The Environment and Animals

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Activity 1
Work with your partner to match the following words with the pictures below.

elephant fur shower bath dolphin whale polar bear panda tiger koala bear

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10.

Activity 2
Read all the sentences below and guess your partner’s answers to the true or false questions.
Then make questions from the statements and use them to begin a conversation with your partner.

1. My partner thinks that eating meat is wrong. True/False?

2. My partner saves water by having showers instead of baths. True/False?
3. My partner protects animals by refusing to wear fur. True/False?
4. My partner enjoyed going to the zoo when s/he was a child. True/False?
5. My partner likes watching wildlife documentaries on TV. True/False?
6. My partner thinks it is wrong to have exotic pets. True/False?
7. My partner lives near a park. True/False?

Activity 3
Read all the following questions then use them to begin a conversation with your partner.

1. Do you think any of the animals above will become extinct in your lifetime? Why/not?
2. Do you think we should prevent animals from becoming extinct? Why/not?
3. Do you agree with keeping animals in zoos? Why/not? What alternatives are there?
4. Do you agree with cloning animals? Why/not? Should we clone endangered species to stop
them becoming extinct?
5. Is it important to have parks and other green areas in towns and cities? Why/not?
6. How could the environment in your home town or city be improved?

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