Ue “aee OL a ON ee BCU oe UF BUS AUC CS cut ord AUR AUS eee enema ee B. Discuss Ways to Solve Future ae Uy CTR LORE LF - on Ignacio Lagoon, a part of eae RLU CLE BOT DTS aC ad DOU Or) Tete Saar URS aT]Al GOAL Talk about Consequences Vocabulary EY Look at the picture. What do you know about this animal? Tell a partner. Dy Read the text. Climate Change Polar bears live on Arctic sea ice. Its their natural habitat. From these ice platforms, they can catch seals to eat. The ice is very important for polar bears, but sadly itis disappearing because of climate change. The world is getting warmer and the Arctic ice is melting. if the ice disappears, polar bears will have a hard time finding food. If we don't try to stop climate change, polar bears and other wild animals are going to become extinct. We need to protect these endangered species. ‘They are all an important part of the natural world. G Match the words in blue to their meaning. Change the form when necessary. a protect to keep safe from danger 2 akind of animal or plant 3. to change from solid to liquid because of heat 4. to stop being seen 5. doesn't exist any more. 6, ________ the weather of a place over time Sexes ete 7, ______ the place where an animal usually lives endangered species. 8 in nature, not controlled by people DB Complete the sentences with a blue word. 4. When people cut down forests, many ___animals lose their 2. The Arctic has a cold __ In the winter, the temperature can be -50°C. ‘A polagieeaine 3. Some people are trying to nature by changing some of their habits. water's edge on 4. The number of gorillas in the world now is very small. They are an endangered SMe)(QM WoRLD In pairs, talk about other endangered animals you know about. Grammar Real Conditionals in the Future We use the real conditional for situations that can | If the world gets hotter, the arctic ice will melt. happen in the future, The arctic ice will melt if the world gets hotter. Conditional sentences have two parts: the condition | If the world gets hotter, the ice Is golng to met. ‘and the result, The condition or the result can be first | The ice Is going to melt if the world gets hotter. in the sentence. (GRead the text in B again and underline the conditional sentences. ©) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. 1. Polar bears____________(lose) their habitat if the sea ice (met). 2. fwe______________(take) action now, we. (help) protect nature. 3. Ifthe temperature __________(get) higher, more wild animals ____(be) endangered. 4, Polar bears____________(ry) to find food in towns if they (have to) live on land. 5. Ifhumans__________(not control) climate change, more species ______ (become) extinct. ©) Discuss these situations in pairs. Write sentences to describe them in your notebook. What will happer 1. the climate continues to change? 4. people protect polar bears? 2. the polar bears’ habitat disappears? _5, polar bears become extinct? 3. polar bears can't catch enough 6. polar bears try to find food in seals? towns? GOAL CHECK Talk about Consequences Look at the problems in the chart. How will these problems affect nature? Write notes in the consequences column. Then, talk about the problems and their consequences in pairs, Problems Consequences climate change pollution | energyuse Conservation 103GOAL Discuss Ways to Solve Future Problems 1. Atlantic Ocean 1) Match the names in the box with the places on the map. 2. Pacific Ocean 3. Indian Ocean 4, Mediterranean Sea Write the numbers. On program about the bluefin tuna and circle the three Listen to the radio places it talks about on the map. Listen and fill in the blanks. Bluefin Tuna 1. upto feet long 4, swims more than 2. weighs more than miles an hour aCe) . In colors: 5. lives up to —___ years Listen and complete the sentences. . people use it to make sushi, and in ps is Ty pooply, love to cook big pieces for tuna steaks. . Ifthe boats big bluefins, there young fish in the future. Only of the original population of bluefins was left. Ifthe big boats the fishing in the Mediterranean, many poor people their work. Hf this amazing fish , the seas a great treasure,(Q MY WORLD Discuss these questions in pairs. 1. Is fish cheap or expensive where you live? How often do you eat it? 2. Do you know where the fish you eat comes from? Pronunciation: Phrases in sentences qi Listen and repeat the sentences. Notice how they're divided into phrases. 1. A bluefin tuna | can swim very fast | and live a long time. 2. In Japan, | people use it | to make sushi. qa Draw lines to divide these sentences into phrases. Listen and check your answers. Then, practice saying the sentences. 1. If they catch all the big fish, the species won't survive. 2. The bluefin tuna is also delicious. 3. There are international rules for fishing, 4. Bluefin tuna lived in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. 5. Itis important to try to understand how our actions affect nature. Communication (©) Read the information. What does sustainable mean? Fish is one of the world's favorite foods. Around the world, the average person ‘eats 36 pounds (16 kg) of fish every year. But many kinds of fish around the world are disappearing because people catch too many of them. Scientists say that 90 percent of the biggest fish are gone now. If we catch too many big fish now, there won't be any baby fish in the future. Some species of fish will become extinct. Our way of fishing now is not sustalnable—if it continues, it will hurt the environment. orale oe everything that’s oe ae ae peers eee eels Ce oe GOAL CHECK Discuss Ways to Solve Future Problems In groups, discuss ways to solve fishing problems. 1, Read each plan. What will happen if we follow each one? Write some notes. Plan A: Don't eat fish! Tell people to stop buying and eating fish. Put ads in newspapers and magazines, and make TV commercials to explain why fishing hurts the environment. Plan B: Sate fish symbol Make ‘a special symbol for fish that are Caught in a sustainable way. Make commercials to tell people to look for this symbol in supermarkets and restaurants, 2. Discuss the plans with your group. 3. As a group, decide which is the best plan. 4. Explain your decision to the class. Plan C: Strict laws about fishing Make stronger laws about how many fish people can catch. ‘Send special polica in fast boats to all of the fishing areas to make sure that fishing boats follow the laws. Conservation 105GOAL Describe a Situation Language Expansion: Adverbs of Manner 0) Read the text and answer the question. What does the rescue center do? The Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa works hard to protect local wild animals. This rescue center helps many different species, from lions, leopards, and cheetahs to rhinoceros and eagles. They rescue them from a lot of dangerous situations. Sometimes the animals are badly injured or they have been poisoned, and often they have been orphaned because of poaching. The center looks after the animals carefully Some animals recover quickly and they can be released into the wild again rapidly, but a few animals have to stay permanently. At the center, they know that conservation is important, so they have an education program, too. People can visit the center to leam about wildlife and protecting the environment. Accritically ‘endangered : Northern white ©) Write the biue words from A in the chart. thinoceros at the Dvur Kralove Zoo Adverbs of Manner Adjective [Advarh of Manner] in Dvur Kralove bad nad Labem in the ‘Adverbs of manner | Orphaned animals can't ‘careful Czech Republic tell us howan action | survive easily without their hard is done. The adverb | mothers. Tn usually folows the | Thoyneed to help poisoned | Permanent Poneman [vs animals quietdy. ask you don't have your jue ae Some adverbs are good — well Irregular. hard ~ hard Complete the sentences with the adverb forms of the adjectives in the box. 1. The vet checks the animals __before they enter the center. fae 2. The baby cheetah is eating ____now and it plays ___with the happy other cheetah. quiet 3. The visitors watched the baby rhino __. They didn't want to frighten him. 4, The staff at the center works ___ to help the animals. 5. The lion was walking because its leg was injured 106 UnitsGrammar Review of Quantifiers With count nouns With non-count nouns atow alotof alittle alotof many some animals | some toolitle food too few too many too much write ¢ for count nouns or NC for non-count nouns. Wildlife rescue centers save (1) animals that are in danger. Often, the animals are sick or hurt, so they need medicine. And of course, they all need (2 food and (3) The (4) centers help the animals recover so they can go back to their natural (5) habitat. water, The staff works hard to take care of them. © Circle the correct quantifier in each sentence. 1. There are too few/ too little visitors to the center. They want more people to come. 2. The center spends many// a lot of money taking care of the animals. 3. They took a few/ a litle ions back to the wild yesterday. 4, Hunters kill too many / too much leopards. (BMY WoRLD What animals do rescue centers near you help? Discuss in pairs. Conversation SEIS Gl Listen to the conversation with your book closed. Why was the deer at the 00k at the questions rescue center? Dan asks. We use a questions to keep a Dan: | didn’t know you worked at the wildlife rescue center. conversation going Carmen: _|'m really interested in conservation, so | started helping there last year, It's hard work, but | see some amazing animals. The vet brought in a beautiful deer this moming. It was badly injured, Dan: Oh no, what happened to it? Carmen: A car it it on the highway last night. Dan: So, what did you do? Carmen: Well, the vet checked the deer carefully, and she found it has a broken leg. Dan: If she recovers quickly, will she go back to the wild? Carmen: We hope so. GOAL CHECK Describe a Situation Describe one of the situations in the box to a partner. {wild animal hunting poaching Use adverbs of manner and quantifiers. destruction of animals’ habitats Conservation 107»)) GoaL Discuss Conservation Projects 1) Look at the photo. What do you think the article will tell you? Write your ideas. (©) what do you think overfishing means? Discuss in pairs. (Read the article and circle the main idea. ‘Straws can kill turtles. We need to protect the oceans. Change is possible. Trash is the ocean's ‘main problem. Read the article again. Answer the questions. |. What was happening in Madagascar? .. How have they solved the problem? . What do you think Samson means when he says, “We are all in this together"? }. Why are straws a problem for the environment? . What has happened as a result of the Sea Turtle Conservancy's project in Florida? Gi GOAL CHECK 1. What can you do to make a difference for the environment? Write a list of specific actions and habits you could change. .. Share your list in pairs. Do you have any ideas that are the same? What different ideas do you have? . Discuss a conservation project. ‘&. Write a list of local or national conservation projects that you know about. b. Share your list in pairs. Discuss the different projects. . Join another pair. Choose one of the projects to research and find out more about it, |. With your group, present the project you researched to the class. 108 Units PERG uee Cicer ar) CRU AR ue CRU) things, we will lose more and more of the natural Pee mk ce) Ce ee Uae and luckily more individuals and organizations around the world are becoming involved in ean es NN aur cc) DC Re Bm UCR UE helping his community take better care of Pee esa) es a ect ea ng ar] fewer fish every day. They were overfishing. ‘Working with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Samson learned that they had to fish ea eed wa ener)SC er unk ey Cee ee es cca with his community to help fishermen change their= RCN RU ewe L ae Peet ae uae are job. As he says, “Take your responsibilities with eter heater ee) CR Re uae ‘On the other side of the world, in Florida, in the US, the Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC) organization Deuce no otaku aes plastic items, like coffee stirers, bottles, and drinking Pe eee ene eee nts Re un ae Le Cea ete ecg Cag) turtles’ noses and hurt them very badly. So, the STC started the project “Where are the straws?” asking eet et iriure with their drinks. Now, many restaurants will only give straws if customers ask for them, and the straws they do give out are paper, not plastic. f we don't use plastic straws (or other single-use plastic tems), Pea oar und using plastic straws is just one way each of us can Se ence aoe Bee aCe kur mua oy efforts found all over the world today. Mexico, for example, has successful projects for sea turtle protection similar to that of Florida, and Costa rem ore Ua) initiatives. These projects all show us that change is possible and that it can start with small actions in re ea Crean css RUC Dae eee eae DE es re ‘community a group of people who live in the sam Recor wry Cee RS eee ou) Be rl rei Seer] PeeringGOAL Explain a Conservation Issue Communication Draw a mind map in your notebook. In the center, write the environment. Brainstorm problems related to the environment in your country. Write them in your mind map. Climate change The environment RnGB impairs, identity the causes and consequences of each problem and add them to your mind map. Then, join another pair and discuss possible solutions for the problems. What can local people do? What actions will help solve the problem ‘or improve the situation? Yes, that’s true. We can make a carpool plan at work so fewer change will be slower. people drive to work every day. Writing {Complete the sentences about a problem in nature in your country. 1. If we believe in conservation, we will 2. If many animals will be saved. 3. If people want to make positive changes, they will (B wiite but, so, and even though in the correct places in the paragraph. Conjunctions are By the 1990s, many species of animals were endangered in Namibia ised es corer Lies because of poaching. The situation was serious, (1) ___ conservationists _ within sentences. needed to find a way to protect the animals. They found one, (2) ___it wasn't what you would expect: they asked poachers for help. (3) this seemed crazy, | think it was a great idea. If we want to protect endangered species, we need to consider every solution. (Bin your notebook, write a paragraph explaining an environmental issue in your country. Use the paragraph in E to help you. Explain the causes and ‘consequences of the problem and give some possible solutions. © in pairs, exchange paragraphs. How can your partner improve his or her paragraph? Use your partner's comments to make corrections to your paragraph. lv GOAL CHECK Explain a conservation issue In small groups, share your paragraphs from G. Choose one of the issues to explain to the class. Conservation 111