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Australia’s Most Dangerous Animals

The aim of the lesson is?

To find out what animals live in Australia and why they are dangerous.

Warming up:

T: What medical advice might a doctor give you if you have an infected

mosquito bite?

P: You should put some antibiotic cream on it.

T: Act out the dialogue at the doctor's surgery. (Учебник стр. 67)

T: Last summer I watched Geographic Channel and was impressed by a story told by a lifeguard. Once he saved a swimmer who managed to get out of the water and screamed in pain. The lifeguard looked at his leg. It was red and swollen. He knew straight away that it was a sting from a sea creature. The lifeguard gave the swimmer an injection and called a rescue helicopter. Can you guess which animal it was?

T: You are quite right. It was really unusual jellyfish. It was a poisonous box jellyfish invisible to swimmers.

Look through the pictures on the board. What do you think we are going to speak about today?

That’s right. And what do you know about this country?

P1: Australia’s capital is Canberra.

P2: National language is English.

T: I’d like to add that Australia is the oldest, flattest and driest continent. It has a wide variety of landscape from deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east to mountain ranges in the south-east (показывает на карте).

The fauna consists of a huge variety of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and numerous venomous species.

To learn more about them we’ll read the text “Australia’s Most Dangerous Animals”. (p, 66)

Look through the pictures. Which animals are considered the most dangerous in Australia? What is your opnion?

P1: I think redback and funnel-web spiders are the most dangerous in Australia.

P2: To my mind poisonous snakes are the most dangerous there..

P3; I suggest there are some sea creatures that can cause death.

To find out let`s read the texts.

You will come across some new words in the text. Let’s find out their meaning first. (“Check these words” box)

poisonous-ядовитый

bite-кусать

anti-venin-противоядие

scary-пугающий

stripe-полоска

backyard-задний двор

pain-боль

sweating-потоотделение

vomiting-рвота

death-смерть

shark-акула

tentacle-щупальца

needle-игла

inject-делать укол

venom-яд

victim-жертва

rock pool-водоем, заполняемый во время прилива

spike-шип

self-defence-самозащита

sting-жало

kick-пинать

scratch-царапать

Mark the sentences in ex. 1 True or False. (ex.1 p.66)

1 The funnel-web spider doesn’t have teeth. False

(It has teeth strong enough to bite through a shoe)

2 Box jellyfish are easy to see. False

(They are almost invisible)

3 There are crocodiles in Australia. True

4 The eastern brown snake avoids people. True

5 Only female platypuses are dangerous. False

(The male platypus has a poisonous spike on its back legs)

To consolidate new vocabulary read through the text again and match the words/phrases in bold to the list of words in the rubric. (ex.2 p.66)

Подбирают фразы на основе изученной ранее лексики или догадки.

Impossible to see – invisible

Creating – causing

Unpleasant – nasty

Try to hurt – attack

Able to cause death – deadly

Under any circumstances – at all costs

Unusual – rare

Pretty – cute

Let`s play a game "Hot Spot"

Who wants to sit on the Hot Spot? Who is the bravest?

You don`t know who you are. You must guess listening to description of your classmates.

Now let`s receive some more information about Platypuses and Crocodiles.

Your task will be find the information about your animal and stick your lists on your part of the blackboard and then present us this information.

Platypuses

They lay eggs, but they feed their babies with milk. They live along the river banks. They have a brown furry body and webbed feet. With a bill like a duck as well as a tail like a beaver it looks truly unique. They can grow up to 60 cm/ 2 ft in length. They are very shy animals and quickly hide underwater. If they are attacked and cannot run away, they inject venom through the spikes on their back legs. The venom is so strong it can kill a dog!

Crocodiles

They can actually live in freshwater and saltwater. They are the world’s largest reptiles. They grow up to 6 m long and weigh up to one tonne. When hunting, they can remain completely invisible for as long as an hour. They can hide underwater. They can hold their breath for about one hour and have transparent eyelids, so they can see their prey even when underwater.

Рефлексия (подведение итогов)

Now I’d like you to finish my phrases:

Now I know…

Now I know that the most dangerous animals live in Australia. Their bites and stings can cause terrible pain, sweating, vomiting and even death if not to use anti-venin very quickly.