Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004
Taken
from the news section in
www.onestopenglish.com
KEY
1 Key
Words
1.
habitat
2.
moratorium
3.
smokescreen
4.
mantra
5.
ivory
6.
thrives
7. poacher
8. wipe out
2
What do you know?
1. a; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b
3 Comprehension
check
1. T; 2. F; 3. T; 4. F; 5. T; 6. T; 7. F; 8. F
4
Vocabulary 1
Find the word
1.
massacre, wipe out, slaughter, exterminate (also destroy)
2. in perpetuity
3.
stockpile
4.
to
slash
5. to sway
6. resurgence
5
Vocabulary 2
Collocations
1.
against
2.
from
3.
from
4.
in
5.
on
6.
for
7.
to
8.
on
6 Grammar
focus
1.
selling
2. to ban
3. opening
4. to restrict
5. to profit
6.
to trade
7. to protect
8. exterminating
Topical news Lessons
Level
Vocabulary and
grammar
Discussion
We need a total ban on ivory sales
Elementary
(includes
key)
Prepositions and the
infinitive.
Intermediate
Word-building and
conditionals
Advanced
Collocations,
gerunds
and infinitives
Should a regulated
ivory trade be allowed?
Extra links:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1321353,00.html
: The original
article with links.
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/index.shtml
: An animal welfare and
conservation charity.
http://www.speciessurvivalnetwork.org/factsheets.htm
:
Detailed fact
sheets about CITES and species survival.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3728038.stm
:
Long-term ivory trade
ban defeat
from the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3314069.stm
:
West Africa's ivory
trade thrives
from the BBC.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/elephants/
: Educational materials on
elephants for the PBS.
Many articles including articles that discuss the reasons behind supporting
the ban can be found by running a search for 'ivory' in these South African
online newspapers:
www.mg.co.za
,
www.suntimes.co.za
and
www.star.co.za
.
Macmillan is not responsible for the content on external sites.
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004
Taken from the news section in
www.onestopenglish.com
Aid agencies warn of Iraq pullout
after kidnappings
Sophie Arie and Luke Harding
There are not many international aid agencies
remaining in Iraq. The few agencies which
still remain are now thinking of leaving after
four aid workers were kidnapped last week.
The aid workers, including two Italian
women, were kidnapped from their
headquarters in Baghdad. Jean-Dominique
Bunel said some aid workers had already left
as a result of this kidnapping and others were
planning to leave very soon.
Mr Bunel said: “Most international non-
governmental organisations are preparing to
leave Iraq and some expatriate staff have
already left. More will leave soon.” He said
he did not know who had kidnapped the
Italians, who work for an organisation called
Bridge to Baghdad, which helps Iraqi
children.
An Iraqi group called Ansar al-Zawahri said it
had kidnapped the women. In a message on
an Islamist website, it said: "This is the first
of our attacks against Italy." The name, which
means Partisans of Zawahri, might be a
reference to Osama bin Laden's deputy
Ayman al-Zawahri.
The security situation in Iraq is getting worse
and almost all the main aid organisations,
including the United Nations, the
International Red Cross and Medecins sans
Frontieres have now left the country. Those
agencies that have stayed now have to
reassess the situation because of the nature of
the latest kidnapping. Twenty gunmen burst
into the organisation's office in central
Baghdad and kidnapped the aid workers. This
was a change in strategy by the kidnappers,
who have not attacked aid workers or women
before, with the exception of one Japanese
woman, who was kidnapped earlier this year.
The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi,
asked opposition leaders to unite with his
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