UNIT

UNIT5. 5.
ANIMALS
ANIMALS

You are going to discuss about animals. With a partner discuss these questions:
 What are some animals that live in your country?
 What animals do you think are cute?
 Do you think people can keep animals at home?
 Can you name some endangered species?

Let’s listen!
Listening Exercise 1 (Track 13)
Review of Key Words
quiz shark Ostrich
whale mammal
Instruction
Listen and choose the answer that people in the dialog choose for each question.
1. What's the largest animal? 4. What's the largest bird?
a. elephant a. Ostrich
b. whale b. Condor
c. giraffe c. giraffe
2. What's the fastest animal? 5. What's the tallest animal?
a. elephant a. giraffe
b. horse b. elephant
c. cheetah c. ostrich
3. What's the largest fish?
a. shark
b. whale
c. cheetah

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Listening Exercise 2 (Track 13)
Instruction
Listen again and select the answers to the questions.
1. animal - what's - the - largest - ?
a. What’s the largest animal?
b. What’s animal the largest?
c. What’s the animal largest?
2. think - cheetah - I - fastest - the - is - the
a. I think the fastest is the cheetah.
b. I think the cheetah is the fastest.
c. The cheetah I think is the fastest.
3. faster - than - it's - horse - a
a. It's faster than a horse.
b. A faster horse than it's.
c. It's a faster horse than.
4. think - the - condor - I - it's
a. It's I think the condor.
b. it's the condor I think.
c. I think it's the condor.

Listening Exercise 3 (Track 14)

Review of Key Words
Rhino extinct hunt government synthetic
dinosaurs people horn difference issues
mammals cut animal leather awareness
reptiles jungles cruelty fur

Instruction
Listen to the dialogue and match the items on the right to the items on the left.

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Conversation 1
1. Rhinos are ………………... a. extinct
2. Dinosaurs are ………………... b. mammals
3. People ………………... down the jungles. c. cut

Conversation 2
1. She doesn’t wear ………………... jacket or shoes. a. awareness
2. Just to help spread the .………………... b. minimize
3. ………………... your own impact on the lives of c. leather
animals.

Listening Exercise 4(Track 14)

Instruction
Conversation 1
Choose the correct animals mentioned in the dialogue.

A B C D
(…….) (…….) (…….) (…….)
Conversation 2
Choose the correct leather product mentioned in the dialogue.

A B C D
(…….) (…….) (…….) (…….)

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Listening Exercise 5 (Track 15)
Review of Key Words
Sharks lakes coral reefs shape flatten
ocean surfaces species body fins
rivers shore size glad hammerhead
Instruction
Listen to the talk and circle the correct statement.
1. A. Sharks mostly live in cold waters.
B. Sharks mostly live in warm waters.
2. A. Some sharks live in the open ocean.
B. Some sharks live in the pond.
3. A. The whale shark can grow up to fifty feet.
B. The whale can grow up to fifty feet.
4. A. Most sharks have body shape like torpedo boats.
B. Most sharks have body shape like torpedoes.
5. A. Hammerhead sharks have narrow heads.
B. Hammerhead sharks have wide heads.

Let’s talk about it!

1. Talking about Crime and Punishments for Animal Trafficking Expressions
Government makes wildlife crime as a serious
suggest crime in national legislation.
Official apply enforcement measures
throughout the enforcement chain.
Government builds a rapid response.
I/
that Police share intelligence and break the power
We
recommend of the criminal networks halting their profit
flow.
Prosecutor sues jail sentences ranging from 21
propose months to 11 years.
Judge grants sentences averaged 120 days in

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 jail.
Judge grants 99 days of probation.
Judge grants a $78,427 fine.
put forward Official makes use of higher levels of fine.
Official makes use of community penalties.
Official makes use of more frequent and longer
periods of custody.
advice Government makes deterrent sentencing.
Prosecutor sues custodial sentences.
Judge sentences a punishment to concurrent
terms of 30 months’ imprisonment on each
crime.
advocate The poacher was sentenced to 70 months’
imprisonment.
The illegal trader was sentenced to 50 hours
community service
Exception! We generally use either a gerund (Verb+ing) or a clause with that; the
pattern would be that + subject + base Verb.

2. Speaking Activity
Practice 1
With a partner, ask and answer the following questions about animal trafficking.
1. What kinds of rainforest animals do you think traffickers sell as pets?
2. How much do you think traffickers can sell a rare or exotic bird for?
3. How do you think the traffickers transport animals to other cities and
hide them from the police?
4. What happens to the stolen animals when traffickers are caught by the
police?
5. Why can it be dangerous to keep pets from the jungle (e.g. monkeys) in
your home?

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Practice 2
Work in a group of three. Discuss: What punishment(s) would you give
this person?
An animal trafficker stole a baby bird by cutting down a tree. He took the
baby away from its habitat and mother. The bird was hidden in a sock and it
died on the journey to a pet shop.
1. Agree as a group on the punishment. Give reasons and persuade each other
if necessary.
2. Join another group of three. Compare your choice of punishment.
3. Agree as a group on the punishment. Give reasons and convince each other
if necessary.

Let’s read!
Reading Skill :
Making inferences
Making inferences is when you can not find the meaning in what you reading,
sometimes you can make inferences (smart guesses) on what the meaning could be.

Dolphins' Social Behavior

Dolphins are often regarded as one of
Earth's most intelligent animals. They are social
creatures, living in pods of up to a dozen
individuals. In places with a high abundance of
food, pods can merge temporarily, forming
a superpod; such groupings may exceed 1,000
dolphins. They communicate using a variety of
clicks, whistle-like sounds and other
vocalizations.
Membership in pods is not rigid; interchange is common. Dolphins can,
however, establish strong social bonds; they will stay with injured or ill individuals,

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 even helping them to breathe by bringing them to the surface if needed. This altruism
does not appear to be limited to their own species. The dolphin Moko in New Zealand
has been observed guiding a female Pygmy Sperm Whale together with her calf out
of shallow water where they had stranded several times. They have also been seen
protecting swimmers from sharks by swimming circles around the swimmers or
charging the sharks to make them go away.
Dolphins also display culture, something long believed to be unique to
humans. In May 2005, a discovery in Australia found Indo-Pacific bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) teaching their young to use tools. They cover their
snouts with sponges to protect them while foraging (looking or searching for food or
provisions.) Using sponges as mouth protection as well as other transmitted behavior
proves dolphins' intelligence. This knowledge is mostly transferred by mothers to
daughters.
A. Check (√) the inferences you can make.
In May 2005, a discovery in Australia found Indo-Pacific bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) teaching their young to use tools.
1. The young dolphins can use tools by themselves
2. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins are discovered in Australia
3. The young dolphin can communicate
4. Dolphins can teach their young to use tools
5. Latin name for Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is Tursiops Aduncus
B. Circle the correct answer.
1. The main idea in paragraph1 is...
a. Dolphins communicate using a variety of clicks, whistle-like sounds
and other vocalizations.
b. Dolphins are social creatures.
c. Dolphins are one of most intelligent animals.
d. Dolphins live in pods of up to a dozen individuals.

2. From the text in paragraph 2 we can infer that...

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 a. Dolphins have social awareness to help others dolphins and whales, and
protect swimmers.
b. Dolphins always charge the sharks to make them go away from the
community
c. Their strong social bonds appear to be limited to their own species
only.
d. female Pygmy Sperm Whale guide the dolphins Moko together out of
shallow water
3. From the text above, we can infer that ....
a. Dolphins are endangered animals
b. Dolphins can help other dolphins only
c. Dolphins’ intelligence is mostly transferred by mother to daughter
d. Dolphins are long believed as unique as human.

Let’s discuss!

Present Perfect
This tense is called the present perfect tense. There is always a connection with the
past and with the present.
Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb
Have/has past participle /V3

Subject Auxiliary verb Main verb

+ I , you, we, they have Seen dolphins
She, he, it has Eaten snack
- I , you, we, they have Not Been to Rome
She, he, it has not played football

Auxiliary Verb Subject Main Verb

Have I , you, we, they finished?
Has She, he, it Done it

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There are basically three uses for the present perfect tense:
1. experience
2. change
3. continuing situation

Example
1. I have seen ET. (Experience)
2. He has lived in Bangkok. (experience)
3. I have bought a car. (change)
4. John has broken his leg. (Change)
5. I have worked here since June. (continuing situation)
6. He has been ill for 2 days. (continuing situation)

Exercise 1
Write the past participle of these verbs on the blanks.
1. break _______________ 6. buy _______________
2. drink _______________ 7. find _______________
3. cut _______________ 8. draw _______________
4. do _______________ 9. hear _______________
5. sing _______________ 10. know _______________

Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with the present perfect tense of the verbs in parentheses.
1. Dad ______________ his car key. (lose)
2. All the guests ______________. (arrive)
3. Tony ______________ a goal. (score)
4. Peter _____________ in the tent several times. (sleep)
5. It ____________ not ____________ for two months. (rain)
6. Some prisoners ______________ from the prison. (escape)
7. The plane ______________ at the airport. (land)

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 8. John ______________ a puppet. (make)
9. Dad and I ______________ a big fish. (catch)
10. I ______________ this movie twice. (see)

Let’s write!
Write a detail description about an animal that you feel human should preserve.

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