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a Discuss the following questions with your partner.

1 What are the possible reasons that make
animals become extinct?
2 Are there any local or universal organisations
or funds that you know for protecting
animals?
3 Do you know when the 'World Animal Day' is?
What is its mission?
illegal and excessive hunting, climate change as a
result of global warming and pollution. If we go on
b Read the text and guess the meanings of the exploiting the world like this, we will lose it sooner
highlighted words and phrases. or later.

SPEAK UP FOR THOSE The latest Living Planet Report revealed the shocking
WHO HAVE NO VOICE! fact that the animal population declined by fifty-eight
per cent between 1970 and 2012 and this is an urgent
Life on the Earth is extremely diverse. There are call. Humans have to take actions immediately. If they
about two million species in the world identified by want to support the organisations like WWF (the
the scientists so far. However, they predict that there World Wildlife Fund), they can adopt an animal or
are much more species than the number we know. donate money to this fund. To save endangered and
Scientists are discovering new species continually vulnerable animals and set things right, we should
and they believe that the identified number is just also be aware of these animals, their habitats and find
one in four. Some of these identified species have new solutions to the food and energy problems of
already gone extinct and we know about them humankind. If we want to be the part of the solution,
through scientific expeditions, researches and fossil we can also celebrate 4 October, the World Animal
records. Some others are rare, critically endangered Day, and raise awareness about these issues.
and at high risk of extinction.
According to a recent survey which was conducted c Match the highlighted words and phrases in the
by American Museum of Natural History, a great text to the meanings below.
number of all living species will be threatened with 1 : to be likely to cause harm
extinction soon. In fact, extinction doesn't necessarily
result from human actions. We know that there were 2 : causing a lot of destruction
extinct species way before human existence, yet the 3 : to correct something
main reason for the dramatic decline in biodiversity 4 : knowledge that something
is destruction of natural habitat by people. Unless exists
we take some precautions, biologists estimate that
twenty per cent of all living species will be extinct 5 : easy to be harmed or hurt
by 2028. The loss of biodiversity will inevitably result 6 : to take someone/
in human extinction, too. Some man-made and something as your own and take care of it
catastrophic reasons behind it are deforestation, 7 : to use something for your
advantage unfairly

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