What can you see in these pictures?
Unit 10: nature in
danger
lesson 1: reading
I. Before you read
READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND
DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW.
CHEETAH
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Once found throughout
Africa and Asia,
Cheetahs are now only
scattered throughout
east Africa
Scatter (v)= distribute
READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND
DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW.
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PANDAS
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It is estimated that
only 1,000 pandas
remain in the wild.
READ THE FACTS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPIECES AND
DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS BELOW.
TIGER
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There are only about
20 Siberian tigers left
in the wild in China
and about 100 live in

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Exist (v): to be real
Eg: Does life exist on other planets?
(Exist
is not used in the progressive tense.
)
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To exist on something: tiÕp tôc sèng, sèng nhê vµo…
Eg: They can’t exist on the money he’s earning.
Existent ( adj )
Existence ( n )
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Co-exist (v) : live together (
co-
means together )“ ”
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Have an influence on = have an effect on
Eg: Bad weather has strong influence on agricultural
production.
- Set up (v)= establish, build
Eg: Many international organizations have been set up.
- Destroy (v) phá hủy, tiêu diệt
- Destruction (n) sự phá hủy, su tiêu diệt
- Prohibit /prə'hibit/ (v) = ban, not allow cấm
- Offspring (n) =a child con của một con vật
Eg: She is the offspring of a nurse and a teacher.
- Result in (v,n) /ri'zʌlt/ đem lại kết quả, kết quả
- influence (v,n) /'influʊəns/ ảnh hưởng, sự ảnh hưởng.
- environment (n) /in'vɑiərənmənt/ môi trường
- affect (v) /ə'fekt/ làm ảnh hưởng đến.