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they're stupid. My husband will go out to elephant's ears are like a map of India. C And how much should they cost?
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work and I'll stay at home all day and watch Rea y? That's amazing. And ow many L How about £10 each?
TV. And we'll have lots of horses. of these animals are there in the wild? D Yes, that sounds about right. 100 tickets
J Well, there are about half a million at £10 each. Great.
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African el~hants, but only abo.ut fifty NATALIA Shall I make some posters?
sure. In 2030 we'll have a house somewhere
thousand Asian elephants. D Yes, that's a good idea. Where shall we
hot, like Spain or France. We have two
I And is it tru•e that elephants never forget? put them?
children, you see, so we can't move now. But
J well, I'm not sure abo.ut that, but they C Well, we can put them up in all the offices
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do ave very goo memories. en ... and maybe in some local shops and
can live wherever we want.
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3 At the moment I'm doing a degree in I So what are the main problems facing N Could you give me a hand with that?
engineering. So in 2030 I'll probably be an elephants in .Asia? C Yes, of course. I know some of the local
engineer for a big company or something J Well, it's the usual story, I'm afraid. The businesses. I'll ask them.
forests and other areas of land where D Great. So that's the tickets and the
like that. Or I might be a teacher, but at
elephants live are getting smaller because posters. We'll also need lots of tables and
a university, not a school. And maybe I'll
people are cutting down ai1 the trees. one chairs. Liam, will you organise that?
speak English fluently by then!
of the biggest problems is that elephants L Er ... yes, of course. I know someone who
4 HUSBAND Well, I'll be 67, so I'll be a bit
walk from place to place along paths that organises weddings.
fatter perhaps and I won't have much hair. their families have used for hundreds of D OK. But remember, we can't pay anyone.
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WIFE I think I'll be old and grey. I'll ye_ars. It's for charity.
probably look like my mother. J But if people bui ld a village on one of L Yes, don't worry. I'll ask him if we can
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-5 straight through it. D Great. And what about the food and
have them for free.
W Hey! Oh, and I'll have a new husband!
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I'll stay at home all day. I We'll have lots of And of course this causes a lot of C Do you want me to do that?
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problems for the v1 agers. D Yes, if you don't mind.
horses. I They'll have their own families. I I'll J Yes, beca•use the elephants e•at the fo•od C Well, we don't want Liam doing the
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orobably be an engine•er. I We won't be in
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be a tea cher. I I'll spe•ak English fluently. In the elephants' heads, it's still their land, D OK. What else? What about music?
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I And how can we solve this problem? good jazz band. They could play while
ANSWERS 1 b drive c to visit d writing "',..11 h • • ' • h.
J we , t e best way is to make w at we people are eating.
2 a to buy b getting up c to spend d to learn
call 'elephant corridors'. The World Land D Yes, good idea. Right, what else?
3 a buy b learning c going d to meet www.english0905.com C Who's going to write the questions?
Trust works with the villagers to protect
ms the areas of land where the elephants D Ah, yes. That was next on my list. Can
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writing a blog -+ Meryl's thinking of writing • l f l• l• . h • • .
trave rom p ace to p ace wit out meeting L Sure, no problem. I love doing quizzes.
a blog. I buy a ho•use by the se·a -+ I'm • • l N Can I give you a hand?
any peop e.
planning to buy a ho.use by the se•a. I
I And what about the pe•ople who live in L No, don't worry. Thanks anyway.
getting up late every day -+ I'm lo.oking these areas? C Er, can I ask something, David?
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every afterno·on at the be·ach -+ I'm hoping the elephant corridor. C What are you going to do?
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f• ace -+ want to meet a gon a ace-to- ace. So elephant corridors are good for pe•ople know, the person asking all the questions.
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&11&12 about wildlife. Thank you for talking to N That's a fantastic idea!
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INTERVIEWER Today on Wildlife World
J My ple•asure. C Actually, I don't think David needs a
we're talking to John Burton, the director costume!
of the World Land Trus~ who's here to WMi·>s &13 D Yes, very funny. OK, thanks for coming,
talk about elephants in Asia. First of all, DAVID OK. Shall we start? Right, thanks for everyone. Let's make this the best event
John, there's something I'd like to ask coming. As you know, this year we're ever.
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between an African and an Asian for Nature's gorilla conservation project.
elephant? Right, we haven't got a lot of time, so let's Debbie's more selfish than Milly. I Milly's as
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JOHN Well, African elephants are bigger decide who does what. The first thing is - confident as Debbie. I Milly's two ye•ars
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than Asian elephants and they also have who's going to organise the tickets? older than her sister. I Milly's less moody
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lar$er ears. CAROL I'll do that, if you like. than Debbie. I Debbie's a lot tidier than
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I OK. D Yes, that'd be great. Thanks, Carol. Milly. I Milly's much more considerate than
1 interestingly, an African elephant's e·ars LIAM How many do you think we'll need? Debbie. I She's a bit more mature. I Debbie
are like a map of Africa, and an Asian D Oh, about a hundred. • • •
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