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Listening: Moving People To Action

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LISTENING Moving people to action

A. Watch photographer Joel Sartore talking about the photo Ark.


What does he mean when he talks about ‘’moving people to action?’’:

The photographer Joel Sartore refers to immortalize the memory of species that may be endangered, in
this way, foment promote respect for animal life and to preserve an image that will last along the life,
! Could Save species ¡

B. Watch again. Complete the sentences with the words you hear.

1. ‘’my goal is to get people to wake up and say ‘whoa! that’s _amazing_ _!’ ‘’
2. ‘’I shoot ___thirty thousand (30,000)_ pictures a year, minimum.’’
3. ‘’maybe ____three or four___ are keepers.’’

C. CRITICAL THINKING
do you agree that photographs can ‘’move people to action?’’ discuss with a partner.

I agree with him, these can inspire you to preserve what we see in this images, however, it is necessary
that each image can represent something deeper, sensitize the human to act.

SPEAKING talking about endangered animals

A. What is the biggest threat to the Sumatran elephant?

A: Hey! Check out these elephants.


B: Cool! Are they African elephants?
A: No, they’re Sumatran elephants. Oh, how awful. It says here that they are facing extinction. -----o------
are endangered/ could become extinct
B: That’s terrible. Does it say why?
A: Um … it’s mostly because people are cutting down the rain forest. But another reason is that people
illegally hunt --------o------illegal hunting/poaching and kill them.
B: How many are there -----o------ remain/ still live in the wild?
A: Let’s see … between 2,400 and 2,800.
B: They’re such beautiful animals. I really hope people can find a way to save ----o---- help/protect them.
B. Practice the conversation with a partner. Practice again using the words on the right.
C. Work with a partner to make note about an endangered animal. Join another pair and share your
information.

animal Where do they live Why are they endangered ?


Pandas are endangered mainly
due to habitat loss. Humans have
cleared much of the bamboo
forests that pandas need to
Wild pandas live only in remote, survive.
mountainous regions in central Pandas also have difficulty
Giant panda China. reproducing, due to their
mainly in Sichuan, but also in extreme choosiness about their
neighbouring Shaanxi and Gansu. mates, their low-nutrient milk
and the fact that they usually
only have one viable cub at a
time.
Poaching is also an issue for
pandas, since panda skins and
pelts are valuable on the black
market.
P1: Mountain gorillas live in Africa
P2: Yeah, and they’re endangered because they’re losing their habitat.

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