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    Gabon has lost 80% of its elephant population over the past decade according to a new report, with around 25,000 elephants being slaughtered by poachers. The phrase "an elephant in the room" refers to a serious problem that people are aware of but don't want to discuss. The document is from the BBC Learning English site and provides a news story on declining elephant populations in Gabon as well as language learning content including vocabulary definitions and a challenge to understand the meaning of the idiom "an elephant in the room."

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    Gabon has lost 80% of its elephant population over the past decade according to a new report, with around 25,000 elephants being slaughtered by poachers. The phrase "an elephant in the room" refers to a serious problem that people are aware of but don't want to discuss. The document is from the BBC Learning English site and provides a news story on declining elephant populations in Gabon as well as language learning content including vocabulary definitions and a challenge to understand the meaning of the idiom "an elephant in the room."

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    Gabon has lost 80% of its elephant population over the past decade according to a new report, with around 25,000 elephants being slaughtered by poachers. The phrase "an elephant in the room" refers to a serious problem that people are aware of but don't want to discuss. The document is from the BBC Learning English site and provides a news story on declining elephant populations in Gabon as well as language learning content including vocabulary definitions and a challenge to understand the meaning of the idiom "an elephant in the room."

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    BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

    BBC News
    Broadcast 21 February 2017

    The story

    A new report says Gabon has lost 80% of its elephant population over the past decade.

    Researchers in the United States say that about 25,000 of the pachyderms have been
    slaughtered.

    Language challenge

    What does the idiom 'an elephant in the room' mean?

    a) A project is a waste of money.


    b) There's a serious problem people are aware of but don't want to discuss.
    c) There's not enough space.

    News Review © British Broadcasting Corporation 2017


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    Answer

    b) There's a serious problem people are aware of but don't want to discuss.

    Vocabulary

    carnage
    the killing of large numbers of people or animals

    poachers
    people who catch and kill animals illegally

    decimate
    destroy or kill a large number

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