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Ask your partner some more questions on the text.

  1.  Activity 3. You have been invited to participate in a workshop on the European Convention. Ask your trainer questions about the history of the Convention. Here are some of them.
  2.  Activity 4. Complete the sentences in the judge's opinion given below, translating the phrases in brackets. After you've done it, check with the keys that follow the text.
  3.  Activity 5. Ask your classmate questions about the ratifications of the Convention and Protocols thereto by members states of the Council of Europe.
  4.  And now give the full answers to these questions.
  5.  Answer the following questions (Work in pairs).
  6.  Answer the following questions.
  7.  Answer the following questions.

4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:

accent, structure, to domesticate, classified, essential, gunned for, richness, set apart, unseeing, grown-ups, love, medicines

1) Originally Aristotle divided all living things between plants and animals.

2) Animals are also distinguished from plants, algae, and fungi by lacking cell walls.

3) Since the earliest times, people have hunted wild animals for their meat, skins and fur.

4) The first farmers began to tame wild animals to feed the growing population.

5) The process of domestication played a vital role in the development of human civilization.

6) Dogs can be taught to guide blindpeople.

7) Some animals are kept in laboratories to help find cures for certain diseases.

8) Some studies involve altering the genetic makeup of animals or producing clones.

9) In good modern zoos, the emphasis is placed on educating the public about wild animals.

10) Many adults and children keep animals as pets.

11) Pets provide their owners with companionship and affection.

12) Some animals migrate to find warmer habitats with an abundance of food.

5. Finish the sentences using the text.

1) Originally Aristotle divided all living things ...

2) In Linnaeus 'system, these became the kingdoms ...

3) Animals as a category have several characteristics that ...

4) They digest food in an internal chamber, which ...

5) They are also distinguished from plants, algae, and fungi ...

6) Since the earliest times, people have hunted wild animals for ...

7) Then in about 10,000 BC, the first farmers began ...

8) This process called domestication, ...

9) Some domesticated animals, including many breeds of dogs, have been ...

10) Many animals are trained to work ...

11) Dogs are particularly intelligent animals and ...

12) Although many people consider it cruel, ...

13) Zoos allow people to see animals ...

14) Many adults and children keep ...

13) Pets provide their owners with ...

14) An animal's living place is called ...

15) Most animals are only adapted to live in ...

16) Some animals migrate in the spring and again in the fall ...

6. Translate.

1) Тварини мають кілька характерних рис, які відокремлюють їх від інших живих істот.

2) Тварини - гетеротрофні істоти, тобто прямо або побічно харчуються іншими живими істотами.

3) Вони відрізняються від рослин, грибів і водоростей тим, що не мають клітинних стінок.

4) З давніх-давен люди полювали на диких тварин заради їх м'яса, шкур і вовни.

5) Процес одомашнення тварин грав життєво важливу роль в розвитку людської цивілізації.

6) Собаки - дуже розумні тварини, і тому їх можна навчити супроводжувати сліпих, пасти стада овець, відшукувати наркотики і вибухові речовини і допомагати поліції вистежувати злочинців.

7) У зоопарках можна побачити тварин з усіх кінців світу, а також вивчати їх повадки.

8) Деяких тварин утримують в лабораторіях, і на них апробуються нові лікарські препарати.

9) Дослідження показали, що люди, які мають домашніх тварин менше потерпають від стресів.

10) Місце, де живе тварина, називається його середовищем проживання.

11) Деякі тварини мігрують навесні і восени в пошуках палені.

7. Summarize the text "People and Animals". Use the following beginnings:

The text reports on ...

The text touches upon ...

A careful account is given to ...

It is reported that ...

Much attention is given to ...

The text points out that ...

The text deals with the problem of ...

The text provides information on ...

The text defines the phenomenon of ...

The text covers such points as ...

8.Work in pairs. Speak and express your opinion on the facts below. Use the following expressions:

- I think (suppose) ...

- In my opinion ...

- In my view ...

- I agree (do not agree) that ...

a) The process of domestication played a vital role in the development of human civilization.

b) Many animals are trained to work for people because of their skills.

c) Some animals are kept in laboratories and used to test new medicines.

d) Zoos play important role in educating people about wild animals.

e) Many adults and children keep animals as pets.

f) Studies have shown that people with pets suffer less from stress.

 People and Animals |  Read the text and choose the headline.


 Unit 3 People and Nature |  Word Study |  Match a word from list A with its definition in list B. |  Reading for Speaking and Discussing |  Supply, scarcity, protection,, threatened, sustain, elimination, catch, unable, differ, emit |  Translate. |  Reading for Understanding |  Select the statement that best expresses the main idea of ??the text. |  Find some interesting information about plants on the Internet. Retell it. |  Match a word from list A with its definition in list B. |

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