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READING •
The ugliest animals?
I can read for specific infrormation.
1
Check the meaning of the words in
blue
in
sentences 1–3. Then read the text. Which
sentences does the writer agree with?
1
It’s important to
protect
all animals because
they are all interesting.
2
It’s best to protect the beautiful
species
, not
the ugly ones.
3
A lot of species
become extinct
every year.
Animals in
danger
need our
help
.
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Wild life
The blobfish isn’t the most
beautiful
fish on the
planet and it isn’t the most
common
. It’s a
dull
colour and you don’t usually see it because it lives
1,000 metres under the seas near Australia.
But now the blobfish is famous because people say
that it’s the ugliest animal in the world. There are photos
and articles about it in magazines and on the internet. This is
really good for the blobfish and for other ‘ugly’ animals.
But why?
Every year, thousands of species of
animals become extinct. We often see
information about the most interesting,
the most beautiful and the most
colourful
, such as whales, butterflies or
pandas. But some of the ugliest animals
are also some of the rarest, and they
also need our help.
On lists of the world’s ‘ugliest’ animals,
the blobfish is often number one, but
there are other fantastic creatures on the
lists. For example, the monkey with the
biggest nose (the proboscis monkey) and
the frog with the weirdest face (the purple
frog).
Are they really ugly? No, they’re
interesting and
rare
. The best idea is
to protect all animals.
THINK!
Look at the animals in the box. Which animals do you think are ugly?
eagle
gorilla
frog
spider
bat
crocodile
BLOBFISH
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1.32
Read and listen to the text
again and write
true
or
false
.
1
The blobfish is quite rare.
2
The blobfish sometimes lives in rivers.
3
It’s good that there are photos and articles
about the blobfish.
4
There’s a lot of information about pandas, but
not whales.
5
The purple frog is on the ugliest animals list.
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VOCABULARY PLUS
Use a dictionary to check
the meaning of the words in
blue
in the text. For
more practice go to page 32 in the Workbook.
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USE IT!
Work in pairs. Do you know the
names of any animals in danger? Which animals
do you think are ugly and beautiful?