Protecting Wild Animals

Question 1

Useful Links

Answer 1

Find out more about animals in danger of extinction
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?
direction=desc&sort=extinction_status
Tool to simplify reading texts
https://rewordify.com/
Find out more about ways to protect threatened animals here:
https://www.endangered.org/15-ways-to-help-protect-endangeredspecies/

Question 2

What’s the grammatical mistake?

Answer 2

When talking about animals, many students make the following mistake:
Polar bear is in danger 😣
What it should be, is one of the following:
Polar bearS ARE in danger 😁
THE polar bear is in danger 😁

When talking about animals in general we should use either the singular
with ‘THE’ or use the p

Question 3

IELTS Speaking Vocabulary: Protecting Wildlife
Here is some useful vocabulary you should know to help you talk
confidently about this topic

Answer 3

To be extinct = to no longer exist
The dodo was a flightless bird, but it is now extinct

Question 4

The following expressions mean something may become extinct in
future:

Answer 4

To be in danger of extinction
To be endangered
To be critically endangered
To be a threatened species
To be a vulnerable species

Question 5

The following words mean to kill an animal

Answer 5

To poach = to kill an animal illegally
To hunt = to chase and kill an animal (can be legal)
To slaughter = to kill livestock usually for food

Poach:
شکار غیر قانونی حیوانات که باعث انقراض اونا بشه

Question 6

Vocabulary connected to the Environment

Answer 6

Ecosystem (n.) = a natural environment, where everything is connected.
A balanced ecosystem
To be out of balance
Killing animals can put the ecosystem out of balance
Habitat (n.) = living space of animals
The natural habitat
Species (n. singular and plural)
Population (n.)
The population of turtles is decreasing

To live ….
in the wild (in nature)
in the wilderness
in the jungle
in the rainforest
in the desert
in the sea
In the tundra

Question 7

2) Listen again and fill in the gaps with one word only.
3) 2) Listen again and fill in the gaps with one word only.

Answer 7

Answers:
Note, you must write only one word, but there is more than
one possible answer in some cases.

1. It is far too _costly / expensive____ to save endangered animals
2. The money is __better___ spent saving humans
3. We are not _dependent / reliant_____ on Pandas, so there is no
   need to save them
4. When animals ___disappear______ it is just nature at work
5. We shouldn’t ___stop_/ prevent ______ nature from taking its
   course

Question 8

Listening Tape script:
Should we protect wild animals?

Answer 8

The first reason not to bother with protecting some endangered species is the astronomical cost. Surely, there are better ways to spend those millions of pounds, such as education, hospitals, starvation and the like.

What’s more, some species like the wolf are a danger to humans, as well as the livestock we keep. Why should we save them? As for the cute panda, it’s not like we depend on them, surely it’s just a waste of money trying to rescue them from the brink of extinction. (The edge of extinction)
Let’s not forget as well, mass extinctions happen as a part of nature. Remember the dinosaurs? If the disappearance of certain species is a part of nature, why should we interfere

Question 9

How we can protect endangered animals

Answer 9

• Build sanctuaries or zoos
• Set up conservations centres
• Stop poaching and hunting
• Reduce deforestation
• Raise awareness of the issue (on social media)
• Help the endangered animals to breed (=to reproduce)
• Provide food and shelter
• Don’t interfere with / in their habitats
• Support a charity like WWF
• Stop buying products that come from hunted animals

Sanctuaty:
معانی دیگر: محل تحصن، تحصنگاه، جای بست نشینی، زنهارگاه،
(ناحیه ای که در آن از جانوران حفاظت می شود و کسی حق شکار وغیره ندارد) ایمنگاه، مناص، منطقه حفاظت شده، پرستشگاه، معبد، کنشت، کلیسا،
(در کلیسا یا کنیسه) جای بسیار مقدس (مثلا در اطراف محراب)، حرم مطهر

Question 10

Idioms to talk about wild animals

Answer 10

Like a bull in a china shop = clumsy
شبیه به یک گاو در یک مغازه چینی که همه چیز را به هم میریزد.
به معنی بهم ریختن هر چیزی ، انداختن و شکستن و … . دست و پا چلفتی

To have the memory of a fish = short memory

I feel like a fish out of water = don’t feel comfortable
احساس غربت

That’s another kettle of fish = something completely different
مشکل ، گرفتاری ، دردسر ،

**I drink like a fish **= too much (alcohol)

Question 10

Idioms to talk about wild animals

Answer 10

Like a bull in a china shop = clumsy
شبیه به یک گاو در یک مغازه چینی که همه چیز را به هم میریزد.
به معنی بهم ریختن هر چیزی ، انداختن و شکستن و … . دست و پا چلفتی

To have the memory of a fish = short memory

I feel like a fish out of water = don’t feel comfortable
احساس غربت

That’s another kettle of fish = something completely different
مشکل ، گرفتاری ، دردسر ،

I drink like a fish= too much (alcohol)

To wreak havoc = cause big problems (chaos)
خسارت وحشتناکی به بار اوردن
Poaching is wreaking havoc with the ecosystem

I don’t stand a chance = have no possibility / it’s very difficult
These animals don’t stand a chance, unless we protect them

**To be on the brink of **= on the edge of / not the verge of
Pandas are on the brink of extinction
در آستانه چیزی بودن

**The elephant in the room **= the obvious thing that nobody is talking
about