Module 3 Animals
Unit 5 Save the endangered animals
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Reading
THE GIANT PANDA
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Giant Panda Fact File
Population In the wild: about 1,600
Appearance
Weight at birth: about 100–200 grams
Adult weight: about 100–150 kilograms
Colour: black and white
A giant panda is a kind of bear. It has a white face with black patches around its eyes. It also has black ears, shoulders and legs. The rest of its body is white.
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Home
Pandas live high up in the mountains of Central and Western China. They live in the bamboo forests there.
Food
Pandas in the wild usually eat bamboo. In zoos, their menu includes bamboo, apples and carrots. A giant panda can eat as much as 30 kilograms of bamboo a day.
Behaviour
Pandas like to live on their own. They need to eat a lot to stay healthy, so they spend more than 12 hours a day eating. Although they are big and heavy, it is not difficult for them to climb trees. They are strong enough to protect themselves.
Life
Pandas live for about 20 years in the wild, but in zoos they can live for up to 35 years.
The future
People are cutting down forests, so the pandas are losing their homes. Some people are killing them for their fur. It is cruel of them to do so. There are not many pandas in the world now. It is important for us to protect them.
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Listening
Endangered animals
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A Jason is listening to a speech about endangered animals at school. Listen to the speech and tick (√) the animals that are mentioned in it.
Listening
Tom: Good afternoon. My name's Tom Green. I work for the World Wide Fund for Nature. It's also known as the WWF. We work in around 100 countries and have close to five million members. We want to help make the world a better place for people and animals to live in. Did you know that there are thousands of endangered animals around the world? These animals may all die soon if we don't take good care of them. South China tigers, giant pandas and Asian elephants are all endangered animals. They're endangered because people cut down forests and pollute the water. A world without these beautiful animals would be a sad place. We must all work together to make sure they do not disappear. The WWF works to protect the endangered animals and their homes. Why not join us and help save the endangered animals around the world?
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B Jason is telling his mum about the speech. Listen to the recording again and complete their conversation below. Write one word or figure in each blank.
Listening
Tom: Good afternoon. My name's Tom Green. I work for the World Wide Fund for Nature. It's also known as the WWF. We work in around 100 countries and have close to five million members. We want to help make the world a better place for people and animals to live in. Did you know that there are thousands of endangered animals around the world? These animals may all die soon if we don't take good care of them. South China tigers, giant pandas and Asian elephants are all endangered animals. They're endangered because people cut down forests and pollute the water. A world without these beautiful animals would be a sad place. We must all work together to make sure they do not disappear. The WWF works to protect the endangered animals and their homes. Why not join us and help save the endangered animals around the world?
Jason: Mum, today I listened to a speech by a man from the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Mum: I know this organization. It looks after endangered animals. How many members does it have?
Jason: It has close to (1)______ ________ members in around (2)______ countries. I know that there are (3)______ of endangered animals around the world.
Mum: Why are they endangered?
Jason: It's because people (4)______ ________ forests and (5)______ the water.
Mum: What do people from the WWF do to help these endangered animals?
Jason: They work to (6)______ the endangered animals and their (7)______.
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Speaking
A Talk time
Read the conversation below and practise it in pairs. Pay attention to the words in blue.
Kevin: What should we do to protect the fish in the river?
Amy: We mustn't throw rubbish into the river. The fish will die if the river is polluted.
Kevin: What else should we do?
Amy: We should write to factories and ask them to stop polluting the river.
Kevin: Good idea.
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