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1 Warm up
Look at these photographs and label them with the following words.

A) a lion cub B) a park ranger C) an animal cage D) a tracking collar

E) a drone F) claws G) a GPS H) a nature reserve

1) 2) 3) 4)

5) 6) 7) 8)

Discuss with your partner:

1. Do you have any pets? If not, would you like to have a pet?
2. What are the most popular pets in your country?
3. Do you think it is right to keep wild animals in captivity? Why/why not?
4. Do you think it’s okay to free animals that have been in captivity all their lives? Why/why not?

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2 Focus on vocabulary

Part A: Match the words to the definitions.

1. controversial (adj.) a. animals, birds and insects living in their natural environment

2. national (n) b. an official effort to find out the facts of what happened in a
past event
3. raise (v) c. a person from a specific country

4. initially (adv.) d. a situation where you do not have something you used to
have
5. wildlife (n) e. at first

6. loss (n) f. describing something that people have very different

opinions about, often causing strong emotions
7. disappointment (n) g. the feeling when something was not as good or as successful
as you wanted it to be
8. investigation (n) h. to take care of a baby or young animal before it can look
after itself

Part B: Write the words from Part A into the correct gap in the following sentences.

1. Although he wasn’t angry , he was still very upset that she had lied to
him.
2. I try not to discuss religion and politics with people. They’re subjects
which often upset people.
3. It took him years to get over the of his mother after she died. She was
a really strong influence on him.
4. I think you’ll really like her. She’s been living in California for years, but she’s actually a German
.
5. The in Australia is incredible, and they have many animals which can’t
be found anywhere else.
6. His father left when he was a baby, so his mother had to him alone.
7. I don’t know who is going to win the European Cup, but there is going to be a lot of
somewhere!
8. The police have started an into the disappearance of Tim Jones, who
was last seen a month ago.

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Now in pairs, answer the following questions.

1. What wildlife is there in your country that is special or unusual?

2. When has a film been a real disappointment to you? Why?
3. If you could lead an investigation into one of the world’s mysteries, what would it be? Why would
you choose that mystery?
4. If you could be a national of a country other than your country, which one would you choose and
why?
5. What is the worst financial loss you have had? What happened?
6. Who raised you as a small child? What did they teach you?

3 Listening for details

Listen to the news report and say how the following are connected to the story.

1. TikTok
2. Facebook
3. Mr Zhai Xinjiang
4. Mr Hun Sen

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4 Listening comprehension
Choose the correct answer to the questions.

1. Where was the owner from?

a. Cambodia
b. China
c. Australia

2. Where was the lion living?

a. in a house
b. in a zoo
c. in a cage

3. How old was the lion?

a. One and a half years old

b. Two years old
c. Three years old

4. What does the owner have to do to keep the lion?

a. Pay a fine
b. Build a cage
c. Feed the lion well

5. How much was the fine?

a. $13,000
b. $30,000
c. $33,000

6. What had happened to the lion before it was taken away?

a. It had not been fed properly.

b. It had been kept in a tiny cage.
c. Its claws and some of its teeth were taken out.

7. Why was the lion given back to the owner?

a. No reason was given.

b. The owner paid money.
c. The Prime Minister likes lions.

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5 Word forms

Part A: Use a dictionary to complete the definitions of the following words by writing in the missing
extracts.

becoming smaller finding out living in non-stop flow

the importance to cut down to get smaller to watch

1. stream (n) - a of images or sound over the Internet

2. deforest (v) - an area of trees
3. decrease (n) - the process of an amount of something
4. habitation (n) - the act of someone a place
5. decline (v) - in amount, number or strength
6. monitor (n) - a screen used something or display information
7. significance (n) - of a particular thing or action
8. detection (n) - the process of some information

Part B: Now decide on the best forms of the words from Part A to complete the following sentences.

1. Although it is not the capital, Boston is a/an insignificant/significance/significant city in American

history.
2. Scientists have been monitoring/monitor/monitored the amount of air pollution for many years
now.
3. The Brazilian jungle provides a number of different uninhabitable/habitats/habitation for animals
and insects.
4. The police checked the bank’s cameras, but they were unable to detect/detection/detectable any
illegal behaviour.
5. Studies show the number of wild tigers around the world has decrease/decreased/decreasing by
almost 97% in the last 20 years.
6. Between 2000 and 2012, the world lost 2.3 million square kilometres of trees due to forests/
deforest/ deforestation.
7. A local restaurant stream/streamed/streaming the football match live so that everyone could
watch it.
8. There has been a decline/declined/declining in the number of people living in cities since the
beginning of the pandemic.

Now put the answers from Part B in the correct gap in the text on page six.

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The future for our wildlife

How technology is helping our planet

1.
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) stated in their 2020 report that, since 1970, the wildlife on our planet
has (1) by a massive 68%. The reasons for this are largely a result of humans using more and
more natural animal (2) for our homes and businesses as our population increases. The increase
in illegal hunting of, and trade in, protected animals has also had a negative effect. However, there is hope.
2.
Technology has improved to help organisations who aim to protect our wildlife. A (3) problem
for those groups is that the animals they are trying to protect are spread out over such a large area. Take South
Africa’s Balule Nature Reserve in Kruger National Park as one example. The reserve covers over 154 square miles,
so it’s impossible for the rangers to be everywhere at once. This is where technology enters. Live images of the
animals are being (4) on the Internet using camera phones covered with a strong case. Now
thousands of people around the world can watch and warn the rangers if they (5) any unusual
activity, such as seeing fences being broken, or hearing gunshots.
3.
Yet this is just one area where technology is helping protect our wildlife. Environmental scientists are using
satellites and data to watch out for illegal fishing and measure levels of (6) across the planet.
Drones and underwater microphones are being used to study the behaviour of endangered whales, hopefully
giving us information to help their numbers rise again. Rangers can also fit tracking collars onto animals to
help with (7) their movements and understanding them. The WWF is working together with
other organisations, such as Google, to combine images taken by cameras with available data to help them make
decisions more quickly. It wasn’t long ago where the same job was being done using a pen, paper and a GPS and
it took far, far longer.
4.
Now students in classrooms around the world can watch these beautiful animals in their natural habitat and
learn to appreciate them, while also actively helping them. There are still many challenges ahead if we want to
slow down and stop the (8) in our worldwide wildlife populations. But, with technology and
education working together, that challenge may be just a little easier.
Source: bbc.co.uk; livingplanet.panda.org

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6 Reading comprehension

Decide if the following statements are True, False or Not Given.

The WWF report shows that the planet’s wildlife population has declined by just over two thirds in the
last 50 years.

1.

People illegally buying and selling endangered animals is part of the reason for the loss of wildlife.

2.

Until now, protecting animals from illegal hunting has been quite easy.

3.

Advances in technology have made phones with cameras quite cheap for park rangers.

4.

Illegal hunters can now be seen or heard by many, many people.

5.

We don’t have any way of knowing how many trees are big cut down around the world.

6.

Even though we have more technology now, some information is still collected using basic methods,
such as pen and paper.

7.

Using technology, we should be able to stop the loss of wildlife within the next ten years.

8.

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7 Talking point
In pairs, discuss the following questions.

1. What did you think about the news report? Do you think the lion should have been returned to
the owner, or not? Why?
2. Why do you think the lion was returned to the owner?
3. Is there any wildlife in your country which is endangered? Why is it endangered?
4. What can be done to stop the loss of wildlife in your country and around the world?
5. Do you think that in future there will be an increase in wildlife, or not? Why?

8 Extended activity/homework
Write a short newspaper article giving:

1. information about the problem of the loss of wildlife around the world
2. possible solutions for the problem

Use information from the article, the news report and your own research to help.
You should:
• Write at least 200 words.
• Check your grammar, spelling and punctuation.

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