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Exercise 2. Read the text and write a suitable heading to each paragraph.






 

Exercise 3. Look at these expressions and idioms connected with some of the animals and birds. Try to give their explanations. Do you have equivalent expressions or idioms in your language? Give their equivalents in your language.

Matthew may look innocent but in reality he’s a sly old fox.

I’m afraid my Uncle Bruno was always getting into trouble. He was the black sheep of the family.

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.

 

Exercise 4. Why are birds of prey, particularly eagles, often used as symbols of trademarks?

Do you think that the hunting of wild animals can be justified in any way?

Exercise 5. Listen [Part III p. 177], [2, T. 25] to two people debating the following topic: “We worry about protecting wild animals and not enough about protecting people”. Decide if the sentences are T (true) or F (false).

The wildlife journalist …

1 says 8: 31 AM documentaries don’t influence people at all.

2 thinks these documentaries don’t tell the whole story.

3 says that Gorillas in the Mist is about a woman who was killed by gorillas.

4 says that the woman conservationist was helping the animals and the people.

5 thinks we must solve local people’s problems first.

The biologist …

6 says an ecosystem only involves the relationship between animals and plants.

7 gives two reasons for the destruction of our ecosystem.

8 doesn’t think it is a serious problem when a species becomes extinct.

9 says that animals becoming extinct will cause world starvation.

10 agrees with the journalist about how to save the environment.






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