Рабочие листы к уроку английского языка в 11 классе по теме «Экологические проблемы: вырубка лесов»
Автор: Земченкова Татьяна Владимировна
Организация: ФГКОУ ВКК СК РФ им. Ф.Ф. Слипченко
Населенный пункт: Волгоградская область, г. Волгоград
Deforestation
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* Read the text.
What are tropical rainforests?
Tropical rainforests are located in the hot, wet, humid places along the Equator. The plants and trees in these places grow to different heights. The forest can be divided into four layers: the forest floor, the understorey, the canopy and the emergent (here trees stick out above all the rest).
Why are they significant?
They are vital for various reasons. First of all, they clean and renew the Earth's air supply by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. Also, they provide a home to thousands of animal and plant species.
What grows there?
Rainforests in South America are the home of the wild cocoa plant, from which chocolate is made. Such medicines as quinine and aspirin come from tree bark, cough mixture is made from tree resin, and both found in rainforests. Some other important items that come from rainforest plants are mahogany wood, rattan, bananas, paprika, pepper and coffee.
Why are they under threat?
People are cutting down the rainforests at a rate of 115 square miles a day. The trees are logged and used as building material or fuel. The area on which these forests grow is being used for building new houses, factories and roads. The animals lose their natural habitats and die out.
What can we do to save them?
There are many ways to stop deforestation. You can join an organisation which tries to save the rainforests, like Greenpeace. Or you can write letters to politicians in countries where there are rainforests, asking them to stop allowing companies to cut down the trees. Natural parks ans national reserves should be created to conserve these forests. At least, why don't we buy furniture which is produced from rainforest wood?
By acting together, we can really make a difference!
* Watch the video https://rutube.ru/video/e7ba775222bc41d7aee00778cca33eef/?r=plwd for more information.
1. Complete the sentences using the information from the text:
1. Tropical rainforests grow in ……………………………………………………………
2. They are important because……………………………………………………………..
3. These forests are home to ……………………………………………………………....
4. Some unique trees are used to produce……………………………………………….….
5. People have been cutting down trees for …………………………………………….…..
6. Tropical rainforests are under the threat that’s why we…………..………………………
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2. Fill in the correct word from the list below:
Habitat, prevent, extinct, conservation, release, rubbish, threatening, deforestation
- The problem of ______________ is caused by cutting down and burning trees. (disappearing of forests)
- Our society is producing too much packaging and food waste which ends up on the ______________ tip. (litter)
- When the last animal of a certain species dies, that species becomes _______________. (no longer in existence)
- Many animals find it more and more difficult to survive as their natural ______________ is destroyed. (home)
- Factories and cars _______________ poisonous chemicals into the air. (emit)
- _______________ groups try to protect animals and the places where they live. (environmental protection)
- Pollution is _______________the lives of many animals. (endangering)
- Several environmental groups are working to _______________ the world’s rainforests from being destroyed. (stop)
3. Write down three interesting facts from the text or the video:
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4. Read and fill in the missing parts of the text:
Trees help other plants grow. Trees have roots under the ground and the roots hold the earth. They prevent its washing away (1) ………. . Leaves which fall from the trees stop the rain washing away the soft cart on the top of the ground. Trees stop strong wind from (2) ………….. . In many countries around the world, people are cutting down the forest. Now there are more floods, because the water washes quickly down the hills and floods the land. The water destroys (3) ………. . Sometimes it kills people too. Today we must save the trees and the forest. Today the Indonesian government is planting many trees (4) …………. When a tree is cut down we must plant a new tree in the place. We do not want the land to die so we (5) …………to stop the deforestation.
a) farms, houses and animals
b) must do our best
c) when the heavy rain comes
d) to save the land
e) blowing small plants away