Giraffe On the High Seas

Transcript

Travelling long distances can be a pain in the neck…

But Jelani the giraffe didn’t seem to mind as he took to the seas inside a custom-made, 4.2 metre-high shipping crate. It took five days to transport him from Auckland Zoo in New Zealand to Melbourne, Australia.

After a few days in quarantine, Jelani will take part in a breeding programme.

Vocabulary

a pain in the neck: amat menjengkelkan

took to the seas: melintasi lautan

custom-made: dibuat khusus

shipping crate: peti kemas

in quarantine: karantina

Exercise

Isilah tempat yang kosong dengan memilih kata-kata yang sesuai berikut ini. Anda mungkin harus mengubah bentuk kata:

1. A __________ electric guitar stolen in Edinburgh from a Californian rock band appearing at a music festival has been recovered by police.

2. The importation of tortoises is restricted under the Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and they can only be brought into the UK if the correct permits have been applied for and issued. The tortoises are ___________ while plans are made for them to be rehomed.

3. In an article for Scotland on Sunday in February 2000 the judge wrote that the impact of the Convention on Scots Law was already "devastating" and suggested that the legislation was providing "a field day for crackpots, ____________ for judges and legislators, and a goldmine for lawyers".

4. It has landed here on the island nation of Singapore aboard the MV Copenhagen Express. This is a routine stop over - hundreds of ______________ are unloaded while new ones are hoisted in to replace them.

5. The company behind the fin whale trade, Hvalur hf, has not hunted any this year because of poor market conditions in Japan following the March earthquake and tsunami. But it does intend to _________ again if and when the market improves.

Answer

1. A custom-made electric guitar stolen in Edinburgh from a Californian rock band appearing at a music festival has been recovered by police.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Le Blonde Dames' stolen guitar found</caption><url href=" http://bbc.in/neWQKy" platform="highweb"/></link>

2. The importation of tortoises is restricted under the Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and they can only be brought into the UK if the correct permits have been applied for and issued. The tortoises are in quarantine while plans are made for them to be rehomed.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Endangered spur-thighed tortoises found at Stansted</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/lUNtZV" platform="highweb"/></link>

3. In an article for Scotland on Sunday in February 2000 the judge wrote that the impact of the Convention on Scots Law was already "devastating" and suggested that the legislation was providing "a field day for crackpots, a pain in the neck for judges and legislators, and a goldmine for lawyers".

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Supreme Court 'not supreme' despite judgement</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/kvfnT5" platform="highweb"/></link>

4. It has landed here on the island nation of Singapore aboard the MV Copenhagen Express. This is a routine stop over - hundreds of shipping crates are unloaded while new ones are hoisted in to replace them.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> The Box arrives in Singapore</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/nagzHR" platform="highweb"/></link>

5. The company behind the fin whale trade, Hvalur hf, has not hunted any this year because of poor market conditions in Japan following the March earthquake and tsunami. But it does intend to take to the seas again if and when the market improves.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> US targets Iceland on whalemeat exports</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/oMPkse" platform="highweb"/></link>