Chapter 4 Part II handout

Chapter 4 Part II Handout

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II. Examples

Part I Animals Feel the Heat, Flee Their Habitats

Exercise 1: Listen to the news report and get the main idea.

What is the main theme of this news?

A. People have been sweating out high temperature this summer.

B. Animals flee their habitat because of the heat.

C. The snake wrangler is not rattled by the drought.

D. People take protective measures to keep snakes out.

Exercise 2: listen to the news report again and fill the blanks with the exact words or phrases.

Katie Couric:they have been sweating out in record heat this summer. But they’re not the only ones. From rattlesnakes to bears, 1_______,great and small, are fleeing their

natural habitats while the mercury 2____. And, as Sandra Hughes reports, they’re

turning up in some pretty unlikely places.

Bo Slyapich:this is what I find in people’s yards.

Sandra Hughes: rattlesnakes----everywhere. More than Bo Slyapich has seen in

his 20-year career as a snake wrangler. The 3 ________ and extreme heat have

combined to drive the thirsty and venomous creatures to close for comfort---back

decks, play equipment –anywhere they can find shade. What are they looking

for？

Bo Slyapich: food. Just like you go to the supermarket to go shopping, they come to our homes to go shopping.

Tom Mahan(homeowner): Not too far from those steps 4______, there was a four-foot rattlesnake.

Sandra Hughes:homeowner Tom Mahan has found rattlesnake sipping from his pool. Now he’s taken 5__________.

Tom Mahan: half-inch grid galvanized fencing around the three-acre perimeter here, which keeps

99 percent of any types of snakes out.

Sandra Hughes: deer and coyotes are coming down from the hills, too. This disoriented bear climbed up a utility pole in triple-digit heat.

Paul Edelman: (the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy) it is uncharted 6____________. It’s the equivalent of the stories you see with the big droughts in the African

Serengetti plains where the animals drop three feet, you know, three feet before

they get the water hole.

Sandra Hughes: in Utah, officials say the drought may have played a role in turning this black bear into a killer. It had to be euthanized after breaking into a family’s tent and

7__________ a little boy. Wildlife sightings used to be reserved for trips to the

Zoo. But experts 8_____________ global warming will bring more extreme

droughts, putting more animals in danger. High in the mountains the smallest

member of the rabbit family is disappearing. The pika dies when overheated. Dr. Terry Root (Standford University): 9 _________ that are on the tops of mountains, they don’t