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Lesson 10: The Arabian oryx

1. What is the Oryx?

The Oryx is a beautiful antelope with two long hours?

2. Where can the Oryx live?

It can live in the desert.

3. From where does the Oryx get most of its water? How?

It gets most of its water from plants by eating at night when there is some water on the leaves.

4. How was the population of Oryx in the Arabian Peninsula in 1960s?

It was very small.

5. Why was the Oryx endangered?

The Oryx was endangered because of hunting.

6. Why was the Oryx hunted?

for two reasons:

a. The local Bedouin people hunted it for meat.

b. City people hunted it for sport.

7. When was the last wild Oryx shot?

It was shot in 1972.

8. Why could the Oryx survive in the past while it couldn't today?

because hunters were on horses, while the Oryx couldn't today because the hunters in big four-wheel- drive cars were able to catch it.

9. Why did the zoos get the Oryx?

To bread and to build up its number.

10. What is the population of wild Oryx today?

It is about 900.

A. Read the article in Student's Book page 42. Mark the sentences true or false.

  1. Not many big animals can live in the desert. T
  2. Oryx usually stay in a small area. F
  3. Forty years ago, there were lots of Oryx in the Arabian Peninsula. F
  4. Some people liked eating Oryx. T
  5. Oryx was hunted by people on horseback. T
  6. Wild Oryx disappeared in 1960s. F
  7. Oryx didn't breed successfully in zoos. F
  8. Hunting Oryx is now against the law. T

C. Read the language box on page 42 of the Student's Book. (50) listen to sentences 1 to 8. Write them out in full (without contractions).

  1. They do not work very hard. don't
  2. He said he had lost his mobile phone. he'd
  3. People should not get near the animals. shouldn't
  4. The price will not be a problem. wont
  5. The shop does not open on Fridays. doesn't
  6. The teacher did n't say which exercise to do. didn't
  7. They would probably like this kind of music. They'd
  8. You will enjoy this book veery much. You'll

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