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Unit 4 Reading & Listening Activities
Reading
[ Animals of Australia
| Australia is home to many unusual animais. What makes these animals unique?
| Famous animals Strange animals, Dangerous animals
‘The kangaroo is the animal that everyone: ‘One very strange Austalian animal is the One very dangerous animal in Austalia is
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Quickly look at the title, the pictures and the text. Then choose the correct
answer: a, b or c.
Where can you find this kind of text?
@a tourist brochure b a science book @a book of animal facts
2 Read the text again. Check (7) the words or phrases that describe the platypus.
1 webbed feet 5 soft fur
2 feathers 6 gets wet easily |_|
3 beak rH 7 carries babies in a pouch [_ |
4 deadly[_]
Listening
1 4 Listen to the interview and circle the things that Ben usually takes pictures of.
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2 Q& Listen again and choose the correct answer: a b, or c. —
1 Where can you see Ben’s photos?
(on a website binamagazine con television
2 What is Ben's favorite picture of?
aatarantula b people @a goat
3 What is in the funny picture?
aagoat ba trog a spider
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