Rainforest

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wildliferainfall

plantsdense

medicines

oxygen

Inhabitants

- these plants are also very important to people because many of them are used in new medicines that fight diseases.

Rainforests are very dense, warm, wet forests — it rains very often.

They are home for millions of plants and animals.

Rainforests are extremely important in the ecology of the Earth:

Rainforest

- the plants of the rainforest generate much of the Earth's oxygen.

Where are tropical rainforests located?

Rainforests

Tropical rainforests

Indigenous

- 50 million indigenous people inhabit the rainforest

- they live in harmony with the environment

- they suffer with European diseases

Wildlife

- high number of different species

- chimpazees, mountain gorillas, jaguar (among others)

- endangered species

Inhabitants

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Great variety of products:

- fruits and vegetables

- wood

- medicines used to treat cancer, malaria and tuberculosis

- spices (vanilla, chilli, ginger, cinnamon)

- nuts - oils (soap, shampoo,perfume)

- rubber, gums and resine (chewing gum, wellington boots)

- dyes - bamboo and natural fibres

Resources

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Threats

caused by:

to build roads to make the transportation of the wood easier

to clear areas to make plantations

to clear large areas to dig for gold and other minerals

to cut trees to make furniture

to burn areas of the rainforest to have more space available

ThreatsDeforestation

Logging

Road building

Colonization

Mining

Burning

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PARTY

The giant river turtle was having her 150th birthday party.

The birthday party

This was a special occasion, since she was an endangered species,

so she invited everyone in the rainforest.

The sloth wasn’t going to the party because she was lazy and sleepy,

but she asked chimpanzee to tell her everything that happened.

At the partyI can’t believe it! I have never had so

much fun in my life!

Jag, you look very good today! Your fur is shining.

Thanks! Yesterday I was ill, but I’m felling much better

now.

The following day…So, what happened at the

party?

The turtle said she couldn’t believe it, she had never

had so much fun in her life.

The gorilla told the jaguar that he looked very good that

day and that his fur was shining.

The jaguar told the gorilla he had been ill the day before but

he was feeling much better then.

Well, looks like I’ve missed a wonderful

party…

You bet!

Ican’t believe it!Ihave never hadso much fun in my life!

The turtle said shecouldn’t believe it, shehad never had so much fun inher life.

Jag, you look very good today!Your fur is shining!

The gorilla told the jaguar thathe looked very good that dayand that his fur was shining.

Thanks! YesterdayI

was ill,but

I’m feeling much better now.

The jaguar told the gorillahe had been ill the day beforebut he was feeling much betterthen.

Direct speech Reported speech

Verb tenses Example

Simple present

Present Continuous

Simple Past

Present Perfect

Direct speech Reported speech

Verb tenses Example

Simple Past

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

you look

It is shiningI’m feeling

I was

I have never had

I had seen

he will like

I can’t may she couldn’t might

he looked

It was shiningI was feeling

he had been

she had never had

he had seen

he would like

Past Perfect

Future

Modal verbs

Past Perfect

Conditional

Past

Time expressions

Direct speech Reported speech

Time expressions

The day before

That day

The following day

That night

The following week

Then

Before

Yesterday

Today

Tomorrow

Tonight

Next week

Now

Ago