Warm up

To warm up and get the students’ attentions to the class.

This warm-up activity may take about five minutes. In the “How would you respond?” exercise, the teacher can let students provide their choices, but short answers are preferred so that it won’t take too much class time.

1. Directions: You will listen to a conversation between a man and a woman about adopting a laboratory dog. After listening, complete the exercises in “What did you hear?” and “How would you respond?”

(1) What did you hear?

Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to what you have heard.

1) (T/F) The woman wanted a dog that wasn’t used for testing at first.

2) (T/F) The scientists wouldn’t permit the tested dogs to be adopted.

3) (T/F) The tested dogs were quite friendly but looked funny or damaged.

4) (T/F) The woman decided to give one of these tested dogs a better life in the end.

Key for reference

1) T  2)F  3)F  4)T

 

(2): How would you respond?

Please give your personal opinions by choosing one of the answers in the following two questions.

1) Would you like to adopt a dog that was tested?

A) Yes.

B) No.

C) Probably.

2) Do you think animals have the right to live a better life?

A) Yes.

B) No.

C) Probably.

Key for reference

All the choices are acceptable.

 

Audio Script: 

W: Where should I get a dog?

M: Go to the animal rescue centre for laboratory dogs.

W: How awful! I wouldn’t want a dog that was used for testing because it would have problems.

M: No, these dogs were tested, but they were not affected by the research, so the scientists have permitted them to be adopted.

W: But it might be afraid of me because humans have been hurting it whilst testing.

M: No, it won’t. I recently went there with my cousin, and the dogs were quite friendly.

W: Do they look funny or damaged? I want a cute dog.

M: They look like normal dogs and are very cute. It would be nice if you could give one of these dogs a chance for a wonderful life after they contributed to science.

W: I agree. It would make me happy to give a better life to a dog that helped to give me a better life.