I08 - ER1 - Alejandra Espejo

I08 -  Alejandra Espejo

Extensive Reading Report - Intermediate

1. Title of the article:  U.S. Says Yes to Importing 18 Elephants From Swaziland

2. Source of the article (link): http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160122-Swaziland-Elephants-Import-US-Zoos/

3. Author's name: Christina Russo

4. Before you read, look at the picture(s) if any, as well as the title. What do you think the article will be about?

I think the article will be about elephants in their natural habitat and the difference between      captivity and wildlife. Because the image of the article shows the elephants in their environment.

This article is about elephants endangered because the rate of elephant poaching has increased  for their ivory.

5. Read the article and describe what you understand of it in as much detail as possible.

This is a discussion between Conservationists and Proponents of the Import and The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about import 18 elephants to three zoos of the USA.

There are three male elephants and 15 females.

In the other hand, 80 conservationists signed a letter in October condemning the proposed import. They said that removing elephants from their environment is unethical, they propose to relocate them to other parks in Africa. In that way, they can't damage parks and crowd out rhinos. And Room for Rhinos that said that the move is essential for their rhinos, will be happy.

Also, the zoos gave $450,000 in exchange for the elephants. Studies shows that the infant mortality rate of elephants in U.S. zoos was high that of elephants in the wild. Most elephants died from injury or disease linked their captivity.

People say that they will be fine, they will be safe. But others said that these elephants were condemned to a life in a prison. But the decision has already been taken.

    

6. Vocabulary Use: Choose 05 new vocabulary items (words, collocations or idiomatic expressions, etc.) and write their meanings and 02 examples related to your real experience.

• Among: Between

• She said that she needed a job among others things.

• Her new marriage caused a division among her family

• Detrimental : Something which tending to cause damage

• Global warming would be detrimental to the wildlife.

• His decision might be detrimental to his future,

• Nonprofit : Without interest

• Peru has NonProfit Institutions which help people.

• My friend work at a nonprofit company that protects endangered animals.

• Within: Inside of something

• If you can't travel abroad, you can travel within Peru.

• My brother was relocated within Peru to work in another bank.

• Wildlife : Native fauna of somewhere.

• There are a lot of institutions that try to protect the wildlife.

• Manú National Park was designated a national park for their wildlife.

      

Student's Name: Alejandra Espejo