Стр.112-113 Unit 9 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс
9 Ittasks a weird, wonderful world Skills aims Listening to short extracts for gist Supporting opinions and reacting to opinions while speaking Reading a long text for specific information and details:
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9 Ittasks a weird, wonderful world
Skills aims
Listening to short extracts for gist
Supporting opinions and reacting to opinions while speaking
Reading a long text for specific information and details: identifying the writertasks opinion
Writing a formal letter to a newspaper to practise forming, linking and organizing ideas
Dive in!
A Work in pairs. Which one of these ‘amazing facts’ is not true?
True or false ...?
1 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
2 Ants can lift 50 times their own weight.
3 An ostrichtasks eye is bigger than its brain.
4 Bats have two noses.
5 A starfish doesntaskt have a brain.
6 A hippo can run faster than a man.
Check your answers on page 193.
B Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which of these strange creatures do you think really exist?
Reading
C You are going to read about animal life in the world’s oceans. Skim the article. Which animals from the pictures are mentioned?
Secrets of the deep
1 If you wanted to discover a new species of animal, where would you look? The rainforests might be a good place to start. I he deserts could hold secrets under the sand. But your best bet would be the oceans. The oceans cover nearly three quarters of the Earthtasks surface. They are so vast and so deep that scientists have only just begun to learn what lives there. And the creatures they do know about are so bizarre they look like visitors from another world.
2 ‘The oceans are a place of extremes.’ says Professor Sally Fishwick of Bristol University, they are home to the biggest creatures on our planet’ And shetasks right! Take the blue whale, for Instance. Growing to over 30 metres long, weighing around 180 tonnes and with a heart the size of a car, it is the biggest animal that has ever lived. These monsters of the ocean are an example of a phenomenon called deep sea gigantism. ‘We don’t know why,’ explains Professor Fishwick. taskbut when some species evolve deep under the sea, they become huge.task The colossal squid is another example. This bizarre beast can grow to ten metres in length, weigh nearly half a tonne and has the largest eyes of any known animal.
3 But ittasks not just giants that make the oceans so special. Almost every day scientists are finding creatures that are, in the words of Sally Fishwick. taskjust plain weird.task The ‘Yeti crabtask is a good example. Discovered two and a half kilometres below the surface, this blind beast is covered in white fur and is part-crab, part-lobster and part... alien! Another recent discovery is the "Dumbo octopustask, so called because of the large fins growing out of its head that look like an elephanttasks ears.
4 Some discoveries have left scientists utterly confused. Deep under the icy waters of Antarctica, for example, researchers have found animals that look like flowers. They stand, like tall glass tulips in a field, feeding on tiny creatures called plankton. Some creatures are so different from any other animal that biologists need to create a new category for them.
5 If you live several kilometres below the surface of the sea, you have to be pretty tough. taskI he pressure down there is like having several jumbo jets on top of you,task explains Professor Fishwick. taskYet some creatures can actually survive there.task Other amazing organisms have been discovered near undersea volcanoes where the temperature exceeds 400 degrees Celsius. These are exciting discoveries.
They show us that we needn’t spend millions on space exploration in order to find new forms of life. As Fishwick points out. If life exists in such places on Earth, then it must exist elsewhere in the universe.task
6 Until recently, however, the depths of the ocean were just as mysterious as the distant planets. The colossal squid, for example, lives so deep in the sea that it has never been seen alive. If fishermen hadntaskt accidentally caught them over the years, we would never have known they existed. taskIf people could see what lives there, they would be amazed,task says Fishwick. Now the latest technology is helping to do just that.
7 But ittasks a race against time. Global warming and the careless way we treat the ocean is threatening this mysterious undersea world. If you think that the extinction of species is something that only happens in the rainforest, youtaskd better think again. We ought to remember that the oceans are full of life, too, and that they need our protection.task urges professor Fishwick.
8 We should see the story of the blue whale as a warning to us all. If governments hadntaskt banned the hunting of this beautiful animal in the 1960s, it would have become extinct Professor Fishwicktasks words are worth remembering. We must put the damage right or we will lose a world that has only just been discovered.task
Unfired state exam
Step to success
Be careful! The choices given in the questions may be correct facts or commonly held opinions about the topic of the text. Make sure these facts or opinions are actually stated in the texttask.
D Read the text and choose the best answer (А, В, C or D).
1 According to the writer, why is the ocean the best place to find new species?
A It is easy to explore there.
В It is such a large place.
C It is difficult for animals to hide there.
D It is rich in plants and food.
2 What don’t scientists know about deep-sea gigantism?
A what it is
В what causes it
C where it happens
D which animals demonstrate it
3 In paragraphs three and four, what does the writer want to emphasize about ocean creatures?
A their strangeness
В their number
C their size
D their usefulness
4 Why are the creatures described in paragraph five so exciting?
A They are so large.
В They can fly.
C They come from outer space.
D They live in extreme conditions.
5 Scientists know about the colossal squid because dead ones have been seen.
A dead ones have been seen.
В scientists can dive to great depths.
C live ones have been seen on rare occasions.
D fishermen catch them frequently.
6 What does the writer mean by taskit’s a race against timetask?
A Scientists are too busy to explore property.
В The blue whale is threatened by hunters.
C Some species may disappear before we find them.
D Ocean life changes too quickly for science to record it.
7 What does the word they refer to in paragraph seven?
A all sea creatures
В blue whales
C the oceans
D the rainforests
Words in context
E Match the words in bold in the text with a definition.
1 a fishtasks armstask
2 big
3 change over time
4 far away
5 not from Earth
6 more than
7 strange
8 strong
9 totally
10 ugly creature
Quick chat
Did anything in the text surprise you?
Do you think there may be life on other planets? Why / Why not?