Unit 10. Conservation

B. SPEAKING
Vocabulary


1 sensitive / `sensətiv / (Adj) affected greatly or easily by s.t
2 imprision / im`prizn / (v) : put or keep sb, st in prison.




3 endangered species : animal with small in number and possibility of extinction.
Example: tigers, pandas, red-head cranes…are endangered species.

4 breed/ /bri:d/ (V): to raise or to keep animals for purpose of producing young.

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TASK1: Work in pairs. Read the paragraphs and answer the questions

For what purpose are zoos of the new kind opened?
What are their main features?

Zoos are very sensitive about their image nowadays. They don`t want to be seen as places where animals are imprisoned against their will. Instead, they want to be seen as places where endangered species can develop. They want to reconstruct the animals` natural environment. So there appears a new kind of zoo.
Howletts Zoo in Kent is owned by John Aspinall, who is famous for his programme of breeding endangered animals and reintroducing them into wild. The zoo has the largest gorillas in the world and its policy to provide as natural an environment as possible for the animals. At times, this can be risky, and some keepers have been injured and one has been killed.
Feedback:
It is used to provide as natural an environment as natural as possible for the animals.

The places where endangered species can develop.
Animals can live in natural environment.
They are not the places where animals are imprisoned.
TASK 2 : Put a tick (?) in the right box to show your agreement or disagreement. Then share your ideas with a partner.

animals may have better food.
animals may suffer from dangerous diseases.
animals may do what they want to.
animals may develop.
animals may feel happier.

In the zoo of the new kind
Yes / No
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Practise the conversation. Then do it again, replacing these underlined words with those provided in (1) and (2):
A: I think it would be better for animals if they live in the zoo of new kind because they may have better food.
(1)
B: I agree with you.
(2)

Task 3 : Work in groups. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of zoos of new kind. Use these structure below:
A: I think zoo of new kind are very good for animal.

B: ?I agree with you but I have another opinion. It very expensive to reconstruct animals natural environment.

? you `re right but.

A: I don`t think so. I think.

Homework:

practice speaking
Prepare for listening