4 ESO MJSB

1 Listen to two linguistics students talking about whether or not animals can speak and have feelings. Match the people to the opinions
below. Choose the woman, the man or both.

1 Parrots can communicate their affection.

     
2 Saying the words ‘I love you’ doesn’t prove an animal has feelings.
     
3 Humans can’t communicate with cats.
     
4 Koko the gorilla could express her feelings.
     
5 Dogs do not have human emotions.
2 Listen again
and fill in the gaps:

a) Alex could say over (1) ____________________ words in English. He used to say ‘I love you” to the (2) _________________ who (3) ________________
him.

b) If I make some cat (4) ____________, does that (5) __________ that I can (6) ____________ cat? Can I express (7) ____________ or (8)
_______________ to a cat?

c) Koko (9) ____________________ speak. She used (10) ____________________ language.

d) Koko couldn’t (11) ____________________ a conversation the same as a (12) ____________________.

e) Koko hated (13) ____________________ a (14) ____________________.

f) Dogs understand (15) ____________________ but not (16) ____________________. If you say to a dog “bad dog”, in a(17) ____________________ tone,
the dog will (18) ____________________ his (19) ____________________ and be happy. If you say “good doggie”, in an (20) ____________________ tone,
the dog will be (21) ____________________.
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g) Dogs can’t use a (22) ____________________ in a way human use (23) ____________________.