FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS Y EDUCACIÓN

DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS MODERNAS

PROGRAMA DE LENGUA CASTELLANA E INGLÉS
ADVANCED III
2020-I
NAMES: Carlos Andrés Hostia Villanueva and Jilio Rios DATE: May 29th, 2020

9A ANIMAL PLANET
1. READING
a. Would you say that people in your country are animal lovers? have you ever had a pet? how
attached to it were you?
We would say that in my country some people are animal lovers, we think that everything is to their
liking, many think that animals have illnesses such as allergies, we can see that many humans love
their pets as their children do and I think that the animals are a company at home, in our house we
have had pets like parrots and parakeets, it is the only pet that my mother likes because dogs and cats
are very messy, if we feel attached to the parrot because every morning repeats many words and is
like everyone's alarm clock.
b. Look at the title of the article. Does it imply that the writer likes animals or dislikes them?
The writer refers to people who dislike animals, I consider that they do nor like for hygienic reasons
or their health, for some allergies or lack of time to take care of their pets.
c.
3 his attitude to dogs
1 his current feelings about kittens
7 future plans about pets in his household
5 people's preference for animals over
children
2 his general attitude to cats
6 his children's attitude to animals
4 his childhood experience of pets
d. Read the article again. Choose a, b or c
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
e. Look at the highlighted verbs and expressions related to feelings and try to work out their
meaning. Then match them to1-6,
1. I am content be happy and satisfied with
2. I am positively averse really dislike sth
3. care very little about not feel strongly about
4. adore really love
5. I was sceptical have doubts about sth
6. I can live with that accept sth that isn't perfect

f.
1. B – realistic
2. The writer's attitude is realistic Because it shows animals how they are with their defects, I think that
animals must be trained to behave well.
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d.
1.donkey
2. duck
3. fish
4. chickens
5.horse
6. lion
7.rat
8.birds
9. bark
10.tail
3. Audio 5. 7
1. to
2 to
3 is
4 does
5 should
6 have
7 so
8 are
The function of these words is to avoid repetition.

4 PRONUNCIATION

1
A Do you like dogs?
B No, I don’t, but my husband does.
A So does mine. We have three Alsatians.
2
A I went to Iceland last summer.
B Lucky you. I’d love to go there. Did you see any whales?
A No. I wanted to, but I got seasick, and I mostly stayed in my cabin.
3
A Allie doesn’t have any pets, does she?
B She does have a pet. She has a hamster.
A Ugh. I don’t like hamsters.
B Neither do I. They’re too much like mice.
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d.

We should stop eating meat

2. It reduces pollution 3. It's cheaper
1. Being vegetarian is better
for your health Chemical and animal waste from If you give up meat, you could
farms is responsible for a lot of save money, up to E2,000 a year.
Vegetarian diets are healthier, and polluted rivers and streams and is
70% of cancers are diet-related. one of the greatest threats to water
Being vegetarian reduces the risk quality today.
of e.g. obesity, coronary artery
disease, high blood pressure,
diabetes, and certain types of
cancer.
Being a vegetarian also means
being slimmer.
Vegetarians live on average 13
years longer than meat eaters.

f.

We should not stop eating meat

2. Fruit and vegetable 3. Being vegetarian in the
1. A diet which includes all farms are also bad for UK is very expensive
the main food groups is the environment.
much healthier The prices of fruit and vegetables
The majority of fruit and have gone up a lot in recent years,
Omega-3, found in fish, is good vegetable farms still use pesticides but meat prices haven't.
for our physical and mental and insecticides. Chemicals used
health. Meat eaters have stronger by these farmers get into water
bones. supplies.
Growing fruit and vegetables uses
a lot of water. This can lead to
shortages or even droughts.
Vegetarians produce more gases
like hydrogen, carbon dioxide,
and methane.

6 SPEAKING
a.

1. It's something I feel very strongly about.

2. Well, I don't feel particularly strongly about it either way.
3. I have to say I am completely against zoos nowadays.
4. I don't entirely agree with you.
5. Well, I'm absolutely convinced that the animal does not want to be there.
6. I'm quite sure that kids could get the same amount of pleasure from seeing animals in
the wild.