Задание 11 Юнит 4 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 7 класс

Read Tracy’s letter to The RAP. What is Tracy worried about? What question does she ask The RAP readers?

Dear RAP readers,

Recently I’ve read about a bird called the passenger pigeon, or wild pigeon—it lived in North America a century ago. It was a beautiful, swift and graceful bird. There were thousands, even millions of them. I was surprised to find out that today there is not even one left. All living passenger pigeons disappeared from the earth entirely. The passenger pigeon became extinct.

It happened for many reasons. The main one is the change in the pigeons’ natural habitat, in the environment. These birds needed large forests, but farmers needed land, so they cut down forests. No forests—no food for the birds.

Second, many pigeons were shot for sport and because they were good to eat. At that time, there were no hunting laws to protect endangered species like there are now. Pigeons were killed in huge numbers, and there were very few of them left. There were not enough birds for the species to survive.

The passenger pigeon is only one of the many plants and animals that once lived on our planet and have become extinct. Extinction has been going on since life began on our planet. But today extinction is happening faster than ever before. I feel very concerned about this and wonder what can be done to stop it?

Good-bye,

Tracy