Are you ready? Have you got the picture, Holly? OK... Off you go!
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Today we're at Greenfields Park in the centre of town.
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As you can see, it's a vast green space but soon it may look very different.Yes, in six months' time this beautiful park may be lost forever.
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It might become a noisy, dirty building site.
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This is where the council wants to build our new town library.
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And what a library it is!
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You must hold up the picture, Holly!
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Oh, yes! Sorry!
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The library will be built mainly of glass and steel.
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We certainly need a new library but not everyone in the town is happy with this location or the proposed design.
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Some people feel that such a modern building should not be built next to the traditional stone buildings in the centre of town.
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Others say that we ought not to build on the precious open spaces in our town.
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So will Hampton get its new library? It might...
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Or it might not...
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Great! That was brilliant! Well done!
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Listen 5 times
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Lesson 2: Conversation
Wow! Look at this skyscraper. It's so high.
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How many stories has it got?
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I'm not sure. 30, 40, I'd love to live on the top floor. Imagine the views.And imagine all the stairs you'd have to climb if the lift wasn't working. I wouldn't like to live up there. I don't think buildings should be so tall.
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Mm...How about these then? They're all kind thin
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Certainly not they all look the same boring.
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You'll like this house I expect.
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Oh yes, that a lovely traditional house.
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Mm…
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What's the matter? Don't you like it?
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Well, it looks like an old house but in fact it's only a few years old. I think that's a bit strange. If you're going to build a modern house it should look modern.
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Well maybe.
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Now this is more like it very modern lots of glass. We want to have more houses like this in our town.
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You've got to be joking.
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No! I'm deadly serious.
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But the houses in our town are all old and made of stone or brick. They definitely Shouldn't build anything like that here.
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What's that last picture?
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Mm…you might not like this one.
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Show me! Oh, what is it? It looks like a palace.
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Exactly I love it. It must be wonderful to live in a house like that.
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Listen 5 times
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Lesson Heading
Wildlife World
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Member's view
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This month we're posting this opinion from 16-year-old WW member, Julie Smith:keep away from zoos-keep wildlife wild
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When I was younger, I used to like going to zoos.
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It was really great seeing animals close up.
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As I have grown older, I have begun to realise precisely what sort of existence the animals have and I don't visit zoos anymore.unnatural habitat
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Animals in zoos are not free. They can't go where they like.
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They can't live in a natural family group.
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The best zoos try to give the animals the most natural habitat that they can, but a truly natural habitat is impossible.Lions born in captivity never learn to hunt.
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They can't use any of their natural instincts and, in my view, that is cruel.animal stress
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Unless you understand animal behaviour, you will not notice animal stress.When you see a tiger walking up and down, you might notice how strong and dangerous it looks.You may not know that this continual pacing, panting and pounding of paws is a sign of stress from boredom and from isolation.It is not natural behaviour. Tigers do not do this in the wild.
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exploitation
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Many zoos use animals to entertain visitors and to make money.
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If people think that it's OK to treat animals in this way, they will not try to help animals in the wild.They will think that it doesn't matter what happens to animal habitats.action for wildlife
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I'm a member of Wildlife World because I think that wild animals should be just that - wild.I tell all my friends and my brother and sisters about zoos.
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I explain why they shouldn't go to them.
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Tell your friends and family, too
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Animals have a place in our lives and they ought to have a place in the world.
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Do people need to occupy every corner of the world?
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We probably could - but I'm convinced that we mustn't!
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What do you think? Go to Members log-in. Post a response to Julie's views.
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I totally agree about the stress animals suffer when they are kept in cages.
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It's unbelievably cruel and shouldn't be allowed, especially not for entertainment.
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Sam 2 hours ago
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You're right, Julie! Well said! People must be told the real facts about zoos.
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Unless people get the right information, they will go on visiting them and they won't understand that these wild animals should be free.
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Linda 4 hours ago
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I agree that zoos should be banned.
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Putting animals in these prisons is a disgrace.
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The idea that we need zoos to learn about animals is incorrect.
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We can find out about animals in books, on TV and on the internet.
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Amanda 10 hours ago
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Zoos must be abolished!
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They're unkind, unfair and completely unnecessary. Get rid of them!
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Then let's get rid of all the circuses.
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Animals for entertainment? No thanks!!!
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Jeff 1 day
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Take a wildlife holiday
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