WARM UP • Match each word with each picture 1. date palm 4. rabbit 2. cactus 5. spinifex 3. camel 6. desert A B C F E D Lesson 3. Listening Lesson 3. Listening Period 57 What is this? I. Before you listen What is a desert? Can humans being make a desert? Why/ Why not? Vocabulary Vocabulary • Frightening speed • Firewood • Petroleum • Expert • Needle • Hard >< soft • Limit • Endless II. While you listen II. While you listen • Task 1 • 1. In a desert, everything is hard • 2. Only trees with hard needles can grow in deserts • 3. Space seem to have no limit in the desert • 4. Nature causes the change in the size and location of the world’s deserts • 5. Rabbit are one of the agents that help make deserts in Australia Many of the plants, such as the cactus, have hard needles instead of leaves Nothing is soft Time and space seem endless Nature and humans T F T T F 1 3 5 4 2 Task 2 Task 2 Answer the following questions Answer the following questions 1. What central theme does the talk examine? It examines deserts, what they are and how they are formed 2. What is a desert? It is a hot, dry, sandy place. It is also a beautiful land of silence and space. The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and space seem endless 3. What causes the following of the world’s deserts? Nature and humans 4. In what way do rabbits contribute to the growing of deserts in Australia? They contribute by eating every plant they can find. This makes the land become desert Task 3 Task 3 . . Listen and fill in the missing word(s) Listen and fill in the missing word(s) • In developing countries, …………………of the people use wood for cooking and heat. They cut down trees for firewood. But tree are important. They cool the land under them and keep the sun off …………………. When leaves fall from a tree, they make the land richer. When the trees are gone, the smaller plants die and the land become desert. • Humans can make deserts, but humans can also………………………… their growth. Algeria planted a green wall of trees across the edge of the Sahara to stop the desert sand from ………………… . Mauritania planted a similar wall around its……………………… . Iran put a thin covering of petroleum on sandy area and plan trees. Other countries build long …………… .to bring water to the desert areas (1) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) 90 percent smaller plants prevent spreading capital canals III. After you listen . rabbit 2. cactus 5. spinifex 3. camel 6. desert A B C F E D Lesson 3. Listening Lesson 3. Listening Period 57 What is this? I. Before you listen What is a. build long …………… .to bring water to the desert areas (1) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) 90 percent smaller plants prevent spreading capital canals III. After you listen