Read and complete Violet's presentation. Then listen and check. How doo Hello everyone. 1) Can I ask you all to close your
for a minute and picture this: the young ones are playing
climbing, rolling in the mud and having fun, while the
mothers relax close by, keeping an eye on them. When
are you? At a playground? No! You're on a mountam
Mountain gorillas are wonderful animals, but they cou
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Violet begin and end her presentation?
Another reason
Canlask you all
So, let's see why
To begin with today
Did you know
Il leave you today
Africa watching a group of amazing mountain gorille
I'd like to tell you at
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become extinct if we are not careful. There are only ab
700 of them left! 2)
things about these gentle giants. 3)
they were only discovered in 1902? They live in the thi
mountain rainforests of Africa, so they are quite well-hida
from the world. Mountain gorillas look scary, but really they are very gentle creatures who live toget
in families and are mostly vegetarian. The family has got a big, male leader, called a silverback
Silverback looks after his family and will only become aggressive when he thinks his family is in dan
He's just a good dad!
4)
mountain gorillas might be in danger. Well, there's hunting for one thing. Hunters
the gorillas for food. They also chop off body parts to sell as souvenirs. That's disgusting!5)
the gorillas are in danger is that their homes are disappearing People are chopping down the te
in the rainforests for land, firewood and houses.
Today, people are working hard to protect mountain gorillas, their forests and their way of life ir
mountains. But why is this work so important? 6)
with something to think about.
Fossey, the famous scientist who studied mountain gorillas, once said: "The man who kills
animals today, is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow."
2. The Kremlin is in the center of Moscow.
3. Exercise 6 is on the next page.
4. There is a picture for the oral presentation on the 20th page.
5. There were some mistakes in his report.
6. There is nothing interesting in this article.
7. The original of Levitan's painting "At the pool" is in the Tretyakov Gallery.
8. There are a lot of full water rivers in Siberia.
9. How many theaters are there on Sverdlov Square? - There are three theaters on Sverdlov Square.
10. Where is the Bolshoi Theatre? - It is on Sverdlov Square.
11.There are many historical monuments in Leningrad.
12. There were no schools in many Russian's villages before The October Revolution.
When did the shop open?
What opened some time ago?
Did the shop open sone time ago or 2 years ago?
The shop opened some time ago, didn't it?
Will the last train leave the station at 11.30p.m?
When will the last train leave the station?
What will leave the station at 11.30p.m?
Will the last train leave the station at 11.30p.m or 11.40 p.m?
The last train will leave the station at 11.30p.m, won't it?
Have all the students read this interesting book?
What have all the students read?
Who has read this interesting book?
Have all the students read this interesting book or only some of them?
All the students have read this interesting book, haven't they?