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Meeting Penguins

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In this edition of ‘People and Places’ wemeet Meredith Hooper, who's been to Antarcticato get to know the penguins!cientists beliee that the penguins whodepend on ice for "##$their "#$survival aredeclining in numbers their nests on%&ind out wh Meredith thinks the penguins arerather like strong, aggressie people who lie inan e(tremel beautiful place%

Amber: Hello, I’m Amber and ou’re listening to bbclearningenglish%comIn People and Places toda, we meet Meredith Hooper who’s been to Antarctica toget to know these nois creatures%

Actuality)ell, for those of ou who didn’t guess,"#*$ I can "+$reveal that is the sound of the Adlie penguin! Meredith Hooper has been following the lies of the Adliepenguins in Antarctica - she’s written a book called ‘.he Ferocious ummer’"#+$in which she describes the eents from the end of *//# to March *//* "which

is summer time in Antarctica$ when seere weather affected the Adlies duringtheir breeding season% Adlies and 0mperor penguins are the onl ice-dependentPolar penguin species, and scientists beliee that the "#1$Adlies ma be amongthe "1$indicators of how our climate is changing% .heir numbers are falling and thisis linked to the fact that the sea ice is melting and the penguins need this ice tobuild their nests on% As the climate changes, the penguins are losing their "2$habitat, their home "#2$environment% o what is Antarctica like3 )ell, it’s anabsolutel ast space, "4$s!rawled across the bottom of the world, and it has ice *to 1 kilometres thick weighing it down% 5ut "6$according to Meredith Hooper, "#4$itis "7$utterly beautiful% As ou listen to her describing Antarctica, tr to catch whshe is so ‘ama"ed and "8$enchanted# b the place% If ou’re ‘enchanted’ bsomething, ou are charmed and "#/$delighted b it%

I$ %ar& the correct answers:

'$ A% Meredith Hooper has been to Antarctica%5% Meredith Hooper wants to know about Amber’s life%

9% Meredith Hooper thinks the penguins are pets%:% Meredith Hooper sas that penguins are increasing innumbers%

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($ A% .he penguins are declining in numbers because of water%5% .he penguins lie in an e(tremel beautiful place%9% .he penguins are losing the ice because of climate change%:% .he penguins need to build their nests in water%)$

A% Adlie penguins are not affected b the weather during their breeding season%

5% Adlies and 0mperor penguins aren’t the onl ice-dependent Polar penguin species%

9% Adlie penguins leae in ;reenland%%

:% Adlie penguins are er aggressie%

*$

A% cientists beliee that the Adlies are the main proes of how our climate is changing%

5% cientists beliee that the penguins who depend on ice for their surial are increasingin numbers%

9% cientists beliee that the sea ice is melting and the penguins need to build their nestsin the water%

:% cientists beliee that the penguins are creating a new habitat$

+$

A% Antarctica is a ast space where the tourist used to go%

5% Antarctica is sprawled across the top of the world%

9% Antarctica is sprawled across the bottom of the world%

:% Antarctica has ice * to 4 kilometres thick weighing it down%

II$ ,hoose the de-inition closest in meaning to the words as used in the te.t above:

/'0 <survival1

a$ surrounding b$ enironment c$ e(istence d$ displa

/(0 <melting1a$ defrosting b$ free=ing c$ boiling d$ >udging

/)0 <reveal1a$ diulge b$ bring in c$ dissole d$ anticipate

/*0 2indicators1a$ means b$ signs c$ plans d$ models

/+0 <habitat1

a$ enironment b$ behaiour c$ sense d$ aspiration

/30 2s!rawled1a$ compacted b$ towards c$ sered d$ spread

irregularl/40 2according to1

a$ inconse?uence

b$ in an argumentc$ as far as

d$ due to

/50 2utterly1a$ speciall b$ absolutel c$ usuall d$ intermediatel

/6$ <enchanted1a$ dangerous b$ seen c$ charmed d$ reminded

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/'70 2delighted1a$ hpnotised b$ rubbed c$ eaten d$ charmed

III$ Indicate what each word written in bold in the te.t re-ers to$

/''02their1a$ scientists b$ penguins c$ numbers d$ the eents

/'(02I1a$ Meredith

Hooper b$ Amber c$ the scientist d$ the penguin

/')02in which1a$ Meredith

Hooper’s bookb$ enironmentc$ habitat

d$ climate

/'*02Adlies1a$ a continent b$ a cit c$ polar bears d$ polar penguin

species/'+0 2environment1a$ pace b$ .reatment c$ nature

d$ the placewhere a

penguin buildsits nest

/'30 2it1

a$ radiob$ the placewhere a

penguin buildsits nestc$ Antarctica d$ 0nironment

I8$ ,hoose the answer that com!letes the te.t:

%eredith 9oo!er

I’m #6 Australian and I didn’t grow up withsnow and ice, and I am totall ama=ed and enchantedb the beaut of ice and it draws me #7 to Antarctica, to be honest% Ice is there in all forms and#8 and colours% It’s like an endless sculpture% It’salso er forbidding% .here are a hundred-foot ice cliffsthat are breaking into the */ with intensedrama and beaut - deep blues *# thecracks - and ou watch ** compulsiel,wondering when the ne(t slide *+ comeand then, suddenl, there’s a crack!

Amber: o Meredith sas she didn’t grow up with snow and *1 @ she’s an Australian!.hat’s partl wh she’s so captiated b *2 % 5ut most of all, she’s impressed *4 the beaut of the ice, which ‘cracks’ or breaks une(pectedl as it *6 and then slides into

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the sea% Botice she compares the ice with ‘an endless *7 @ it’s like a beautiful three-dimensional work of *8 that appears +/ no end% 5ut for all its beaut,she sas Antarctica is also a ‘er +# place @ it’s hostile, dangerous and +* %

Amber: Be(t, Meredith talks about the Adlie ++ % he sas ‘the’re eerbod’s idea’of the ‘classic’ Antarctic penguin% ‘9lassic’ means of +1 ?ualit and a perfect e(ampleof +2 kind% .hen Meredith uses seeral ‘human words’ to +4 the penguins @ wordswe can use to describe people% .r to pick these +6 %

%eredith 9oo!er Ah, I think the’re eerbod’s idea of the +7 Antarctic penguin% .he’re nois @ ou heard the +8 %.he smell wonderful% .he smell of rich liing to 1/ !ome people don’t like it! )hen ou’re with them, ou think it’s awonderful smell! .he’re C I’m 1# to use humanwords @ the’re 1* aggressie% .he first e(plorersthought that the stoleD the thought that the fought, the 1+that the argued% I 11 to respect them hugel @the’re tough, the’re 12 D the hae a er 14

life%

#6%a$ a b$ an c$ the d$ in

#7%a$ down b$ in c$ back d$ on

#8%a$ shapes b$ tpes c$ colours d$ kinds

*/%a$ earth b$ cit c$ ice d$ sea

*#%a$ inside b$ outside c$ other side d$ another side

**%a$ it b$ them c$ him d$ us

*+%a$ are b$ were c$ will d$ could

*1%a$ water b$ sun c$ rain d$ ice

*2%a$ the penguins b$ the water c$ Antarctica d$ snow

*4%a$ of b$ on c$ in d$ b

*6%a$ melts b$ melt c$ is melting d$ has melt

*7%a$ painting b$ sightsee c$ iew d$ sculpture

*8%

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a$ art b$ >o c$ nature d$ ;od

+/%a$ haing b$ to hae c$ to hae had d$ to haing

+#%a$ beautiful b$ nois c$ cold d$ forbidding

+*%a$ threatening b$ charmed c$ enchanted d$ cold

++%a$ continent b$ penguins c$ ?ualit d$ people

+1%a$ outhern b$ Indian c$ Antarctic d$ Borthern

+2%a$ its b$ them c$ his d$ our

+4%a$ see b$ improe c$ be d$ describe

+6%a$ out b$ in c$ down d$ off

+7%a$ polar b$ classic c$ beautiful d$ nois

+8%a$ music b$ water c$ sound d$ people

1/%a$ ou b$ it c$ me d$ us

1#%a$ writing b$ leaing c$ going d$ reading

1*%a$ seemed b$ considered c$ spoken d$ seen

1+%a$ thought b$ think c$ had thought d$ hae thought

11%a$ learned b$ used c$ studied d$ wanted

12%a$ clean b$ thousands c$ tough d$ determined

14%a$ good b$ peaceful c$ hard d$ innocent

8$ Find the match o- the words in bold:

#% enchanted*% habitat

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a) home environment

b) the descent of a mass of snow

c) of the highest quality, a perfect eample of its !ind

d) astonished

e) a three"dimensional wor! of art

f) obsessionally

g) without end

h) dangerous and threatening

i) charmed, delighted

#) ma!e somebody to return

!) sincere

l) rupture

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/obsessionally

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/obsessionally



+% a scul!ture1% -orbidding2% classic4% ama"ed6% to draw bac&7% honest8% endless#/% crac&##% com!ulsively#*% slide

8I$ ;hich are the roots o- the -ollowing words<

0ndless&orbidding&ollowing

5reeding)eighing.otall

9ompulsielEne(pectedl:angerous

.hreateningHugel

8II$ Find as many words as you can using the root word:

:raw0(istHabitFie

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