USA destroys 6,000kg of ivory

The Reading / Listening - Level 1

Conservationists (people who want to protect animals and the Earth) say poaching will stop if it is unprofitable. If the killers cannot make money, they will not kill elephants. A conservation group said: "Any time we can remove ivory from the marketplace, it’s a win for elephants." A worldwide ban on selling and buying ivory started in 1989. It has helped elephants, but the world needs to do much more.

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Sources

http://www.voanews.com/content/authorities-crush-ivory-anti-poaching-message/1790646.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/15/us-officials-crush-6-tons-illegal-ivory-to-send-global-anti-poaching-message/
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ivory-destroy-20131114,0,3214835.story

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The Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	Hunters kill them	a.	in Africa are dying
2.	the USA burnt	b.	with information
3.	carvings	c.	6,000 kg of ivory
4.	stop	d.	buys and sells ivory
5.	Many elephants	e.	and sell the ivory
6.	This is difficult	f.	the killing
7.	The USA will give $1 million to anyone	g.	and jewellery
8.	a group in Laos that	h.	to stop

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PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	people who want	a.	it is unprofitable
2.	poaching will stop if	b.	selling and buying ivory
3.	the killers cannot make	c.	group
4.	they will not	d.	do much more
5.	A conservation	e.	the marketplace
6.	remove ivory from	f.	to protect animals
7.	A worldwide ban on	g.	kill elephants
8.	the world needs to	h.	money

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

Elephants (1) ___________________. Hunters kill them and sell the ivory from their tusks. The USA (2) ___________________ and protect elephants. On Thursday, the USA burnt 6,000 kilograms of ivory, (3) ___________________ jewellery. The USA wants to tell people who kill elephants (4) ___________________. Many elephants in Africa are dying. This (5) ___________________. The USA will give $1 million to anyone with information (6) ___________________ Laos that buys and sells ivory.

Conservationists (people (7) ___________________ animals and the Earth) say poaching (8) ___________________ unprofitable. If the killers (9) ___________________, they will not kill elephants. A conservation group said: "Any time we can remove ivory (10) ___________________, it's a win for elephants." A worldwide (11) ___________________ buying ivory started in 1989. It has helped elephants, but the (12) ___________________ much more.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Elephantsareindanger.Hunterskillthemandselltheivoryfromtheirt
usks.TheUSAwantstostopthisandprotectelephants.OnThursday,t
heUSAburnt6,000kilogramsofivory,includingcarvingsandjeweller
y.TheUSAwantstotellpeoplewhokillelephantstostopthekilling.Man
yelephantsinAfricaaredying.Thisisdifficulttostop.TheUSAwillgive$
1milliontoanyonewithinformationaboutagroupinLaosthatbuysand
sellsivory.Conservationists(peoplewhowanttoprotectanimalsandt
heEarth)saypoachingwillstopifitisunprofitable.Ifthekillerscannot
makemoney,theywillnotkillelephants.Aconservationgroupsaid:"A
nytimewecanremoveivoryfromthemarketplace,it'sawinforelepha
nts."Aworldwidebanonsellingandbuyingivorystartedin1989.Ithas
helpedelephants,buttheworldneedstodomuchmore.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about elephants for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Answers

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