Page 55 - closeup student

www.frenglish.ru
4 WlWs 'Best "Friend

Before you watch
[a ] a b o rd e r c o llie
A Match each dog to one of the statements below.

1 This dog pulls people through the snow.
2 This is the animal that all dogs come from.
3 This dog finds illegal items in luggage.
4 This dog herds sheep.
While you watch

В Watch the video to see if your answers in A are correct.

С Watch the video again and circle the words you hear.
1 The story of man and dog is a complicated / complex story
that goes back thousands of years.
2 Dogs interact with / relate to humans in a variety of ways.
3 Dogs have a sense of smell 1,000 / 10,000 times more
powerful than our own.
4 Over the years, the wolf became the gifted / talented
domestic pet we know as the dog.
5 Was it a hunting partnership / relationship?
6 It's a partnership that's likely to carry on / continue for many
years to come.
After you watch |~c~] a b e a g le

D Complete the summary of the video below using
these words.

beneficial domestic illegal obedient
partnership talent unknown variety

Dogs and humans have had a(n) (1). for thousands of
years. Dogs have many skills, which they use to help humans in
a(n) (2)___________________ of ways.
Dogs have very powerful noses and they have a great
(3)___________________ for smelling things. This makes them good at
finding lost people and also (4) items in people's
luggage. The most important thing about dogs is that they are very (5)
___________________ , rarely failing to do as they are told.
How and why humans and dogs first began interacting is still
(6) However, we do know that over thousands of
years, the wolf has slowly changed into the (7)------------------dog
we have today. However the relationship began, nowadays, it is clearly
(8)___________________ to both humans and dogs.

Ideas Focus Did you grow up with a dog in the home? Why? / Why not?
Do you consider yourself an animal lover? Why? / Why not?