Task 8.  Make a short summary of the text. Use the following word -

   combinations:

 to put forward the idea

 the fierce opposition

 species of animals and plants

 the process of speciation

 the process of evolution

Text “Animals in danger”

People have lived on our planet for many years. They lived and live on different continents in different countries. People depend on their planet, on the sun, on animals and plants around them. Today let’s read and speak about some animals on the Earth.

  Many animals and birds on the Earth are disappearing nowadays. Many of them are in danger. Indian tigers and African elephants are among them. People have hunted and killed many tigers in India and a lot of elephants in Africa. Why?

 Tigers and elephants are often dangerous animals. Tigers can kill cows, sheep, other domestic animals and sometimes they can also kill men. Some people are afraid of tigers and kill them to save their domestic animals and their lives. But some people have often hunted tigers for fun and for their beautiful skin. They can easily sell the skin and get a lot of money as the prices are high.

  The result is very sad. There are few Indian tigers on the Earth now. Many of them are usually old sick animals. Most tigers don’t hunt people nowadays, but hide from them in deep, dark forests. Or they rather hid there earlier, because there aren’t many forests for tigers nowadays. People have cut down many trees. And the question is: “Have those animals got a future?”

 We can ask the same question about African elephants. They are wonderful animals. They can help men. In the last century Africa was full of elephants. But these days there are not many of them in African parks.

 This is the sad story of Indian tigers and elephants. But many less dangerous wild animals and birds are also disappearing from the Earth. Modern life is bad for them. The air is not fresh. The water is not clean. They don’t often have good things to eat and space to live. You can find their names in the Red Book. You can find the names of some fish there too.

People must take special care of them all. We must save wild animals. We must find the right balance between land, people and animals. We must take care of nature.

 Task 1. Read the international words and guess their meaning.

   Planet, result, park, special, balance, nature, continent.

Task 2. Write the following nouns in plural:

animal, plant, bird, tiger, sheep, elephant, cow, life.

Task 3. Give the three degrees of comparison of adjectives:

bad, dangerous, good, many, wild, domestic, old.

Task 4. Give the Past Indefinite Tense of the following verbs:

 to live, to have, to depend, to be, to hunt, to hide, to help, to eat, to find, to take.

  Task 5. Read the text. Find sentences with the following words and word

     combinations and give the Kazakh (Russian) equivalents:

1. dangerous animals

2. different continents

3. to be in danger

4. domestic animals

5. to save

6. to take care of nature

7.

 Task 6. Answer the questions:

1. What does the life of the people depend on?

2. Why are the some animals and birds disappearing nowadays?

3. Can elephants be useful? What can they do for the man?

4. Are only Indian tigers and African elephants in danger nowadays?

5. Why are other animals also in danger?

6. Why can you find the names of some animals, birds and fish in the Red     

Book?

7. What must people do to save animals?

 Task 7.Complete the sentences:

1. People depend on their plants, ….

2. … are disappearing nowadays.

3. Tigers and elephants are often ….

4.  People must take ….

Task 8. Make a short summary of the text. Use the following word –

   combinations:

dangerous animals

full of elephants

special care

the right balance

to take care of nature

Text “Water”

  Water is very important for life on the Earth. It is in oceans, seas, rivers and lakes. There is much water on our planet and at the same time there is little water on it. It is so because very little water on the Earth is good for drinking. In many rivers and lakes water on the Earth is very dirty. Sometimes people cannot swim even in the sea and the seaside are not clean. In many places water is not drinkable.

It is dangerous to use it when you cook. Even fish die in such water.

For example Lake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake on the Earth. It is 1741 metres deep. The lake is very beautiful but now it is in great danger, because of the factories which are near it. At some places the water in the lake is so dirty that it can kill animals and plants in Baikal and near it.

The way people live has changed the climate on our planet. Nowadays the temperature is rising. You do not have real Russian winter in Moscow any more. In the north of Europe the climate has become milder and warmer too.

If the temperature grows by3-4 degrees it will be impossible to live on the planet.

 Some people’s activities do a lot of harm to the forests. People cut down trees to build farms, homes and roads. Many animals and plants lose their homes. This is bad for the Earth’s air too. Modern plants and factories send a lot of difficult to breathe in big cities.

So, the problem now is to protect life on the Earth, to save our planet for people.      

Task 1. Read the international words and guess their meaning.

Planet,  meter, temperature, climate, modern, problem.

Task2. Write the following nouns in plural:

ocean, river, lake, fish, place, forest, farm, home, road.

Task 3. Give the three degrees of comparison of adjectives:

   many, little, good, deep, beautiful, mild, bad.

Task 4. Give the Past Indefinite Tense of the following verbs:

to swim, to change, to have, to become, to cut, to lose, to protect, to save.

Task. 5. True or false.

1. Water is not important for the life on the Earth.

2. There is much good and clean water on our planet.

3. Lake Baikal is not in danger now.

4. The life on the Earth depends on the temperature.

5. Some people do a lot of harm to the forests.

6. People must protect life on the Earth.

Task 6. Answer the questions on the text:

1. What lake is the deepest freshwater lake on the Earth?

2. Why is it in great danger/

3. Why has the climate become milder and warmer in the north Europe?

4. What must people protect on the Earth?

Task 7.Complete the sentences:

1. Water is … … for life on the Earth.

2. Lake Baikal is … … lake.

3. The way people live has changed the … on our planet.

4. If the temperature grows by 3-4 degrees it will be … to live on the planet.

Task 8. Divide the text into parts and give a name to each of them.

Task 9. Make a short summary of the text. Use the following words and  

        word – combinations:

       important for the life

     the seaside

     to live on the planet

     to protect life

     to live on the planet