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Rhinoceroses

1. Rhinoceros /rai'nsrs/

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2. 3.

Rhinoceroses
/bi:st/ /prls/ an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one full of danger or risk Ex: The economy is in a perilous state

Beast (n) Perilous (a)

perilously (adv) perilousness (n) 4.

Horn (n)

/hn/

a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc.

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4. Habitat (n)

Rhinoceroses

/habtat/ the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism Ex: wild chimps in their natural habitat illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not ones own or in contravention of official protection: Ex: 20 tigers are thought to have been poached from national parks

5. Poach for sth (v) /pt/ poaching (n)

/vg/ 6. Vigor (n) vigorous (a) vigorously (adv)

physical strength and good health Ex: the springing curls were a sign of vigor and health

7. Covet (v) covetable (a)

/kvt/

yearn to possess Ex: I gave up a coveted job, that of editor-in-chief

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8. Elaborate (a)

Rhinoceroses
involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning cut (a hard material) in order to produce an object, design, or inscription Ex: the wood was carved with runes the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something

/lab()rt/

9. Carve (v)

/kv/

10. Value (n) valuable (a) valueless (a) 11. Dagger (n)

/valju/

/dag/

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12. Arm (v)

Rhinoceroses
/m/ supply or provide with weapons Ex: the security forces are armed with automatic rifles relating to the law

13. Legal (a) illegal 14. Reserve sth FOR (v) reservation (n) reserved (a) reservable (a)

/lig()l/

/rzv/

use or engage in something only in or at (a particular circumstance or time): Ex: Japanese food has been presented as expensive and reserved for special occasions

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Matching: Main ideas

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Rhinoceroses life is threatened Protection against illegal hunting Rhinoceros and its species
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Answer these questions

How many species of rhinoceros are there? Whereabouts in the world are they found?
Whereabouts
(interrogative adverb) where or approximately where

What causes rhinos to become extinct? How are they protect and saved?
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Classifying
a. Two of these rhinoceross species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia. b. Being poaching for their horn, rhino populations has been in sharply decline. c. Rhinos are on the verge of extinction. d. There are 120 nations signing the CITES to against illegal trade. e. The African species have two colors: black and white f. Rhinos horn can help cure measles. g. Rhinos horns price is enormous on the black market h. Rhinos are protected by armed guards. i. Arabic men yearn for horn to be craved on their dagger handles. j. Rhinos first appeared in Africa and Asia. k. Poachers are tempted to hunt rhinos because of many big profits. l. Some measures are carried out to save rhinos from extinction.
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African Rhinos
Type of horn Number of species Name(s) of species Status (1) (3) (5) (7)
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Asian Rhinos
(2) (4) (6) Close to extinction

Should animals be kept in zoos?

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