UNIT 6

Species in danger

Name (n) ad (v) adlandırmak

Can you name?

Can you name animals?

Can you name WILD animals?

Can you name some WILD animals?

Extinction: nesli tükenme, soyu tükenmeSpecies: tür,türler

The extinction some species

Threat: tehlike

The threat of extinction: nesli tükenme tehlikesi

Under the threat of extinctionNesli tükenme tehlikesi altında

Some animals are under the threat of extinction.

The problem of extinctionNesli tükenme problemi

Human beings: insan oğlu, insanlarThreaten (v): tehdit etmek

Human beings THREATEN wild animals.

Wild animals are threaten by human beings.

There is NOTHING unusual.

There is NOT ANYTHING unusual.

Be + v3 pasifThreaten: tehdit etmek

Be threaten: tehdit edilmek

No species is IMMORTAL.

Immortal: ölümsüz, ebedi, sonsuz

Mortal: fani, ölümlü, ÖLDÜRÜCÜ

25 % 25 percent12 % 12 percent

25 percent of mammal species12 percent of bird species

M a m m a l s p e c i e s

Cause : neden olma, yol acma, sebebiyet verme

Human activities CAUSE all extinctions today.

All extinctions today ARE CAUSED by human activities.

Survive (v): hayatta kalmak, sağ kalmaksurvivAL (n): hayatta kalma

SpeciesAnimal species

The survival of animal species

People THREATEN the survival of animal species. tehdit etmek

Chop down (v): ağaç kesmek

By chopPING down: ağaç keserek

By chopping down the forestS

Habitat (n): hayvan veya bitkinin yetiştiği doğal ortam

ForestS are their habitat.

By chopping down the forests which are their habitat.

Forests where animals liveHayvanların yaşadığı ormanlar

NOT ONLY ……… BUT ALSO………

Animal species are NOT ONLY dying out, BUT ALSO many species of plants are disappearing.

Not only are animal species dying out, But also many species of plants are disappearing.

Die out: yok olmak, ortadan kalkmak

Disappear: gözden kaybolmak, kaybolmak

Population: nüfusincreasing population

Because of increasing population

Keep on (v): continue, devam etmek

Keep on building housesKeep on building factories

Destroy (v): yıkmak, harap etmek

We destroy

We destroy a habitat

When we destroy a habitat

When we destroy a habitat

All species in the habitat will disappear.All species in that place will disappear.

All species in IT will disappear.

MammalsBirdsReptilesInsectsFish

All the species are dying out, because they are losingtheir homes.

All the species

R e p t i l e s: sürüngenler

snake

lizard

crocodileturtle

I n s e c t S

Animals are dying because of OVERhunting.

Tibetan Antelope is becoming extinct. Because poachers have been hunting it down for its skin.

Tibetan AntelopePoacher: kaçak avcı

Elephants are also killed because people have been usingtheir tusks for jewellery and medicine.

A tusk

A tusk

The danger of extinction

Face (v): karşı karşıya gelmek, yüzleşmek

Face the danger of extinction

Start to face: yüzyüze gelmeye başlamak

startED to face: yüzyüze gelmeye başlaDI

Some types of whales started to face the danger of extinction.

Polluting: kirletME

Polluting the air havayı kirletme the water suyu kirletme the soil toprağı kirletme

Polluting the air, water and soil causeS some species to die.

Dump (v): boşaltmak, atmak

Factories dump the waste into rivers.

The waste is dumped into rivers.

The waste from factories is dumped into rivers.

The fish that live in the river

Poison (n) (v): zehir, zehirlemek

Be + v3: passive (pasif)

Be poisonED: zehirlenmek

Get poisonED: zehirlenmek

Be poisoned = get poisoned

the poisoned fish: zehirlenmiş balık

The birds that eat the poisoned fish

Oil spills POLLUTE the seas.

The seas are pollutED by oil spills.

Oil spills CAUSE terrible damage.

Ecology of the coast

Ecology: çevre bilim, ekolojiCoast: sahil, deniz kıyısı

Fragile: kolay kırılan, kırılgan

The fragile ecology of the coast

The birds living there: orada yaşayan kuşlar

The birds singing songs: şarkı söyleyen kuşlar

Populations of most species are DECLININGbecause of water pollution.

Population: nüfusDecline (v): azalmak, düşmek

Endanger (v): tehlikeye atmak

endangerED animals: tehlikedeki hayvanlar

Endangered = in danger of becoming extinctYok olma, nesli tükenme tehlikesinde

Speed up: hızlanma

Speed up = accelerate

Speed up extinction: yok olmayı hızlandırmak

Extinct species = no longer existNesli tükenen türler = artık var olmayanlar

Ecosystem: Belirli bir alanda bulunan canlılar ile bunları saran cansız çevrelerinin

karşılıklı ilişkileri ile meydana gelen ve süreklilik arz eden ekolojik sistemlere

ekosistem denir.

Blue whale

cheetah

A sea otter

A mountain gorillaora

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nora

nguta

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African snow leopard

caretta

Peregrine falcon

A TRUMPETER SWAN

Sentence Structures

Lots of species will have been lost before we take some seriousPrecautions.

The sea otter will have faced extinction by the time we take action toSave them.

AS LONG AS we don’t take any precautions,As long as we see each other,As long as you study,As long as you do your job well,

NOT ONLY these species BUT ALSO others will totally disappear.

Because of the ban: yasaktan dolayı

Because of the ban ON huntingAvlanma yasağından dolayı

Because of the ban ON overfishing.Aşırı balık avı yasağından dolayı

By the time scientists succeed in inventing cheapartificial ivory,

By the time chimpanzees learn to use sign language,

Until we find wintering habitat for Trumpeter swans,

When laws are passed to protect them,

They will have finished their meal by the time we arrive there.