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บทเรียนย่อย 2

Elephants are dying in massive numbers in Gabon. Neil and Catherine look at the language the world's media is using to discuss this story - and show you how you can use it in your everyday English.

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News Review

Thousands of elephants killed in Gabon

25,000 elephants have been killed by illegal hunters in Gabon in the last ten years. That's 80% of the elephant population in the country.

Language challenge

What does the phrase 'an elephant in the room' mean?

a) A project which is a waste of money
b) A serious problem people are aware of but don't want to discuss
c) There's not enough space

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The story

A new report says Gabon has lost 80% of its elephant population over the past decade.

Researchers in the United States say that about 25,000 of the pachyderms have been slaughtered.

Key words and phrases

carnage
the killing of large numbers of people or animals

poachers
people who catch and  kill animals illegally to eat or sell

decimate
destroy or kill a large number

To do

Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.

News Review quiz

3 Questions

Now try to answer these questions about the language from today's News Review.

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Downloads

You can download the audio and PDF document for this episode here. 

Language challenge - answer

b)    A serious problem people are aware of but don't want to discuss.

End of Session 2

Join us in Session 3 for Pronunciation in the News - our video which takes a word from the latest news headlines and shows you how it's being said.

 

Session Vocabulary

  • carnage
    the killing of large numbers of people or animals

    poachers
    people who catch and kill animals illegally to eat or sell

    decimate
    destroy or kill a large number 

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