Passive Smoking and your Cat
1 Why do the cat leave the room?
A it’s too dusty B it’s too smoky C it’s too stuffy
2 What can passive smokers suffer from?
A watering eyes and nose B stomachache C headache
3 Passive smoking in cats has been linked to
A stomach cancer B lymphoma cancer C larynx cancer
4 Chemotherapy looks like an ...................medical treatment
A absolute B cure C aggressive
5 The research work has been done in relation to ..............................
A dogs B parrots C hamsters
20 Listen once again and check your answers.
21 Share your opinion about passive smoking and pets with a partner.
VIDEO
22 Y
ou
are going to watch an episode about Chester Zoo. Before watching
choose any two points from the list below and discuss them in small
groups, giving your reasons.
A zoo is a nice place for visiting.
A zoo is a not comfortable place for animals.
A zoo has a great educational role for people.
Eating animal meat is cruel.
Animals and people are similar.
23 Match the pictures with the words. Say after watching which animals you have watched in the episode.
Snake seal chimpanzee camel deer elephant giraffe lemur bobcat tiger lion panda bear kangaroo rhino orangutan
24 What adjectives from the list fit best to the animals in the pictures?
Aggressive happy placid strong popular intelligent smelly timid deft brave funny careful
25 Work in small groups. Describe the animals in the pictures using adjectives from the box in activity 24.
26
Before you watch the video, check that you understand the verbs in
italics in the sentences 1-9 below.
1 Someone touching a snake 2 A chimpanzee cuddling its baby 3 A lemur carrying a baby on its back 4 A chimp throwing another chimp into the air 5 A keeper feeding animals 6 A giraffe biting another giraffe 7 One chimp cleaning/grooming another 8 A chimp clapping 9 A snake attacking someone or something
27 Watch the interview with the snake keeper and say if the sentences 1-5 are True or False according to the episode.
1 Many people are scared of the snakes. 2 African king snake attack other snakes. 3 Keith’s been working with snakes for over 50 years. 4 Keith can say if a snake is healthy or ill by its behavior. 5 If a snake is frightened it can bite.
28 Watch the section on lemurs and choose one correct word from two in bold in the sentences 1- 5 below.
1 Lemurs usually live in small / large families. 2 The head of the family is the top male* / female. 3 The males* eat in the center / on the periphery. 4 Some lemurs are aggressive / intelligent inside the group. 5 The keeper thinks you can have a stronger relationship with larger / smaller animals.
29 Watch the interview with the chimp keeper. He talks about four subjects . Make notes, then compare with a partner.
How chimps are similar to people
A chimp called Boris
A chimp called Nicky
The character of chimps
30 Imagine you visited a zoo. Tell a short story to other students about what you did and saw there.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR