Proiectdelectie Animals in Danger

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The English LanguageBBCNews Report

Teacher: Taran Tatiana


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Topic: The illegal hunting of wild

animals (rhinos) in Indiaanguage: Vocabulary of a news reportAims:

Reading skills

Understanding a short news report

Language skillsPractise using the passive voice

Writing skills

A short persuasive speech


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What do you know about these animals?

Where can you find them and what dangers/problems

do they face?

Tigers

Red squirrels

Whales Elephants

Polar bears


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Tigers- South East Asia/Eastern Siberia. Faceextinction due to hunting by humans for theirfur

and fortraditional medicine.Red squ irrels- UK. Face extinction because of

competition from the grey squirrel.

Whales- the oceans. Low numbers, partlybecause ofhunting.

Elephants Africa and Asia. Declining numbersbecause people hunt them for theirivory.

Polar bears the Arctic. Global warming isdestroying their icy habitat; they cannot findfood.


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New Vocabulary of the News Report

1. rhino horn - the large pointed bone on the head of arhinoceros

2. Poaching - illegal hunting

3. Separatists - people who want their local region tobecome independent of the national government

4. Decimation - destruction

5. Devastating - very destructive

6. Floods - water covering land that is usually dry

7. to flee - to run away from danger

8. an international syndicate - a global organisation,often criminal

9. a free run - a chance to do something without anyopposition


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Divideinto 3 groups

Using the new wordsmake up your own news report

predict ing the one you are go ing

to read later


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Read the text quickly(1 2 minutes) to findthe answers to the following questions:

1. Why do people hunt rhinos?

2. Is the number of rhinos killed going up ordown?


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Wildlife authorities in India's north-eastern state of

Assam say they are alarmed by the sudden spurtin poaching of one-horned rhinos. In the past three

months six rhinos have been killed by poachers.

This report from Subir Bhaumik:

Concern over Assam rhinos


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A kilogram ofrhino horn powder fetches nearly forty thousand US dollars atAsia's contraband markets, because it's considered an aphrodisiac and used

for local medicines.Poaching of the rhinos at Kaziranga rose sharply in the early 1990s but then

dropped as both the Indian army and the Assamese separatist rebels attackedthe poachers and killed many of them. The separatists said they would nottolerate the decimation of what they described as Assam's national animal and

the troops often mistook the poachers as linked to rebels and shot them.But wildlife officials say poaching of the rhinos in Kaziranga is on the rise again.

Five to ten rhinos are killed every year on average, mostly during Assam'sdevastatingfloods because they have to flee Kaziranga's low marshy landsto higher hills where they cannot be guarded. But in the last three months, sixrhinos have been killed inside Kaziranga and their horns taken away with no

rains around.Wildlife warden, Utpal Bora, says they suspect that an international syndicate

is operating in the area, equipped with the latest telescopic rifles and electricsaws to take away the horns. Mr. Bora said that more armed guards equippedwith better weapons, more vehicles, boats and elephants for movement and

more watchtowers are needed at Kaziranga to stop the poachers from having afree run.

Subir Bhaumik, BBC News, Calcutta


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1. Why do people hunt rhinos?2. Is the number of rhinos killed going up or down?

Read the text a second time in more detail(5-6 minutes).

You are going to solve a quiz


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A kilogram ofrhino horn powder fetches nearly forty thousand US dollars atAsia's contraband markets, because it's considered an aphrodisiac and used

for local medicines.Poaching of the rhinos at Kaziranga rose sharply in the early 1990s but then

dropped as both the Indian army and the Assamese separatist rebels attackedthe poachers and killed many of them. The separatists said they would not

tolerate the decimation of what they described as Assam's national animal andthe troops often mistook the poachers as linked to rebels and shot them.

But wildlife officials say poaching of the rhinos in Kaziranga is on the rise again.Five to ten rhinos are killed every year on average, mostly during Assam's

devastatingfloods because they have to flee Kaziranga's low marshy landsto higher hills where they cannot be guarded. But in the last three months, sixrhinos have been killed inside Kaziranga and their horns taken away with no

rains around.Wildlife warden, Utpal Bora, says they suspect that an international syndicate

is operating in the area, equipped with the latest telescopic rifles and electricsaws to take away the horns. Mr. Bora said that more armed guards equippedwith better weapons, more vehicles, boats and elephants for movement and

more watchtowers are needed at Kaziranga to stop the poachers from having afree run.

Subir Bhaumik, BBC News, Calcutta


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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONSAre the following sentences TRUE orFALSE?

1 Rhino horn powder is sold legally in Asia. T/F

2 The government troops deliberately targeted and killedthe poachers.

T/F

3 Every year, some rhinos are killed outside Kazirangawildlife park, away from the lowlands, after heavy

rain.

T/F

4 Wildlife officials are worried because recentlyrhinos were killed inside the Kaziranga parkduring the rainy season.

T/F

5 The authorities suspect local people of being behindthe killings.

T/F

6 Currently, there are too few guards and theirequipment is insufficient to do anything to stop

the poaching.

T/F


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VOCABULARYMatch these words and phrases to their definitions.

1. Poaching2. rhino horn

3. separatists

4. decimation

5. devastating6. floods

7. to flee

8. an

international

syndicate

9. a free run

A. illegal huntingB. to run away from danger

C. the large bone on the head of a rhinoceros

D. a chance to do something without any

oppositionE. a global organisation, often criminal

F. destruction

G. water covering land that is usually dry

H.very destructive

I. people who want their local region to

become independent of the national

government


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Grammar focus: the passive

1 - Five to ten rhinos are killed every year.

2 - In the last three months, six rhinos have been killed.

3 - In the late 1990s, rebels killed the poachers.

1. Identify the main verb in each sentence2. Which sentence tells us who does the action


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Sentence 3 uses the active voice; the verbsubject is the agent or 'doer' of theaction(rebels). The verb object receives theaction (the poachers).Sentences 1 and 2 do not say who does theaction. These sentences use the passive voice;the verb subject (rhinos) receives the action. Inthese examples, we do not know the agent/'doer'of the action.


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The Structure of The Passive Voice

The Uses of The Passive Voice

1) we may not know who does the action

2) the doer of the action is unimportant3) we may not need/want to say who does the

action.

To Be past participle ofthe main verb.


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STUDENT WORKSHEETRe-write the first sentence so that the meaning is the same, but the active

becomes passive.Example: They are killing more rhinos these days.

More rhinos are being killedthese days1. They are destroying the rain forests in South AmericaThe rain forests_______________________________________2. Air pollution causes acid rain.

Acid rain _________________________________________________3. Humans have hunted whales for thousand of years.Whales ___________________________________________________4. In 1986, the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl polluted the atmosphere with

radiation.In 1986, the atmosphere

________________________________________5. This year, they have caught too many tuna fish in the Mediterranean SeaThis year, too many tuna fish ___________________________________


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Follow-up activity: Writing

You are going to representan environmental campaign group

and you aregoing to write a short persuasive speech

calling for action on an environmental issue.


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Choose one of the following issues:

Deforestation

Global warming

Acid rain

Water pollution

Animal extinction (tigers, polar bears...)

Nuclear energy

Wind/solar power

CO2 production (carbon footprint)Waste/rubbish/recycling


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Say why your issue is an important one

What can be done to solve the problem

How your campaign group would usethe money($1 million).

Interesting or dramatic opening

sentence to get the audience'sattention.

It might use strong adjectives andadverbs.

Plan


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YOU WON $1 million

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