Номер 2, страница 66 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Юхнель, Демченко

2. a) Take a look at the picture. What kind of species is missing? Read the article and find out why all of these species are shown as fingers of one hand in the picture.

Apes are tailless primates that have the closest genetic relationship to humans, who are categorised zoologically as members of the ape family. Apes (including humans) have a brain that is larger and more complex than other primates, which makes them capable of conscious intellectual activity such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering and also of learning a language. Genetically, there is only a two-per cent difference between humans and apes – they laugh when they are tickled, and they cry like we do, too. Great apes are very rare and humans could soon be responsible for killing them off forever.

Over the last 20 years, the rainforests in central Africa– habitats of Great Apes – have been steadily cut down. Huge logging (лесозаготовительные) companies have moved into the area and they pay local hunters to provide their workers with “bush meat”. It is actually illegal in most African countries. But, in the Congo Republic alone, around 600 gorillas and 3,000 chimpanzees are killed every year. Apes are not just killed for their meat. In some parts of Central Africa, it is believed that parts of the bodies of chimpanzees and gorillas have magical powers. Dried gorilla hands are sold in markets because they are said to make children grow strong.

However much we care for animals, there is no simple solution to these problems. In the African market, a gorilla carcass sells for about £20 and the hands for about £1 each. A baby chimpanzee can be sold for up to £40. This is a small fortune for poachers. They kill rare animals because they are poor and need money. In some countries, poachers are educated and turned into conservation workers.

b) Match the words below with their definitions.

1. rare; 2. poachers; 3. conservation; 4. apes; 5. humans; 6. habitat.

a) people who catch and kill animals illegally;

b) not often found on earth;

c) the protection of plants, animals, and natural areas, esp. from the damaging effects of human activity;

d) the natural surroundings in which an animal or plant usually lives;

e) gorillas, chimpanzees or orang-utans;

f) people.

c) Don’t look at the article. In pairs, try to remember what the article says about these things.

1. genetic relationship;

2. a two-per cent difference;

3. killing them off;

4. habitats of Great Apes;

5. 600 gorillas and 3,000 chimpanzees;

6. magical powers;

7. £20, £1, £40;

8. they are poor and need money.

d) Check with the text of the article. Were your answers correct?

e) What makes apes endangered species?

2. a) Посмотрите на картинку. Какого вида не хватает? Прочитайте статью и выясните, почему все эти виды показаны на пальцах одной руки.

2. b) Сопоставьте слова ниже с их определениями.

2. e) Что делает человекообразных обезьян вымирающим видом?

Ответ:

2. a) The missing species is humans. They are shown as fingers of one hand because they all belong to the ape family and have a close genetic relationship.

2. b)

2. e) Apes are endangered because of deforestation, which destroys their habitats. They are also illegally hunted by poachers for "bush meat" and for their body parts, which are believed to have magical powers. Poachers kill these rare animals because they are poor and need money.

Перевод:

2. a) Недостающий вид — это люди. Они показаны на пальцах одной руки, потому что все они принадлежат к семейству гоминидов (человекообразных обезьян) и имеют близкое генетическое родство.

2. b)

2. e) Человекообразные обезьяны находятся под угрозой исчезновения из-за вырубки лесов, которая разрушает их среду обитания. На них также незаконно охотятся браконьеры ради «мяса диких животных» и частей тела, которые, как считается, обладают магической силой. Браконьеры убивают этих редких животных, потому что они бедны и нуждаются в деньгах.