6 Help save the animals

Chapter 6 Help save the animals A Some animals are in danger of dying out. Mary and Tom are surfing theNet to find information about them. Read. Although sea turtles can stayunderwater for some time, theymust come up to the surface tobreathe from time to time.

People hunt Asian elephants fortheir tusks. Therefore there aren'tmany Asian elephants left. B Act Tom and Mary. Talk about the animals. Although each mother turtle can lay over one hundred eggs, . . .

LEARN to Read C Do you know why some animals are in danger of dying out? Read and find out. Many animals in the world are in danger of dying out. This is because people are destroying their homes. When this happens, the animals cannot find enough food. For example, people use bamboo from bamboo forests for building. Pandas eat bamboo. Therefore they no longer have enough to eat. In China people take land from the sea. This means that the black-faced spoonbills coming to China have less space to live in. People also cause a lot of pollution. The black-faced spoonbills cannot live in polluted places. People hunt animals like deer, tigers and elephants for their body parts. Although there are laws against hunting, some people still hunt these animals.

Some people like to buy young animals like baby orang-utans as pets. Although baby orang-utans are small and cute, when they grow up they become too large to keep in a house. But by then it is too late to teach the orang-utans how to live in the jungle. Do you enjoy seeing different kinds of animals? We need to protect wild animals and their homes so that our children can still see many different kinds of animals in the future. Can you name more animals that are in danger of dying out? Why do you think we should protect wild animals? D Answer the questions. Give short answers. 11 Why are some animals homeless? 2 How do people destroy the homes of these animals? 3 Why do some people hunt these animals?4 Would you like to keep a baby orang-utan? Why? 5 What will happen if we do not protect wild animals? 6 What can we do to protect wild animals?

Pre-tack Activity Betty is going to visit the pandas in Shanghai Wild Animal Park with her family. She is looking at some information. Read and complete the information. Visit the lovely pandas inShanghai Wild Animal Park! · How can you get there? You can get there . . . or. . . from. . . metro station.