Tigers in South East Asia

8/7/2019 Tigers in South East Asia

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http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/animals-news/tigers-

greater-mekong-vin.html

Tiger Trade slashes cats¶numbers

Watch the video.

Do the listeningexercise.

Listening

1 In hoeveel jaar is het aantal tijgers 70% minder geworden?

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2 Hoeveel tijgers waren er in het laatste Jaar van de Tijger?

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3 en hoeveel zijn er nu?

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4 Hoe komt het dat het aantal zoveel minder is geworden?

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5 Er wordt nog steeds gestroopt en gejaagd op tijgers.

Wat voor voorbeeld laat de film zien?

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6 Wat is er met dode tijgers uit het filmpje gebeurd?

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7 Wat wil de WWF bereiken? Noem 2 redenen.

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8 Waarom is het jaar 2010 speciaal?

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9 Wat is het doel van de conferentie?

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Tiger Trade Slashes Cats' Numbers

The numbers of tigers in the wild in the South East Asia have dropped by more

than 70% in little more than a decade. That¶s the claim in a new report from the

WWF (World Wildlife Fund).

The organization says there were an estimated 1200 tigers in the Greater

Mekong region during the last Year of the Tiger in 1998. Today WWF estimates

there are only about 350 there. Wild tigers have even been wiped out in several

reserves, set up to protect them. The Greater Mekong region includes China,

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The reason for the drop: WWF

says the tiger crisis has developed because of deliberate and large scale illegal

hunting of tigers for body parts, mostly for use in traditional medicine.

Here tiger parts are seen displayed for sale on a street in Bangkok. Enforcement

of poaching has had limited success, such as these scenes from Vietnam (show)1,

where illegally poached tigers and carcasses were confiscated by authorities.

The WWF hopes to raise awareness and funds to stop the poaching. Accordin g to

the Chinese Zodiac, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger and later this month ministers

from thirteen tiger-range countries will meet in Thailand for a conference on tiger

conservation.

It¶s hoped the governments will agree on future needs in protecting thes e big

cats from extinction.

1Woord wordt niet genoemd in de video, toegevoegd om de zin te laten kloppen



Vocabulary

Exercise 1

Link the words to their meaning:

1. decade

2. claim

3. estimated

4. reserves

5. includes

6. deliberate

7. scale

8. displayed

9. poaching

10.confiscated

11.awareness

12.agree

13. extinction

a) without survivors

b) a period of 10 years

c) state, say

d) shown

e) land used for protection

f) catching game illegally

g) taken away by authority

h) noting or realizing something

i) on purpose

j) calculated roughly

k) contains

l) level, size

m) have the same opinion



Exercise 2

Use these words and put them in the right sentence.

Decade, claim, estimated, reserves, including, extinct, deliberately, scale, display,

poaching, confiscate, aware, agreement.

1. All the wild animals were protected by placing them in a

««««««««««««««.

2. People were afraid tigers would become ««««««««««.

3. The «««««««««.. tipped over to the wrong side: I lost.

4. Police will «««««««««««««««««the profits made by criminals in illegal

operations.

5. The political parties signed an «««««««««««««..; they will try to rule the

country together.

6. In a few ««««««««««««««.most wild animals will not live in the wild

anymore.

7. The white collar criminal ««««««««««««..that all the profits were entered

properly into the books.

8. Is this the price ««««««««««.«.«.taxes, or do I have to add another 19%

VAT?

9. Hunters used to place traps to catch all kinds of animals, like beavers and

foxes for their fur. This is illegal «««««««««««««««««10. Are you ««««««««««««..of the difference between Siberian and Sumatra

tigers?

11. He is a sincere person. If I have to make an «««««««««««««.guess, I

would say that 99% of his intentions are good.

12. The poacher took a «««««««««.shot at the trapped fox to end its misery.

13. The two girls love to go window-shopping. They take their time to look at all

the items on «««««««««««««««..



Exercise 3

Homonyms zijn woorden die 2 betekenissen hebben. Zoek de betekenissen op.

1. Deliberate: a. «««««««««««««««««««««

b. «««««««««««««««««««««

2. Claim a. «««««««««««««««««««««

b. «««««««««««««««««««««

3. Reserve a. «««««««««««««««««««««

b. «««««««««««««««««««««

Exercise 4

Opposites zijn tegenovergestelden. Schrijf het tegenovergestelde woord op in het

Engels.

1. Including «««««««««««««««««««««..

2. Agree «««««««««««««««««««««..

3. To drop «««««««««««««««««««««..

4. More «««««««««««««««««««««..

5. New «««««««««««««««««««««..

6. To sell «««««««««««««««««««««..

7. According to «««««««««««««««««««««..

8. Later «««««««««««««««««««««..

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