UNIT 7: BIODIVERSITY (1st ESO)

DISCOVERING NEW SPECIES!

Natural sciences are present in our daily life. Natural sciences appear in the mass-media (TV, radio, internet). This text entitled “Scientists find 208 new species” appeared on the Internet on 12th December 2011 in the BBC website (the BBC is the public british TV and radio corporation).

Read and listen to the story and the vocabulary online:


Tasks

1. Before starting the activity read the title. What are we going to talk about? What do you know about biodiversity? What do you know about extinction of species?

2. Before starting listening to the podcast read only the headings and the summary. What are we going to listen to?

3. Listen to the podcast once.

4. Listen to the podcast again and at the same time read the text.

5. Translate the vocabulary in page 3 and use it in a sentence.

6. Answer to the following questions below:

·         What is biodiversity?
·         Why is biodiversity important for the human being?
·         Are the human activities responsible for the loss of biodiversity? Why?

·         Do you have any ideas to prevent the loss of biodiversity?

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