Language focus

1. Match the words with their definitions.

national park	a large area of land that is designed for wild animals to live in safety
reserve	a large public garden where many different types of flowers and plants are grown for studies
wildlife refuge	an area of land where wild animals can live without being hunted
botanical garden	an area of natural or scientific interest which is kept and protected by government for people to visit

2. Study the names of the following species. Add some more names of animals to the list.

elk n	лось
ferret n	хорек
cheetah n	гепард

3. Insert the right preposition or particle where necessary. Translate the sentences into Russian/ Belarusian.

1. There is a growing need … stricter regulations of hunting.

2. The gradual killing … African elephants is giving cause … concern.

3. Including a species in Red Data Book does not necessarily lead … its survival.

4. The article describes the release of the Californian condor … its habitat.

5. Setting … protected areas … the wildlife reduces the threat of its extinction.

4. Replace the italicised parts with the words from the text.

1. Passing laws that protect wildlife will make preparations for the survival of wild species.

2. Wildlife exists in large quantities in rainforests.

3. This forest was made known as a non-hunting area.

4. One of the ways for an endangered species to survive is its being raised in cages.

Speech activities

1. Answer the following questions.

1. Why has the wildlife suffered throughout man's history?

2. What animals require direct human protection? Why?

3. In what case are species considered to be threatened/rare?

4. What measures are usually taken by environmentalists…

• when people destroy the habitat of an animal?

• when an animal is threatened by hunting?

• when a species can no longer survive in the wild?

• when a species is threatened by diseases?

5. What are the steps taken by the world community to conserve wildlife?

6. What international conventions were signed in order to protect wildlife?

2. Read the supplementary texts "Cromo the Iberian Lynx – His Species' Last Hope?", "Save Endangered Right Whales" and "UN Launches Campaign to Save Last Great Apes in the Wild". Sum up the protective measures taken to save each species (the Iberian lynx, the North Atlantic right whale and endangered primates). Discuss in groups the prospects of each conservation campaign and share your ideas with the rest of the class.

Work with the video programme "World Park".

Before you watch the video do the following tasks.

1. Look at the title of this report and answer the following questions.

1. What could a world park be?

2. What places would be suitable for becoming world parks?

3. Do you know any world parks or any plans for one?

2. Guess what this report will be about.

3. Study the meaning of the following words and word combinations.

back a draft convention	поддержать, одобрить проект договора
endorse a convention	подписать; поддержать, одобрить договор, соглашение конвенцию
fishing vessel	рыболовное судно
krill n	криль; креветка
prawn n	пильчатая креветка
prohibitive cost	непомерно высокая цена
seal n	тюлень
trawl for sth	ловить траловой сетью

Watch the video without sound and do the following tasks.

1. Trace the order in which you first see the following pictures.

( ) white ice

( ) blue ice

( ) sea at dawn

( ) fishing vessels

( ) seals

( ) penguins

2. Suggest why each one of these pictures has a place in this report.

Watch the video and do the following exercises.

1. Note the pictures to which the following words and word-combinations refer.

krill

million years old

a kilometre deep

unique

beauty

2. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences.

1. Beneath the ice lie … .

2. In the … may be … such as oil, platinum and uranium.

3. Mining is prevented by high … and a voluntary … .

3. Say which countries hold these views:

1. …want a world park, with a ban on mining and oil drilling.

2. … won't oppose plans for a world park.

3. … won't back plans for a world park.

4. … wants to fish there despite damage to the ecology.

4. Check the meanings of the following words and find out the words they collocate with.

environment	ecology	wild
environmental	ecological	wildlife
environmentalist	ecologist	wilderness

5. Discuss in groups whether Antarctica should be a world park and what other regions of world importance can become world parks.