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BBC News 27th October
BBC News 27th October
Is This Legit?
STAN CASE: Is this legit? The Amazon (1) _________________in the world. Not legit! The
Amazon is the world's second longest river, (2) ________________4,000 miles across South
America.
New Amazon Species
AZUZ: It is the Nile that is the longest river. But when it comes to rainforests, the Amazon is the
(3) ______________________ the world, home to an incredible collection of plants and animals.
And more are discovered every year. Just how many more? There's a new report from the World
Wildlife Fund that says that(4) _________________________, from 1999 to 2009, more than
1,200 new plant and animal species were discovered in the Amazon.
That(5) _______________, like a new anaconda snake. Amphibians, including 24 new poison
dart frogs. Mammals, like the Bolivian river dolphin. And more than 600 new(6) ______________.
One official with the World Wildlife Fund says "the Amazon is the single most important place on
Earth" when (7) _________________biodiversity. That's because it's home to 10 percent of the
known species in the entire world.
Miners Honored
AZUZ: Chile is honoring 33 men who were rescued from a mine earlier this month. Hundreds of
(8) ______________________a ceremony at the Chilean presidential palace, where President
Sebastian Pinera gave each man an award, his country's flag, and a model of the (9) _________.
After the ceremony, the miners played a soccer match against the men who rescued them.
Everyone wore the number 33 on their jerseys. That was in honor of the miners; there were 33
miners rescued. (10) ________________match, but they did keep score, and the miners lost 3-2.