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Zoos
Pre-Reading
A. Warm-Up Questions

1. Is it cruel to place animals in zoos?

2. Will zoos one day be banned in your country?

3. hat s the di erence bet een

a zoo and an animal refuge? 1. É cruel colocar animais em zoológicos?
2. Os zoológicos um dia serão proibidos em seu país?
4. o you en oy atching hales 3. Qual é a diferença entre um zoológico e um refúgio de animais?
or dolphins in aquariums? 4. Você gosta de observar baleias ou golfinhos em aquários?

B. Vocabulary Preview

atch up as many ords and meanings as you can.

Chec this e ercise again a ter seeing the ords in conte t on page 2.

1. modernized a the money earned above the costs

2. pro ts b to not elcome

3. funding c updated, made ne

4. enclosure d returning good health and safety to animals

5. natural habitat e the ideal surroundings or a speci c type o animal

6. captivity money rom outside sources to help ith a program

7. endangered species g a safe place to look after sick or at-risk animals

8. animal refuge h a par that contains ater species also the tan itsel

9. aquarium i to become a highly discussed issue

10. rehabilitation an animal group that is at risk of dying out completely

11. reject a secure area for animals in a park or zoo

12. heat up l opposite o the ild

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Você foi a zoológicos quando criança?

Reading
Poderíamos viver sem zooss? Alguns
parques zoológicos são educacionais.
Zoológicos modernizados em grandes
ZOOS cidades usam os lucros para proteção e
Can we live without them? pesquisa da vida selvagem. Zoológicos
menores têm financiamento limitado. É muito
1. id you go to oos as a child Could e live ithout oos Some caro construir recintos de zoológicos que
zoological parks are educational. Modernized zoos in large cities use funcionem como o habitat natural de um
profits or ildli e protection and research. Smaller oos have limited animal.
funding. It is very costly to build zoo enclosures that function like an Alguns grupos de direitos dos animais
animal’s natural habitat. pensam que o cativeiro é cruel e
desnecessário. Eles argumentam que os
2. Some animal rights groups thin captivity is cruel and unnecessary.
animais nunca devem ser enjaulados para
hey argue that animals should never be caged or public vie ing.
exibição pública. Os zoológicos do futuro
Will future zoos be limited to endangered species parks and animal
serão limitados a parques de espécies
refuges? Many aquariums are moving in this direction. he ne ameaçadas e refúgios de animais? Muitos
focus is on rehabilitation for animals rather than entertainment aquários estão se movendo nessa direção.
or humans. O novo foco está na reabilitação de
3. Reintroducing captive animals to a natural habitat is tricky. Hunting animais, em vez de entretenimento para
humanos.
in forests and oceans can be less attractive than being hand-fed
by humans. Many rehabilitated animals are rejected by their o n Reintroduzir animais em cativeiro em um
species. rainers understand that it is ris y to or ith ild animals. habitat natural é complicado. Caçar em
The zoo debate heats up henever a deadly attac occurs in public.
florestas e oceanos pode ser menos
atraente do que ser alimentado à mão por
e no a lot about animal behaviour rom oos. e also no a lot
humanos. Muitos animais reabilitados são
about dinosaurs. o did e learn so much about the . re ithout
rejeitados por suas próprias espécies. Os
observing it in person?
treinadores entendem que é arriscado
trabalhar com animais selvagens. O debate
sobre o zoológico esquenta sempre que um
Comprehension ataque mortal ocorre em público. Nós
sabemos muito sobre o comportamento
animal dos zoológicos. Também sabemos
iscuss these uestions in pairs. hen rite the ans ers in your noteboo .
muito sobre dinossauros. Como
aprendemos tanto sobre o T. rex sem
1. hat problem do oos ith limited unding have observá-lo pessoalmente?
2. What do animal rights activists usually say about zoos?

3. What does the reading say about aquariums?

4. What sometimes happens to captive

animals that are reintroduced to the ild

5. Why does the reading mention dinosaurs?

1. Qual é o problema dos zoológicos com financiamento limitado?

2. O que os ativistas dos direitos dos animais costumam dizer sobre zoológicos?
3. O que a leitura diz sobre aquários?
4. O que às vezes acontece com animais em cativeiro que são reintroduzidos na natureza?
5. Por que a leitura menciona dinossauros?
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Vocabulary Review
A. Complete the Sentences

Complete the sentences using a vocabulary ord rom page 1.

Some ords may not be used.

1. The elephants need a much larger than the tigers.

2. Without , the oo could not a ord to stay open.

3. here as an attac by a iller hale at the .

4. here is a gro ing list o that need protection.

5. In the program, trainers taught the dolphin ho to hunt or its o n ood.

6. any animals live longer in the ild than they do in .

7. Some oos put all o their bac into programs such as ildli e protection.

B. Choose the Correct Word

Choose the ord that best describes the underlined ord in the sentence.

1. In their natural habitat, 3. Modernized zoos have 5. here ill be a ne animal

animals no here to enclosures that are close to refuge for endangered tigers
hunt or ood and here the animal s natural habitat. opening soon.
to nd ater.
a  smaller a  research
a  surroundings in the ild b  mechanical b  sa e haven
b   ater source c  rehabilitating c  a uarium
c   ood chain d  updated d  large enclosure
d   amily at home
4. The argument heated up
2. The mother bear rejected hen the oo announced that
the young cubs and le t another panda had died.
them to die in the cold.
a  ended
a  stayed ith b  intensi ed
b  gave birth to c  calmed do n
c  denied d  teamed up
d  remembered

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Discussion
1. ould you ant to or in a oo hy or hy not

2. Should schools organi e eld trips to the oo, or is it

enough to teach about animals ith boo s and videos

3. Why do animal attacks happen in zoos?

4. hat should oos do ith pro ts

Class Opinion
Walk around the class and ask your classmates questions.
rite their ans ers in the chart belo .

Should humans try Which animals

Should all zoos
Classmate’s name: to save endangered should NOT be
be non-profit?
wild animals? placed in zoos?

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Listening
Fill in the blanks as you listen to the recording.

ZOOS
Can we live without them?

1. id you go to oos as a child Could e live ithout oos Some

zoological parks are . Modernized zoos in
large cities use pro ts or ildli e protection and research. Smaller
zoos have limited funding. It is very costly to build zoo enclosures
that unction li e an natural habitat.

2. Some animal rights groups thin captivity is cruel and

. They argue that animals should never be
caged or public vie ing. ill uture oos be limited to endangered
species parks and animal refuges? Many aquariums are moving in this
direction. he ne ocus is on rehabilitation or animals rather
than for humans.

3. Reintroducing captive animals to a natura

is tric y. unting in orests and oceans can be less attractive than
being hand ed by humans. any rehabilitated animals are re ected by
their o n species. rainers understand that it is ris y to or ith ild
animals. he oo debate heats up henever a deadly attac occurs
in public. e no a lot about animal behaviour rom oos. e also
no a lot about dinosaurs. o did e learn so much about the
. re ithout it in person?

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Answer Key
LESSON DESCRIPTION: TEACHING TIPS: LEVEL: Int

The zoo debate heats up every time an
animal in captivity attacks a human or
dies unexpectedly. In this lesson, students
discuss hether oos are necessary
or not. This lesson includes a reading,
a gap ll tas , vocabulary revie , and
comprehension and discussion uestions.
See Discussion Starters Teaching Guide TIME: 1.5–2 hours
(https://esllibrary.com/courses/72/lessons/)
TAGS:  discussion, debate,
for a variety of ways to use the reading.
environment, zoos, animal rights,
polar bears, captivity

Pre-Reading Vocabulary Review

A. WARM-UP QUESTIONS A. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

ave students or in small groups or as a class. 1. enclosure 4. endangered 6. captivity

2. funding species 7. pro ts
B. VOCABULARY PREVIEW 3. aquarium 5. rehabilitation

1. c 3. f 5. e 7. j 9. h 11. b
B. CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD
2. a 4. k 6. l 8. g 10. d 12. i

1. a 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. b
Reading (and/or Listening)
Discussion
Read individually, in small groups, or as a class. You can also play
the listening as your students read along. gap ll version o the ns ers ill vary.
reading is available on page . elp your students ith vocabulary Can be done individually or in small groups or pairs.
and e pressions that they are un amiliar ith.

Class Opinion
Comprehension
ave your students al around the class and complete the survey.
1. It is di cult or small oos to build enclosures
similar to an animal’s natural habitat.
Listening
2. Animal rights activists believe that animals
should not be caged or public vie ing.
1. educational, animal’s
3. According to the reading, many aquariums are shifting
2. unnecessary, entertainment
their focus to animal needs rather than human interests.
3. habitat, observing
4. hose animals are o ten re ected by their o n species.
5. The reading mentions dinosaurs to get the reader to think
about the topic in a ne ay. umans have learned a lot
about dinosaurs ithout seeing these creatures rsthand.

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