🗊Урок английского языка в 10 классе по теме «Земля – тревога! Вымирающие животные» Учитель : Гладкова О.И. МОУ СОШ № 24 г Кострома.

Урок английского языка в 10 классе по теме «Земля – тревога! Вымирающие животные» Учитель : Гладкова О.И. МОУ СОШ № 24 г Кострома.

Earth – Alert ! Endangered animals. I am the Earth And just as I And the Earth is me. Need every bit Each blade of grass, Of me to make Each honey tree, My body fit. Each bit of mud, So Earth needs And stick and stone, Grass and stone and tree Is blood and muscle, All things that live here Skin and bone. Naturally.

Problems to be discussed: What animals are especially endangered? What environmental problems cause the extinction of animals ? What can you suggest in order to help solving the problem?

R U S S I A

POLAR BEAR. Polar bear’s habitat is the Antarctic Peninsular. It is rather a big animal and lives on ice. Polar bear can swim very well. When animal meets an iceberg on its way it can swim over long distances. Polar bear can also extinct as people hunt it badly.

Siberian Tiger Siberian tiger lives in thick forests of Eastern Russia. It is really a unique animal. Its beautiful skin makes people hunt. That is why the number of animals has reduced up to 100 specimen. Scientists are very anxious about it . The situation demands some definite measures.

C H I L I

Humbold penguin. These are Humbold penguins as they live near the Humbold Stream. They have white glasses round eyes and black rings on the ballies. Humbold penguin don’t change their living place. There are few places they live : South America coast and Chili. Animals build their nests on rocks but live mostly on ice and under water. Searching for food they can dive up to 50 metres deep. Chicks need food every day so their parents have to walk about 70 km to the sea and back in order to bring fish. One parent goes hunting, the other stays with a chick and warm it. The number of animals has been reducing. Nowadays there is a bit more than 12 000. Fishing is the main human activities here and penguins have practically nothing to eat.

I T A L Y

ITALIAN WOLF. ITALIAN WOLF.(Canis lupus italicus), Apennines’ wolf is a kind of grey wolf living in the mountains of Italy. It was found and described by biologists in 1929 for the first time. The number of animals has been increasing and recently it has been found in Switzerland. During the last 4 years wolves appeared in France. In all three countries this animal is under environmental protection.

J A P A N

Check your answers : 1. Climate change in Antarctica has a … effect. a) mixed b) warming c) freezing 2. Ice is thickening on … a) the land b) on the edges c) everywhere 3. The temperatures have risen around the Peninsula … a) 7 times b) 5 times c) 10 times 4. Ice shelves the size of … are floated away. a) small cities b) small c) small countries 5. … penguins help scientists in their reseach. a) adeli b) imperior c) king 6. Nowadays ice has become … a) unusual b) unremarkable c) unreliable 7. Adelies are used to live … a) on ice b) on rocks c) everywhere

Express yourself: What can you suggest in order to protect endangered animals?