ANIMALS IN THE CITIES

ANIMALS IN THE CITIES

I Lead-in.

a)    What types of animals can you see in your city?

b)    Where can you see the animals in your city? What do the animals usually do?

II Match the images to the names of animals. Which of these animals can you see in the place you live in?

A.   fallow deer

B.   brown bear

C.   golden eagle

D.   fox

E.    gosling

F.    bottlenose dolphin

G.   wolf

III Vocabulary focus. Match the words to their definitions. Use four words in your sentences.

1.	to slink	A.	a place where a river flows into the sea
2.	gosling	B.	animals kept by farmers for milk or meat
3.	to waddle	C.	an animal  that drinks its mother’s milk as a baby
4.	thoroughfare	D.	a structure next to a sea where boats can stop
5.	mouth	E.	an official document that gives a police permission to arrest someone
6.	wake	F.	to walk with short steps moving the body from side to side like a duck
7.	vessel	G.	to give an informal name that friends can use
8.	quay	H.	to move around quietly like a hunting animal
9.	to reclaim	I.	waves that a moving ship leaves behind
10.	mammal	J.	searched for by the police because of a crime
11.	to prowl	K.	to walk quietly so that people don’t notice you
12.	to glide	L.	an official list  of crimes  that someone has committed
13.	wanted	M.	the act of taking someone as a prisoner
14.	to nickname	N.	a young goose
15.	penal colony	O.	to take back something that was yours
16.	criminal record	P.	main road
17.	cattle	Q.	a large boat or ship
18.	capture	R.	to move smoothly, easily and without noise
19.	warrant	S.	a type of prison that is far away from other people

IV Follow the link below. Focus on the words andexpressions (study definitions), match the terms to their definitions, solve the crossword puzzle, complete the quiz, chase down the correct answer to earn points, unscramble words and phrases (correct order of letters), type in words to fill in the blanks, test your knowledge of  vocabulary.

https://www.studystack.com/flashcard-3224528

V Look through the article. Seven parts of the sentences have been removed. Read the article and choose from the sentence parts (A-I) the one which fits each gap (1-7). There are two sentence parts which you do not need to use.

A wolf slinks out of a park in Sesto Fiorentino, an industrial centre near Florence. 1) ________ along deserted thoroughfares in Treviso. Fallow deer invade a golf course on Sardinia 2) ________. As Italians entered the sixth week of Europe’s longest covid-19 lockdown on April 13th, one thing they had to cheer them up was the sight of animals in spaces that humankind had temporarily abandoned.

At Cagliari on Sardinia, bottlenose dolphins have long been known to wait at the mouth of the port to play in the wake of departing motor vessels. But since the lockdown 3) ________. A similar phenomenon has been observed at Trieste. The dolphins may be thinking: “4) ________?”.

We should not assume that nature is reclaiming its own. Some mammals, like foxes, may have been in the cities already, prowling undetected at night. A golden eagle spotted gliding above a main road in Milan posed a different question: “Is it there because of the lockdown, or did we just see it because of the lockdown?”

Not all reappearances have been welcomed. Residents in Alpine areas of the province of Trento have been advised not only to stay at home, 5) ________, a brown bear known to scientists as M49 and to the public as “Papillon” (because of his escape last year over three electrified fences). Papillon is nicknamed after Henri Charrière, the only man to escape from the French penal colony on Devil’s Island. Like Mr Charrière, the bear has 6) ________. It includes 7) ________. Last year the government of Trento issued an order for Papillon’s capture. He has now been spotted heading for Veneto, which has not (yet) issued a warrant. Smart bear.

A.    a substantial criminal record

B.     and take a dip in the clubhouse swimming pool

C.     goslings waddle behind their mothers

D.    pigeons are a problem for many cities

E.     breaking and entering alpine cottages and attacks on cattle

F.     some get lost and appear in the cities

G.    but not to leave out rubbish that might attract Italy’s most wanted animal

H.    why aren’t you moving around in your boats any longer

I.       some have entered right into the port, where they have been filmed swimming up and down under a quay, looking at the humans above

VI Comprehension check. Answer the questions.

1.    What animals can people see now in the streets and roads in Italy? What do those animals do?  

2.    How did dolphins behave when the ports of Sardinia were full of boats? What do dolphins do now?  

3.    Why shouldn’t we assume that the nature is reclaiming its own?  

4.    Are people happy to see all the animals in the streets of the cities?  

5.    What are the things that the residents in Alpine areas of Trento should not do if they want to be safe?  

6.    What is Italy’s most wanted animal?  

7.    How did Italy’s most wanted animals get his nickname?  

8.    What are the animal’s crimes?  

9.    How did local governments try to solve the problem with Papillon?  

10.According to the article where is the bear now?  

VII OVER TO YOU. Discuss what effect the lockdown has on the animals that live in your area. What animals can change their behaviour and come to the live next to people?