Speak on a) the variety and plant and animal life in deserts; and b) how some desert plants and animals manage to survive in the harsh conditions of the desert

Before reading the text given below check the meaning and the pronunciation of the words in the dictionary.

Endothermic, heat, tissue, skin, rangy, resting, goosebumps.

2.10 Match the words in A with their meanings in B:

A B

Monotremes сумчатые

Marsupials зимняя спячка

Hirbernation яйцекладущие

Match the words and phrases in A with their meanings in B.

A B

To heat To make or become hot or warm

To cool To give out sweat

To break down (food) To make or become cool

To supply (energy) To live or exist longer

To insulate To reduce to constituent parts

To sleek To cover or protect (a thing) with a

substance that prevents something of the loss of heat

To sweat To make sleek by smoothing

To pant To give or provide with something

To pull erect To breathe with short quick breaths

To shiver To stand on end, upright, vertical

To survive To tremble slightly especially with cold

or fear

To torpor To be in a sluggish and inactive condition

Read the text about mammals and answer the questions.