11 Answer the questions below.
What is the writer’s personal opinion about keeping wild animals as pets ?
Where does the writer state this opinion?
What two viewpoints are given in to support the writer’s opinion?
In which paragraphs does the writer discuss these viewpoints?
Which paragraph mentions the opposing viewpoint?
What is your personal opinion about keeping wild animals as pets?
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12 Look at the statements and say whether you agree or disagree with them. Give your reasons.
People can not take away an animal’s freedom. It’s cruel.
In zoos animals are unhappy.
Zoos can help to protect animals from hunters.
How do you feel about the role of zoos in society?
13 You are going to listen to the dialogue between two people about animals in zoos . Match the words 1- 5 from the text to their definitions A-E.
starvation A a place of living
nasty B lack of food
cage C unpleasant
trapped D a structure made of wires
habitat E to be caught
14 Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the statements 1- 8 are True (T) or False (F).
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2 Animals are free in zoos. 3 Animals get medical care in zoos. 4 Animals live very happy in zoos. 5 Animals are protected from hunters in zoos. 6 Animals are in their natural habitat in zoos. 7 Animals are not protected from extinction in zoos. 8 Animals are lonely in zoos.
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15 Listen again and decide who said this, Jenny or Sam. Write J for Jenny and S for Sam.
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oos
aren’t so bad.Animals should de allowed to go where they want.
But that means that they just live longer.
If I was an animal, I’d rather live a short happy life in the wild.
They are supposed to live in wide open spaces, not concrete prisons.
16 Listen once again and complete the gaps 1- 7 in the dialogue with one word only.
- I’m (1)____________not enjoying this.
- (2)____________Jenny, zoos aren’t so bad (3)_____________, in a lot of ways it’s better for animals to live here than in the wild.
- Oh, yeah? Like (4)_____________?
- (5)______________, for one thing, they’ve got plenty of food and water.
- Yes, (6)_____________they are not free here, are they?
- Okay than. (7) _____________medical care?
17 Talk in pairs about animals in zoos and in the wild. Talk for two minutes. You may use the following expressions.
also, too,
however, furthermore on the one hand, on the other hand, on the
contrary, really
Example: A: Animals in zoos have got plenty of food and water.
B: I agree. However, they are not free.
Listen to someone who tells us about negative influence of tobacco smoke on our pets’ health. Before listening match the words 1- 4 from the text to their definitions A- D
1 lymphoma A a serious disease that is killing normal cells and often causing death
2 larynx B a connection between two or more things, often one in which one of them causes or influences the other
3 cancer C is a variety of cancer that originates in lymphocytes
4 correlation D a muscular hollow organ between the nose and the lungs
19 Listen to the recording and look through the questions 1- 5. Choose the best answers A, B or C to them. Compare your answers with other students.