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Thursday, May 23, 2013Unit 10. Extra: animals

a. Discuss the following questions:1. Do you have any pets? If not, would you like to have one? 2. What are the most popular pets in your country? 3. Do you consider yourself an animal lover?

b. You are going to read the ‘About us…’ section of the website Best Friends, one of the largest no-kill animal facilities inthe US. Best Friends is overseen by a team of skilled animal rehab experts who try to resocialize animals with a history ofabuse or violence:

Best Friends Animal Society Is...

Best Friends is working with you -- and with humane groups all across the country -- to bring about a time when there areNo More Homeless Pets.

The sanctuary, at the heart of southern Utah's Golden Circle of national parks, is home, on any given day, to about1,500 dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, birds and other animals.

In our home state, Best Friends manages a model No More Homeless Pets campaign with shelters and humanegroups statewide to ensure that every healthy dog or cat that's ever born can be guaranteed a loving home.

The mission of Best Friends is driven by the simple philosophy that kindness to animals helps build a better world forall of us. And the work of Best Friends is supported entirely through the donations of our members and supporters.Through the generous hearts and hands of people like you, we can ensure that animals who come into the care of BestFriends will never again be alone, hungry, sick, afraid, or in pain.

Thank you for being part of this work of love.

Source: http://www.bestfriends.org/aboutus/

c. Explain in your own words what the main objective of Best Friends is.

d. Find words in the article that match the following definitions:

1. something which someone gives to a charity or organization. 2. small building made to protect from bad weather or danger. 3. across or throughout one of the states in the USA. 4. place where people in danger go to be safe. 5. without a home to live.

e. Discuss the following questions:

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1. Are there animal rights groups where you live? 2. Is it usual to see stray or abandoned animals in your country? 3. Have you ever donated money to any animal societies?

Posted by Sergio at 8:12 PMLabels: Reading, Speaking, Unit 10

3 comments:

Sergio said...

d. 1. something which someone gives to a charity or organization. DONATION2. small building made to protect from bad weather or danger. SHELTER3. across or throughout one of the states in the USA. STATEWIDE4. place where people in danger go to be safe. SANCTUARY5. without a home to live. HOMELESS

May 23, 2013 at 8:14 PMPablo Frutos said...

a.1. No, I haven't any pets. I don't want to have a pet now. Actually, I prefer to live in a house without animals, although I love them. 8years ago I had a cat (he died in , whose name was "Coco"), and I'll never forget "him".2. The most popular pets in Spain are dogs, and secondly cats. A lot of people have birds too, for instance parakeets.3. Yes, I do. In fact, I thought of become a veterinary when I started university, but I eventually decided to study computer science.

c.The main purpose of Best Friends is to provide a home to all kind of homeless pets.

e. 1. Are there animal rights groups where you live? > I don't know.2. Is it usual to see stray or abandoned animals in your country? > Yes, is it. It's often to see homeless animals in roads andtowns.3. Have you ever donated money to any animal societies? > No, I have never did. I prefer to donate money to children-protectionorganizations.

May 25, 2013 at 8:57 PMgina said...

a)Yes, I have a pretty cat called Pertusa, but I would like to have a dog when I ll have my own house.b)I think the most popular pets in Spain are dogs and cats, too. But recently there are people who like to have exotic animalsand I m totally desagree with this.c)Yes, I have loved animals since I have knowledge and for this reason I decided to study veterinary.d)Best Friend is an organization, whose main objetive is secure a healthy life for homeless animal.1.e)Are there animal rights groups where you live?Yes, I know some organizations that work with volunteers and supporters that collaborate with their donations for help homelessanimals.2.e)Is it usual to see stray or abandonated animals in your country?Yes it is, mainly in summer when people go vacation for a few days and their pets is became a nuisance for them.3.e)Have you ever donated money to any animal societies?Yes in this time I collaborate with a small monthly donation to an organization, where all kind of animals are collected and areprovided them a shelter, food and veterinary care

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