1. Complete the fun facts with the numbers in the box.

(Hoàn thành các sự kiện thú vị với các con số trong hộp.)

Google: Five fun facts

1. The total number of words on Google's home page must be 28 or fewer.

2. The name Google is based on googol-a mathematical term that means '1 followed by ____ zeros'.

3. In ____, the Oxford English Dictionary added google as a verb. Just google it.

4. Google employs ____ goats to cut the grass at Google headquarters. Much cuter than

lawnmowers!

5. Google employees are allowed to use ____ percent of their working time on their own projects.

2. In pairs, look at reasons why people use Google Earth and Google Maps. Tick (✔) the ones that are true for you.

(Theo cặp, hãy xem lý do tại sao mọi người sử dụng Google Earth và Google Maps. Đánh dấu (✔) vào những câu đúng với bạn.) 

3. Read the article again. Choose from the sentences (A-F) the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence.

(Đọc lại bài viết. Chọn từ các câu (A-F) câu phù hợp với mỗi chỗ trống. Có một câu thừa.)

A. It can also inform people about environmental issues such as deforestation, endangered species and climate change.

(Nó cũng có thể thông báo cho mọi người về các vấn đề môi trường như phá rừng, các loài có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng và biến đổi khí hậu.)

B. He understood that deforestation was destroying plants and wildlife and causing global warming.

(Anh ấy hiểu rằng nạn phá rừng đang hủy hoại thực vật và động vật hoang dã và gây ra sự nóng lên toàn cầu.)

C. Now anybody can 'visit' anywhere on Earth- places you never imagined visiting, such as Antarctica and the Sahara Desert.

(Giờ đây, bất kỳ ai cũng có thể 'ghé thăm' bất kỳ nơi nào trên Trái Đất - những nơi mà bạn chưa bao giờ tưởng tượng sẽ đến thăm, chẳng hạn như Nam Cực và sa mạc Sahara.)

D. For five years the Surui tribe and Google worked as a team.

(Trong 5 năm, bộ lạc Surui và Google làm việc theo nhóm.)

E. Illegal logging is big business in Brazil and the wood is exported all over the world.

(Khai thác trái phép là ngành kinh doanh lớn ở Brazil và gỗ được xuất khẩu khắp thế giới.)

F. Without the forest, the Surui community would not survive and they knew they had to take action.

(Không có rừng, cộng đồng Surui sẽ không thể tồn tại và họ biết rằng họ phải hành động.)

GOOGLE EARTH AND THE AMAZONIAN TRIBE

When Google Earth was set up in 2005, satellite technology changed forever the way we see the world and we all became global tourists. ¹_____ All you need for your virtual world trip is a computer and an Internet connection.

But Google Earth is not just a fun way to explore the world. ²_____ When Google Earth first appeared, nobody could have imagined that an Amazonian tribe would use this tool to help them protect their environment and their culture.

The Surui tribe live in the middle of the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. They had not had any contact with the outside world until 1969. Then illegal loggers started to invade their land and destroy the forest. ³_____ So they elected Chief Almir as one of the leaders of the tribe.

Chief Almir first came across Google Earth on a visit to an Internet café. He immediately realised that he could use the interactive maps to tell people about the illegal logging that was destroying his people's environment.

The tribal chief wanted to show the effects of deforestation, not only on his local community, but on a global scale too. ⁴_____ He contacted Google and then travelled from the Amazon rainforest to Google headquarters in California and told them his story. They discussed ways of working together.

Google sent trainers to teach Surui teenagers how to use mobile phones to create YouTube videos and then upload them to Google Earth to share their way of life with people around the world. ⁵_____ They combined modern technology with the tribe's traditional knowledge of the rainforest. Rebecca Moore, Google employee, said that the Surui people and Google had worked together to bring the story of the forest to the global community.

4. Complete the statements about the article with the words in the box. Then decide if they are true (T) or false (F).

(Hoàn thành các mệnh đề về bài viết với các từ trong hộp. Sau đó quyết định xem chúng đúng (T) hay sai (F).)

1. Google Earth is possible because of satellite technology.

2. To use Google Earth, you need an Internet ______.

3. Teachers sometimes use Google Earth to ______ lessons alive.

4. The Surui tribe had regular contact with the ______ world before 1969.

5. Chief Almir wanted to ______ awareness of his tribe's problems.

6. Chief Almir didn't know how the______  maps on Google Earth could help him.

7. Deforestation affects the ______ community as well as Amazonian tribes.

8. You can't learn about the Surui ______ of life on the Internet.

5. In pairs, discuss: What can you use Google Earth for? Share with the class.

(Thảo luận theo cặp: Bạn có thể sử dụng Google Earth để làm gì? Chia sẻ với cả lớp.)

A: What can we use Google Earth for?

(Chúng ta có thể sử dụng Google Earth để làm gì?)

B: I think we can use it to track deforestation.

(Tôi nghĩ chúng ta có thể sử dụng nó để theo dõi nạn phá rừng.)