ANIMAL
***VOCABULARYS:
- wildlife habitat : môi trường sống của động vật.
- at a higher risk of extinction : đứng trước nguy cơ tuyệt chủng
- has an adverse impact on : có ảnh hưởng tiêu cực lên
- poses a serious threat to: gây ra mối đe dọa nghiêm trọng đối với
- intense fishing : đánh bắt cá quá mức = overfishing
- the food chain : chuỗi thức ăn
- stricter punishment : những hình phạt nặng nề hơn
- install proper waste treatment systems : lắp đặt các hệ thống xử lý chất thải hợp lý.
- raise people’s environmental awareness : tăng ý thức bảo vệ môi trường của con người
- plays an essential role in : đóng một vai trò thiết yếu trong
- have no moral right to : không có quyền đạo đức để
- laboratory animal : động vật trong phòng thí nghiệm
- lab mice : chuột thí nghiệm
- deform : dị dạng
- medical breakthrough : đột phá về y học
- measles vaccine : vắc xin sởi
- devastating consequence : hậu quả tàn phá
[Link] animal species are becoming extinct due to human activities on land and in sea. What are the
reasons and solutions to solve this issue?
3.1) REASONS
ON LAND:
We are destroying wildlife habitats.
- Enormous areas of rainforest have been cut down in recent years, destroying animal habitats.
- As a result, some animal species cannot find another hone to live in, while others face difficulties
adapting to a new environment.
- This would put these species at a higher risk of extinction.
IN SEA:
Tourism in coastal areas has an adverse impact on the marine environment.
- Waste discharged along the coast contaminates water and poses a serious threat to marine
creatures in these areas.
Human activities, including intense fishing and overexploitation are causing damage to the marine
ecosystem.
- Overfishing could directly affect the food chain because it causes the number of many fish
species to decline dramatically in the short term
- Oil spills during the extraction process,for example, have killed thousands of marine species.
3.2) SOLUTIONS
- Stricter punishment should be imposed for illegal logging, deforestation, overfishing and
overexploitation.
- Government should require business and factories to install proper waste treatment systems.
- It is important to provide financial support to organizations that are working to save endangerd
species such as the orangutan in Borneo
- Governments should promote public campaigns to raise people’s environmental awareness.
4) Some people clain that it is acceptable to use animals in medical research for the benefit of human
beings, while other people argue that it is wrong. Discuss both viewsand give your opinions.
4.1) Arguments for animal testing
Animal testing plays an essential role in the medical field.
- Over the past few decades, there hace been a number of medical breakthroughs using animal
experimentation, which has saved millions of lives.
- For example, according to some surveys, the measles vaccine, which has developed using animal
testing, has saved over 20 million people since 2000.
Another reason is that if new drugs are not tested at all or are tested on humans first, it could lead to
devastating consequences.
4.2) Argument against animal testing
Animals have their own rights and therefore their lives should be respected.
- This means that we have no moral right to use them in out research
Laboratory animals often have to be subjected to toxic substances, which causes them pain, distress or
even death.
- Anually, millions of lab mice, for example, become deformed or die after being subjected to such
tests
There are alternative ways that need to be considered
- For instance, animal research could be replaced by sophisticated computer models.