Read and complete Violet's presentation. Then listen and check. How doo Hello everyone. 1) Can I ask you all to close your
for a minute and picture this: the young ones are playing
climbing, rolling in the mud and having fun, while the
mothers relax close by, keeping an eye on them. When
are you? At a playground? No! You're on a mountam
Mountain gorillas are wonderful animals, but they cou
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Violet begin and end her presentation?
Another reason
Canlask you all
So, let's see why
To begin with today
Did you know
Il leave you today
Africa watching a group of amazing mountain gorille
I'd like to tell you at
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become extinct if we are not careful. There are only ab
700 of them left! 2)
things about these gentle giants. 3)
they were only discovered in 1902? They live in the thi
mountain rainforests of Africa, so they are quite well-hida
from the world. Mountain gorillas look scary, but really they are very gentle creatures who live toget
in families and are mostly vegetarian. The family has got a big, male leader, called a silverback
Silverback looks after his family and will only become aggressive when he thinks his family is in dan
He's just a good dad!
4)
mountain gorillas might be in danger. Well, there's hunting for one thing. Hunters
the gorillas for food. They also chop off body parts to sell as souvenirs. That's disgusting!5)
the gorillas are in danger is that their homes are disappearing People are chopping down the te
in the rainforests for land, firewood and houses.
Today, people are working hard to protect mountain gorillas, their forests and their way of life ir
mountains. But why is this work so important? 6)
with something to think about.
Fossey, the famous scientist who studied mountain gorillas, once said: "The man who kills
animals today, is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow."

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