Unit 5
Video scripts
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5.1
You’re destroying my habitat!
An animal’s home or environment is called its habitat.
Like our homes, an animal’s home should have a place
to relax; a place to eat; a place to sleep; and a place to
wash. Of course, animals’ homes look a little different
from ours. But as our homes get bigger and bigger, and
we use more and more things, animals’ homes have
become more endangered. Why? Because plastic, toxic
waste and chemicals are destroying their habitats.
Let’s take a tour of some of these animals’ homes to see
some of the problems.
Some sea turtles call the coral reef home, but it’s filling
up with rubbish, our rubbish. Turtles are one of the
oldest animals on the planet – 150 million years old,
in fact, and some of them travel 15,000 kilometres or
more each year. Swimming around his neighbourhood,
the sea turtle can find all of the food he needs.
But more and more sea animals are dying because
of oil and plastic in the sea.
Polar bears spend much of their lives in and around
the ocean. They love the water and can swim at around
10 kilometres an hour. But life on the sea ice isn’t easy.
Polar bears can swim up to 100 kilometres to find food.
But now they need to swim even further because of
climate change.
And what about the beaver? Like polar bears, beavers
also live in water and on land. They build their houses
from tree branches. But little by little, our toxic waste
in their rivers is slowly destroying their habitats.
Sea turtles, polar bears, beavers – they all want the
same thing: to have clean habitats with enough food
and space to live in, just like us.
So isn’t it time for us to think about their habitats
as well as our own? What can you do to help?
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5.2
Let’s save the sea turtles!
Hey animal lovers!
I love sea turtles! But do you know many sea
turtles are endangered?
Six out of seven species of turtles may
disappear unless humans protect them.
Female turtles lay their eggs on the beach in
a ‘nest’.
About 60 days later the baby turtles hatch,
which means they ‘come out of the eggs’.
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If people disturb the nest, that could stop
the eggs hatching.
So our turtle group builds fences to protect
the nests.
If a lot of turtles lay their eggs on a beach,
we may put up signs to keep people away.
Unless we work together to protect sea turtles,
we might not be able to save them.
Leave a comment to tell me how you are
helping animals where you live!
Language in action
The first conditional with if, unless, may, might and could
Let’s talk about the vlog.
Which language did the vlogger use?
We use the first conditional to talk about possible
situations in the future.
We use the present simple in the if clause.
If a lot of turtles lay their eggs on a beach, we
may put up signs.
If people disturb the nest, that could stop the
eggs hatching.
Unless means if … not. If the present situation doesn’t
happen, the condition won’t happen.
Unless we work together to protect sea
turtles, we might not be able to save them.
We use may, could and might when we are less sure of
the result.
Use it!
Combine the sentences. Use if, unless, may (not), might
(not) or could.
Humans can protect turtles. + Many species of turtles
are endangered.
If humans protect turtles, they might not be endangered.
Now you try.
If people protect turtles nests, animals may / might not
disturb them.
Unless people work together, turtles may not survive.
If you like rainforests, you may / might want to help
save them.
If we recycle, we could save animals’ habitats.
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5.3
If I ruled the world
We live in a beautiful world full of waterfalls,
rainforests, valleys and coasts. But unless we
protect our planet, our environment will be
in trouble!
But not if I ruled the world!
If I ruled the world, people wouldn’t drive
around in cars. Especially not with only one
person in a car. Uh-uh, no. Instead, if there
were no cars, everyone would ride a bike!
What would happen if we didn’t drive cars?
Think about it! It would be so fun!
The roads would be safer. We’d all get lots of
exercise! You wouldn’t need to buy fuel if you
rode a bike. And the air would be cleaner!
One last thing: If I ruled the world, everybody
would get a free bike! How cool would that be!?
So, that’s my idea.
What would the world be like if you ruled it?
Language in action
Second conditional
Let’s talk about the vlog.
Which language did the vlogger use to talk about unreal
situations?
We use the second conditional to talk about unreal
situations and describe the result.
We use the past simple in the if clause.
If I ruled the world,
And in the main clause we use would or wouldn’t and
the infinitive without to.
people wouldn’t drive around in cars.
Notice: We use a comma at the end of the If clause
when that clause comes first.
The main clause can go before the If clause.
You wouldn’t need to buy fuel if you rode
a bike.
What would happen if we didn’t drive cars?
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Use it!
Make a conditional chain.
If I ruled the world, people wouldn’t drive cars.
If people didn’t drive cars, we wouldn’t need so many
car parks.
Now you try.
Now continue with a partner. Think of two more
ideas each.
If we had more land, we could …
GLOBETROTTERS
5.5
Take action now
If I asked you to name an endangered species, which
one would you think of? The gorilla? The tiger? Maybe
the rhinoceros? How about the cockroach? OK, OK, not
the cockroach. Many animals today are endangered and
if we don’t fight for them, they could disappear.
One way to help is to work with people in the countries
where these animals live. But some of these countries
have other problems too, so they need extra help to
protect endangered animals.
In the Congo Basin in Africa, the rivers and forests
are home to many animals, including endangered
species, like forest elephants and mountain gorillas.
But this area is also home to 75 million people! And
these people need to eat and live too. This means both
humans and animals need to share a habitat, and this
can create problems. But change is happening.
Organisations like the World Wildlife Fund are working
with local communities to plant trees and introduce
new farming programs. This is great news. If more
organisations and countries worked together like this, it’d
be easier for people and animals to live in the same area.
In the Gulf of California, in Mexico, the vaquita,
a species of dolphin, is another animal that may not
have a future. With only 30 left in the world, it is one of
the world’s rarest marine animals. And it has almost
disappeared completely because of human activity.
The vaquita die when they are caught in fishing nets.
Fortunately, the Mexican government is working with
organisations to stop the use of these fishing nets.
And if they succeed, they may be able to save these
beautiful creatures before it’s too late.
Which animals are in danger in your country? What
would you do to protect them?
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