Vocabulary:
be extinct [ɪk'stɪŋkt] – вымирать
beak [bi:k] – клюв
condor ['kɔndɔː] – кондор
feather ['feðə] – перо
livestock ['laɪvstɔk] – домашний скот
scan [skæn] – пристально разглядывать
talon ['tælən] – коготь
vulture ['vʌlʧə] – гриф
wingspans ['wɪŋspænz] – размах крыльев
Condor Alligator
A
merican
alligator is a large and dangerous creature. The older the alligator,
the bigger its prey. Baby alligators eat mostly insects. As they
grow, their diet changes to frogs, snakes and fish. And big, old
alligators eat everything they can catch – fish, birds, muskrats,
and even try to grab a deer from time to time.
Inside an alligator’s mouth, there are always new teeth growing under all the existing teeth. When one tooth gets knocked out a new tooth underneath is ready for action. That’s why there are teeth of different sizes in the alligators’ mouthes.
Alligators, like all crocodilians are good parents. The female makes a nest for her eggs and stays near to guard them. When the young are ready to hatch, they make specific sounds, and their mother gently cracks the eggs to help them break free. Then she carries them to water. If the babies yelp for help, any adult alligator will rush to the rescue, as a grownup is always nearby.
Vocabulary:
alligator ['ælɪgeɪtə] – аллигатор
crack [kræk] – раскалывать
female ['fi’meɪl] – самка
hatch [hæʧ] – вылупляться из яйца
muskrat ['mʌskræt] – ондатра
rescue ['reskju:] – спасение, помощь
rush [rʌʃ] – мчаться, бросаться, собираться
Some more information about animal life
The mixed forests zone is the home of the brown bear, lynx, glutton and marten. In the forests of the Appalachians there is Virginia deer, red lynx, chipmunk, mole and different kinds of bats.
The Southeast is represented by alligator, turtle, peccary, opossum, coyote, rattle-snake and many kinds of pole-cats, badgers and gophers. Of birds there is flamingo, pelican, humming-bird.
The semi-desert and desert zones are inhabited by different rodents and reptiles.
On the Cordillera slopes there is Rocky Mountain goat, Rocky Mountain sheep, grizzly bear, and further south – jaguar and armadillo.
North-american lynx Presentations:
1. Natural Wonders of the USA:
• The Niagara Falls;
• Grand Canyon;
• Yosemite National Park;
• Yellowstone National park.
2. Natural Wonders in Hawaii.
Check yourself
What are the separate parts of the USA?
What territory does the USA occupy?
What waters is the USA washed by?
What countries does the USA border on?
Where is Alaska situated?
Where is Hawaii situated?
What is the district of Columbia?
What can be said about the population of the USA?
What is the relief of the United States like?
10) What does the Cordillera mountain system consist of?
11) What is the highest peak of the Cordilleras? Where is it?
12) Where are the Cascade Mountains and the Sierra Nevada?
13) Describe the Pacific Coastal Plain.
14) What can be said of the mountains in Alaska?
15) What do you know about the White mountain in Hawaii?
16) What are the major rivers in the USA?
17) What do you know of the hydrology of Alaska?
18) What are the major rivers in Hawaii?
19) Why are the rivers in the west of the USA unsuitable for navigation?
20) Where are the Great Zones situated?
21) What do you know of the climate of the USA?
22) What influences the climate of the USA?
23) Why is it warm in the west of the country?
24) Where is a dry region?
25) Why do terrible hurricanes happen to come down to the Southern coast?
26) What affected flora and fauna of the USA?
27) Who was the first to describe the flora of the New World?
28) What does the word “coyote” mean?
29) Why were many animals destroyed?
30) What are the effects of the environment pollution on wildlife?