Стр.82 Unit 9 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 9 класс

Задача

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Маккинли, Хастингс 9 класс, Вентана-Граф: LISTENING
1 In pairs, read the notes. Which information do you find the most surprising?
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Statistics
• largest land animal
• height c. 4 m
• weight = 80 men
• runs at c. 40 km/hr. = Olympic sprinter!
• excellent swimmer
• lifts > 250 kg with trunk
• skin 5 cm thick in places
• drinks 2001 water/day
• eats 100 kg leaves
2 What do you think these symbols and abbreviations in the notes about African elephants mean? Why do we use them? Then listen and check.
Текст аудирования:
Lecturer: [Edinburgh accent] Good morning, everyone! Today I’m going to talk about African elephants and what is now being done to protect them. As I think I mentioned last week, this animal is in serious danger and the numbers are falling dramatically. In the 1970s there were 1.3 million African elephants — today there are less than 85 thousand, mostly because of hunting.
OK — let me start by giving you some background information about the elephants themselves. The African elephant is the largest land animal and some of its statistics are amazing. It can grow to about 4 m in height. Although it can weigh the same as 80 men, it can run at about 40 km an hour — that’s the same speed as an Olympic sprinter. And the elephant is also an excellent swimmer. It can lift more than 250 kilos with its long trunk. In places its skin is nearly 5 cm thick but it’s also very sensitive — even elephants have problems with mosquitoes! As you can imagine, such a large animal needs a lot of food and drink. In fact, on average an elephant can drink 200 liters a day and more than 100 kilos of leaves a day which is …
3 In pairs, look at the notes in Exercise 1 again and answer the questions. Then study Train Your Brain and check your answers.
4 Work in pairs and match the common abbreviations with their meaning.
5 Read the notes. Then listen and complete the information for gaps 1-5.
LIFESTYLE
• females and young live in herds — in other words 1 groups
• sometimes up to 20 elephants, but usually in herd
• sometimes elephants live together all lives — more than 3 years
• male elephants usually 1 herd when teenagers
• form gangs and behave badly — for example they very drunk on rotten fruit!
Текст аудирования:
Lecturer: Now I’d like to say a few words about elephants’ lifestyles. Female elephants and their young live together in groups called herds — in other words family groups of mothers, sisters, aunts and female cousins … Herds can have up to 20 members but usually there are 6-10 in a herd. Sometimes young elephants live with this group all their lives, which could be more than 65 years! But male elephants usually leave the herd when they are young teenagers. Sometimes for a few years they form noisy teenage gangs and behave rather badly — for example they sometimes get very drunk on rotten fruit!
6 Look at the notes in Exercise 5. Shorten any of the information you can. Use Exercises 2 and 4 to help you.
7 Read the notes. Listen to the last part of the lecture and till in the missing information. Use abbreviations where possible.
RECENT RESEARCH
• communicate with subsonic noises — for human ear
• noises travel2
• different herds communicate with each other every evening,3
• few enemies
• stamp feet, 4 to frighten predators
• generally 5 animals — emotional *Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

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1. The most surprising information is that African elephants can weigh as much as 80 men and still run at about 40 km/h.

2. The symbols and abbreviations mean:

c. = about
= = equals / is the same as
> = more than
kg = kilograms
m = metres
hr. = hour
day = per day

We use them to write notes quickly and save time.

3. Possible answers:

Elephants are the largest land animals.
They can run very fast for such big animals.
They are excellent swimmers.
Their skin is very thick.
They need a lot of food and water every day.

c. — about
kg — kilograms
m — metres
hr. — hour
e.g. — for example
i.e. — in other words

females and young live in herds — in other words family groups
sometimes up to 20 elephants, but usually 6–10 in a herd
sometimes elephants live together all lives — more than 65 years
male elephants usually leave the herd when they are teenagers
form gangs and behave badly — for example they sometimes get very drunk on rotten fruit

6. Shortened notes: