not / have / train) _______ to chase a ball and bring it back; they do it naturally.”

You should answer the easy questions first.

You must give students enough time to finish.

They could feel the earthquake 20 km away.

You should finish the work before you leave.

They'll pay me at the end of the month.

They might give him an award.

You can prepare this dish the night before.

We will elect a new government next year.

You can do it alone.

You can serve this wine with chicken or fish.

They should have explained it better.

They might have painted this house last year.

Unit 6 Animals