The Great Barrier Reef (Spotlight 10, Module 4)

Watch video and complete the sentences with missed information

While-watching video task. Complete the sentences:

• Millions of animals rely on these systems for ________________________________________________
• Scientists have predicted our reefs may be gone by ____________________
• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is a _________________ of all reefs.
• Anchor Bay lies right _________________________.
• ________________________ charted the Great Barrier Reef naming _____________________
• Jumping into the clear waters of the Great Barrier Reef is like being _______________________and _______________________
• Underwater cities have been built by ____________________________over millions of years.
• This system is the key to the ____________________________.

Watch video and complete the sentences with missed information

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While-watching video task. Complete the sentences:

• Millions of animals rely on these systems for food, shelter and socializing.
• Scientists have predicted our reefs may be gone by 2050
• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is a granddaddy of all reefs.
• Anchor Bay lies right in front of you .
• Captain Cook charted the Great Barrier Reef naming many of the islands.
• Jumping into the clear waters of the Great Barrier Reef is like being put into a time capsule and taken to another planet.
• Underwater cities have been built by tiny coral polyps over millions of years.
• This system is the key to the reef survival .

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the wonders of the natural world - it is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem.

How do you think the phrases below are related to coral reefs?

• waste water
• crystal clear water
• living organism
• breeding ground
• humpback
• whales
• natural treasure

Complete the gaps in the text with a word derived from the words in brackets.

• drastically
• anyone
• everyone
• living
• action
• Careful
• Immediately
• Including
• Survival
• Anything
• Extinction
• Beautiful
• Someone
• generations

Explain the words in bold

harmed

reverse

bleach

float

authorities

fatal

conserve

endangered

Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef in 1770. He found it accidentally when his ship ran aground on the reef whilst he was charting the eastern coast of Australia.

The Great Barrier Reef lies off the north eastern coast of Australia . It is located in the Coral Sea, in the south Pacific Ocean and its length is 2300 km.

The north of the Great Barrier Reef is around 18 million years old and the south 2 million Years . The reef is beween 10,000 and 6000 years old.

There are about 2,000,000 million fish living in the Great Barrier Reef.

Along which continent does the Great Barrier Reef lie?

The Great Barrier Reef lies off the north eastern coast of Australia . It is located in the Coral Sea, in the south Pacific Ocean and its length is 2300 km.

How many years did it take for the G reat B arrier R eef to form?

The north of the Great Barrier Reef is around 18 million years old and the south 2 million Years .

The reef is beween 10,000 and 6000 years old.

Who discovered the Great Barrier Reef?

Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef in 1770. He found it accidentally when his ship ran aground on the reef whilst he was charting the eastern coast of Australia.

What species of fish live on the Great Barrier Reef?

There are about 2,000,000 fish living in the Great Barrier Reef.

• Tourists are advised not to throw rubbish into the sea because …..

1. Don’t throw rubbish into the sea.

*Sea animals may eat

plastic bags and so on.

*It may contain chemicals.

2. Don’t pour out washing liquid and bleach into the sea.

*They may be fatal to coral.

3. Don’t sell or buy a piece of coral.

*Tell the authorities immediately.

Write about a special festival in your country. Include:

• Name of festival
• Date
• Reason
• Activities
• Food
• Any other special traditions involved