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B GOAL Describe Past Accomplishments
WORD FOCUS
If an animal is endangered, its population is so small that it might die out. An animal is extinct when none of its kind is alive.
Listening
A Read the information in the box. Discuss the questions in pairs.
| Dr. Jenny Daltry: Wildlife Conservationist and Ecologist Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Programme Antiguan Racer Conservation Project Sustainable Lansan Project |
1. What do you think it means to conserve wildlife?
2. What kinds of wildlife do you think Jenny Daltry is interested in?
3. What kinds of challenges do you think Jenny Daltry might face in her work?
B 🎧22 Listen to the conversation. Circle the correct letter.
1. What is the man working on?
a. a conservation project
b. a presentation assignment
2. What did Daltry convince people in Cambodia to do?
a. to care about the crocodiles
b. to kill fewer crocodiles
3. What causes problems for the Antiguan Racer snakes?
a. progress on the island
b. people, rats, and bad weather
4. What will Tim probably talk about next?
a. other things he learned about besides crocodiles and snakes
b. other people he wrote about in his presentation
The Siamese crocodile is one of the species Dr. Jenny Daltry is working to protect.
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C 🎧22 Listen again. Complete the statements with two or three words you hear.
1. The assignment is to learn about someone who ________________________________.
2. As a result of Daltry's work, the Cambodian government decided to protect ________________________________ acres of forest.
3. She saved. even like ________________________________, and it's an animal that most people don't
D 🎧23 Listen to these words that end in -ed.
| PRONUNCIATION: Words that End in -ed |
| /t/ /d/ /id/ help helped listen listened start started |
WORD FOCUS
To achieve a goal means to succeed in doing something you hoped to do.
An accomplishment is something special that you achieve.
E 🎧24 Listen, repeat, and check (✔) the column of the sound made by the -ed ending.
| Present | Simple Past | /t/ | /d/ | /id/ |
| convince protect discover need close walk | convinced protected discovered needed closed walked |
F Write down ten regular present verbs that end in /t/ or /d/. Say a verb. Ask your partner to say it in the past.
Communication
G Use the ideas in the box to talk about Jenny Daltry and her accomplishments. Remember to pronounce verbs that end in -ed correctly.
| convince people to care for crocodiles discover a group of crocodiles save a kind of snake in the Caribbean try different ways to get lansan tree sap walk into areas of Cambodia work on three conservation projects |
✔️GOAL CHECK
Describe Past Accomplishments
1. In your notebook, write notes about something you achieved and how you achieved it.
2. Tell a partner about your accomplishment. Give details about how you did it and how you felt.
I practiced a lot, and now I play the violin pretty well.
