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2 Unit 11 Man's best friend

Consolidation activities

1- Rewrite the following text with all the necessary punctuation marks.

the elephant in the room

the uncomfortable truth behind one of south east asia s most popular attractions

when not being made to give rides elephants are often chained so tightly they re
barely able to move elisa allen PETA director tells me in the wild these highly
emotional animals have complex social networks they experience the same
loneliness and grief that humans do

elephant tourism has long been a feature of trips to thailand or the indian
subcontinent whether it s riding them washing them in the river or merely posing
with their trunk wrapped around your arm

in 2014 world animal protection commissioned a report the findings made for
pretty shocking reading highlighting the systematic abuse by mahout elephant
tamers upon their elephants in the name of tourism

The Elephant in the Room

The uncomfortable truth behind one of South-East Asia’s most popular
attractions

“When not being made to give rides, elephants are often chained so tightly
they’re barely able to move,” Elisa Allen, PETA Director, tells me. “In the
wild, these highly emotional animals have complex social networks. They
experience the same loneliness and grief that humans do.”

Elephant tourism has long been a feature of trips to Thailand or the Indian
subcontinent. Whether it’s riding them, washing them in the river, or
merely posing with their trunk wrapped around your arm.

In 2014 World Animal Protection commissioned a report. The findings

made for pretty shocking reading, highlighting the systematic abuse by
mahout (elephant tamers) upon their elephants in the name of tourism.
2- Match each pattern of text organization (1-7) to a paragraph A-G.

1- Chronological __B__
2- Order of Importance __D__
3- Spatial / Descriptive Writing __G__
4- Compare and Contrast __C__
5- Problem and Solution __E__
6- Cause and Effect __A__
7- Sequence / Process Writing __F__

A- The dodo bird used to roam in large flocks across America. Interestingly,
the dodo wasn’t startled by gun shot. Because of this, frontiersmen would
kill entire flocks in one sitting. Unable to sustain these attacks, the dodo was
hunted to extinction.

B- Jack and Jill ran up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke
his crown and Jill came tumbling after.

C- Linux and Windows are both operating systems. Computers use them to run
programs. Linux is totally free and open source, so users can improve or
otherwise modify the source code. Windows is proprietary, so it costs
money to use and users are prohibited from altering the source code.

D- Here are the three worst things that you can do on a date. First, you could
tell jokes that aren’t funny and laugh really hard to yourself. This will make
you look bad. Worse though, you could offend your date. One bad “joke”
may cause your date to lash out at you, hence ruining the engagement. But
the worst thing that you can do is to appear slovenly. By not showering and
properly grooming, you may repulse your date, and this is the worst thing
that you can do.

E- Thousands of people die each year in car accidents involving drugs or

alcohol. Lives could be saved if our town adopts a free public taxi service.
By providing such a service, we could prevent intoxicated drivers from
endangering themselves or others.

F- Eating cereal is easy. First, get out your materials. Next, pour your cereal in
the bowl, add milk, and enjoy.

G- When you walk into my bedroom there is a window facing you. To the right
of that is a dresser and television and on the other side of the window is my
bed.
3- Fill in the spaces with one word.

'The Lion's Share': how Disney made millions from a poor Zulu artist's song

In 2000 journalist Rian Malan wrote 1) __AN__ article for Rolling Stone
magazine titled In the Jungle. It revealed the hitherto mostly unknown story of a
Zulu musician named Solomon Linda 2) __WHO__ had recorded, together with
his group The Evening Birds, a song called Mbube, or The Lion, which Malan
said 3) __WAS__ "turned into a record that became a very big hit".

Linda's original composition would later find 4) __ITS__ way into the hands of
American folk legend Pete Seeger, who recorded it with his band the Weavers 5)
__AS__ Wimoweh and credited the composition to a fictional character named
Paul Campbell, an alias used 6) __BY__ the Weavers' record company
Folkways in order 7) __TO__ allow them to collect the publishing royalties for a
song which they believed to 8) __BE__ a traditional Zulu arrangement.

The song went 9) __ON__ to become probably the most recognized melody to
come from Africa - covered by everyone from Tight Fit to R.E.M and Timon
and Pumbaa in the Lion King film and musical.

It was estimated that US and SA record companies and Disney had made about
$16m off a song that had come from Linda's recording, 10) __WHILE__ the
composer died penniless in 1962 - his family so poor they couldn't afford money
for a proper tombstone.

4- Choose the most suitable word or expression to complete the following

sentences.

these days - for the time being - back then - at one time – afterwards - after
a while - by then - suddenly - before long - meanwhile

1- I worked until 6pm. __By then__, I was glad for the opportunity to grab a
bite with my colleagues.
2- I’ve got an embarrassing anecdote. __At one time__ I lost my door key and
had to stay in a hotel.
3- __For the time being__ I’m living in a small town, but I hope to move soon.
4- We went downtown to chill out after so much work. However, __after a
while__, we got bored.
5- __These days__, I don’t have much of a social life. Luckily, I had my share
of fun when I was in my twenties!
6- It was awful! I was delivering the presentation to the CEOs.
__Meanwhile__, my phone was ringing insistently.
7- I worked all day in the office. __Afterwards__, I went shopping.
8- The house was quite. __Suddenly__, I heard the door slam.
9- I didn’t have to wait much in the restaurant. __Before long__, the waiter
came up.
10- My mother started work as a nurse in the 1960s. __Back then__ nurses were
badly paid.