Try the online quiz, reading, listening, and activities on grammar, spelling and vocabulary for this lesson on Zoo Awareness Day. Click on the links above or see the activities below this article:
READ
Zoo Awareness Day (ZAD) is a day on which people question the place and value of zoos in the twenty-first century. It is organized by the Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS), which says zoos are mainly for tourism rather than protecting animals. CAPS says that even though many zoos promote themselves as places of education, conservation and research, they are really just a tourist attraction. ZAD is to make people aware that animals in zoos suffer from physical and psychological problems because they are in cages. CAPS says the “protection of natural habitats is the only way to prevent further species decline”. The organization says people today can learn about animals from the Internet and by looking at high definition TV.
So what do people do on Zoo Awareness Day? CAPS hopes you are concerned enough about animal rights to join different campaigns. Suggestions include holding peaceful protests outside zoos, writing letters to newspapers and setting up information stalls to tell people that animals belong in the wild. CAPS says: “We don’t need zoos anymore….Keeping these beautiful creatures caged up and bored to tears for our sake is just plain wrong.” What do you think of zoos? Are they necessary in this day and age? Everybody agrees that we should protect animals and ensure their survival, but do zoos actually help this? Maybe some of the world’s zoos do play a role in conservation and education, but there are others in which animals do suffer.
Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/ and assorted sites.
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PHRASE MATCH
Match the following phrases from the article.
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people question the place
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for tourism
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zoos are mainly
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suffer
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many zoos promote themselves
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and value of zoos
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animals in zoos
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further species decline
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the only way to prevent
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from the Internet
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learn about animals
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as places of education
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you are concerned enough
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ensure their survival
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holding
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in the wild
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animals belong
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in conservation
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bored to
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about animal rights
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protect animals and
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peaceful protests
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zoos do play a role
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tears
LISTENING GAP FILL
Zoo Awareness Day (ZAD) __________________ people question the place and value of zoos in the twenty-first century. It is organized by the Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS), which says zoos are __________________ rather than protecting animals. CAPS says that even though many zoos promote themselves __________________, conservation and research, they are really just a tourist attraction. ZAD is to __________________ that animals in zoos suffer from physical and psychological problems because they are in cages. CAPS says the “protection of natural habitats __________________ prevent further species decline”. The organization says people today can learn about animals from the Internet __________________ high definition TV.
So what do people do on Zoo Awareness Day? CAPS hopes you are __________________ about animal rights to join different campaigns. Suggestions include holding __________________ outside zoos, writing letters to newspapers and setting up information __________________ that animals belong in the wild. CAPS says: “We don’t need zoos anymore….Keeping these beautiful creatures caged up and __________________ for our sake is just plain wrong.” What do you think of zoos? Are they necessary in __________________? Everybody agrees that we should protect animals and ensure their survival, but do zoos actually help this? Maybe some of the world’s zoos do play a role in conservation and education, but there are others in which __________________.
WHILE READING / LISTENING GAP FILL
Put the words into the gaps in the text.
Zoo Awareness Day (ZAD) is a day on which people __________ the place and value of zoos in the twenty-first century. It is __________ by the Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS), which says zoos are mainly for tourism rather than protecting animals. CAPS says that even though many zoos __________ themselves as places of education, conservation and research, they are really just a tourist __________. ZAD is to make people aware that animals in zoos __________ from physical and psychological problems because they are in __________. CAPS says the “protection of natural habitats is the only way to prevent __________ species decline”. The organization says people today can learn about animals from the Internet and by __________ at high definition TV.
promote suffer organized further attraction looking question cages
So what do people do on Zoo Awareness Day? CAPS hopes you are __________ enough about animal rights to join different campaigns. Suggestions include holding peaceful __________ outside zoos, writing letters to newspapers and __________ up information stalls to tell people that animals belong in the __________. CAPS says: “We don’t need zoos anymore….Keeping these beautiful creatures caged up and __________ to tears for our sake is just plain wrong.” What do you think of zoos? Are they necessary in this day and age? Everybody __________ that we should protect animals and ensure their survival, but do zoos actually help this? Maybe some of the world’s zoos do play a __________ in conservation and education, but there are others in which animals do __________.
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CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD
Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.
Zoo Awareness Day (ZAD) is a day on which people answer / question the place and value of zoos in the twenty-first century. It is organized by the Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS), which says zoos are main / mainly for tourism rather than protecting animals. CAPS says that even though many zoos promote / promotion themselves as places of education, conservation and research, they are real / really just a tourist attraction. ZAD is to make people awareness / aware that animals in zoos suffer / suffering from physical and psychological problems because they are in cages. CAPS says the “protection of natural habits / habitats is the only way to prevent further species decline”. The organization says people yesterday / today can learn about animals from the Internet and by looking at high definition TV.
So what does / do people do on Zoo Awareness Day? CAPS hopes you are concerned enough about animal rights to join different campaigns. Suggestions / Suggests include holding peaceful protests outside zoos, writing letters to newspapers and setting up / down information stalls to tell people that animals belong in the wilder / wild. CAPS says: “We don’t need zoos anymore….Keeping these beautiful creatures cages / caged up and bored to tears / teardrops for our sake is just plain wrong.” What do you think of zoos? Are they necessary in this day / week and age? Everybody agrees that we should protect animals and ensure their survive / survival, but do zoos actually help this? Maybe some of the world’s zoos do play a role / roll in conservation and education, but there are others in which animals do suffer.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Zoo Awareness Day (ZAD) is a day on which people (1) ____ the place and value of zoos in the twenty-first century. It is organized by the Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS), which says zoos are (2) ____ for tourism rather than protecting animals. CAPS says that even though many zoos (3) ____ themselves as places of education, conservation and research, they are really just a tourist attraction. ZAD is to make people aware that animals in zoos suffer (4) ____ physical and psychological problems because they are in cages. CAPS says the “protection of natural (5) ____ is the only way to prevent further species decline”. The organization says people today can learn about animals from the Internet and (6) ____ looking at high definition TV.
So what do people do on Zoo Awareness Day? CAPS hopes you are concerned (7) ____ about animal rights to join different campaigns. Suggestions include (8) ____ peaceful protests outside zoos, writing letters to newspapers and setting up information stalls to tell people that animals belong in the (9) ____. CAPS says: “We don’t need zoos anymore….Keeping these beautiful creatures caged up and bored to tears for our sake is just plain wrong.” What do you think of zoos? Are they (10) ____ in this day and age? Everybody agrees that we should protect animals and ensure their survival, but do zoos actually help (11) ____? Maybe some of the world’s zoos do play a role in conservation and education, but there are others in (12) ____ animals do suffer.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
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(a)
question
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answer
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ask
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inquire
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manly
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mainly
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main
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manliness
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promotion
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holding
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touching
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SPELLING
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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conservation and screahre
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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
Number these lines in the correct order.
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So what do people do on Zoo Awareness Day? CAPS hopes you are concerned enough about animal rights to join
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wrong.” What do you think of zoos? Are they necessary in this day and age? Everybody agrees that we should
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says people today can learn about animals from the Internet and by looking at high definition TV.
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century. It is organized by the Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS), which says zoos are mainly for tourism
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rather than protecting animals. CAPS says that even though many zoos promote themselves as places of
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zoos anymore….Keeping these beautiful creatures caged up and bored to tears for our sake is just plain
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different campaigns. Suggestions include holding peaceful protests outside zoos, writing letters to
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education, conservation and research, they are really just a tourist attraction. ZAD is to make people
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protect animals and ensure their survival, but do zoos actually help this? Maybe some of the world’s zoos do play
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a role in conservation and education, but there are others in which animals do suffer.
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Zoo Awareness Day (ZAD) is a day on which people question the place and value of zoos in the twenty-first
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newspapers and setting up information stalls to tell people that animals belong in the wild. CAPS says: “We don’t need
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cages. CAPS says the “protection of natural habitats is the only way to prevent further species decline”. The organization
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aware that animals in zoos suffer from physical and psychological problems because they are in
SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
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zoos of value and place the question people
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animals tourism zoos rather are than mainly protecting for
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places education promote as of zoos themselves
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people make suffer zoos in animals that aware
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Internet about people animals today from can the learn
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enough animal you concerned about rights are
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wild the in belong animals that people tell
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tears to bored and up caged
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ensure and animals protect should we survival their
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do play a role in conservation some of the world’s zoos
DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about Zoo Awareness Day. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Zoo Awareness Day. Write about what happens around the world. Include two imaginary interviews with people who did something on this day.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. POSTER: Make your own poster about Zoo Awareness Day. Write about what will happen on this day around the world.
ANSWERS
Check your answers in "THE READING / TAPESCRIPT" section at the top of this page.
