Презентация урока (Lesson 34) к учебнику "Project 4" (3rd edition) by Tom Hutchinson, James Gault. Издательство Oxford University Press

Caring for the environment

Reading

1 a Look at the title and the picture.

What do you think the text about?

b Read and listen to the text. What does the writer want?

c Who or what are these?

Yuri Valentin Pazhetnov Fred O‘Regan

The Russian Bear Orphanage Bryansk

The text is about looking after baby bears whose mothers have been killed.

He wants money for the bear orphanage.

Answer key

Yuri : a young brown bear

Valentin Pazhetnov : the professor who runs the bear orphanage

Fred O‘Regan : the writer of the letter

The Russian Bear Orphanage : the place where they care for bears who

have lost their mothers

Bryansk : the location of the nature reserve where the bears are sent to

after the orphanage

2 Are the statements True or False or Doesn‘t it say ?

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• Yuri‘s mother died. The hunters‘ dogs killed her. Hunters usually shoot the cubs, too. There are only 200 bears in the rest of Europe. Yuri was found in a forest near Moscow. Professor Pazhetnov has saved over 100 bears. Some of the bears have been released in Poland. All the orphan bears have survived.
• Yuri‘s mother died.
• The hunters‘ dogs killed her.
• Hunters usually shoot the cubs, too.
• There are only 200 bears in the rest of Europe.
• Yuri was found in a forest near Moscow.
• Professor Pazhetnov has saved over 100 bears.
• Some of the bears have been released in Poland.
• All the orphan bears have survived.

F

F

DS

DS

T

F

DS

3 Discuss the questions.

1. How do you feel when you read about the orphan bears?

2. What effect do the pictures have?

3. Why is the leaflet in the form of a letter?

4. Who is the letter addressed to? Why?

5. Would you send money to help? Why? Why not?

6. What other animals are in danger? Why?

7. How are animals treated in your country?

Vocabulary Definitions

4 Match the words from the text (1-12) to the meanings (a-l).

f

a the bear‘s hair

b a child with no parents

c killed by a gun

d to sleep through the winter

e a place where animals are protected

f a baby bear

g money that you give to help

h a place where orphans are looked after

i they have all died

j a bear‘s home

k can‘t see

l up to now

1 a cub

2 hibernate

3 so far

4 a den

5 shot

6 blind

7 a nature reserve

8 an orphan

9 an orphanage

10 extinct

11 fur

12 a donation

d

l

j

c

k

e

b

h

i

a

g

Speaking and listening

5 a Read the quiz and answer the questions.

b Work with a partner. Compare your answers.

6 a Listen. Check your answers to the quiz.

1b 2c 3a 4c 5b 6a

6 b Listen again. Answer the questions.

1 How do these things help the environment:

- recycling aluminium and paper?

- saving water?

2 How many appliances does an average family have on standby?

3 What is the best way to save petrol?

Possible answers:

You should recycle all aluminium cans.

You should use recycled paper.

You should save water in the bathroom.

You shouldn‘t leave your computer on standby.

You shouldn‘t drive fast.

WB: ex.1,2 p.48