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2 Watch the video clip and check (√)the true statements according to the clip.

○1 The trade in endangered animals is growing.

○2 There have been a thousand rhinos slaughtered in South Africa.

○3 Medicines, live animals and ivory are the main items seized by UK customs .

○4 Live endangered animals which are smuggled in to the UK are sent back to the countries they came from.

○5 Many of the items will be used for education and research, but the rhino horn will be destroyed.

3 Watch the video clip again and complete the sentences.

  1 Ivory and rhino horn, trophy animals and Chinese medicines, it's a multimillion pound            .

  2 This year, Sky News has            with rhinos in South Africa, clearly seeing the damage done by poachers, and it's thought the number of rhinos killed there might            this year.

  3 ...they're anticipating 1,000 rhinos to be slaughtered in South Africa, er,            .

  4 The items held in this warehouse have also been smuggled illegally, often            sent by courier(走私者，（黑社会中的）联络人） or parcel post...

  5 There's            in reptiles(爬行动物),tortoises(陆龟) for example are enormous problems,and turtles(海龟), often confiscated(缴获，没收).

  6 But the rhino horn will be destroyed, and prevented from ever               .

4 Work in pairs and choose the best words or expressions to complete the passage

    The trade in endangered animals is on the increase. For example, a thousand rhinos will be shot in South Africa this year because their horns are used in alternative medicine. UK customs officials have confiscated (1)       items, (2)       times more than the year before. They include(3)       of illegally imported medicines, (4)       endangered live animals, such as reptiles,tortoises and turtles, and over (5)       items made from ivory. The items are sent by post or  by courier and are intercepted at the UK's posts and airports. Endangered animals brought in alive are rehomed across the country, but (6)       in particular are difficult to find homes for. Education and research benefit from many of the items, but the rhino horn will be destroyed, to stop it going back onto the black market.

 

1(a) 25 million       (b) 2.5 million              

   (c) 25 billion         (d) 2.5 billion

2 (a) 4                       (b) 6                            

   (c) 8                       (d) 10

3(a) 40 kilos         (b) 400 kilos                

  (c) 4,000 kilos      (d) 40,000 kilos

4(a) 39                  (b) 93                         

 (c) 193                 (d) 930

5(a) 30                 (b) 130                        

(c) 300                  (d) 3,000

6(a) rhinos            (b) snakes                    

(c) pythons            (d) tortoises and turtles