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Read the text below about a society wich protects bears and complete tasks A and B accordingly:

 

MOTHER NATURE

 

LI-BEAR-TY FROM OPPRESSION

 

“Simon Smith and his Amazing Dancing Bear” was one of the pop song hits of the 1960’s. But that was before we knew what bear dancing was all about.

 

It is a brutal practice in wich bear cubs are taken away from their mothers and conditioned with repeated beatings to perform their pathetic gyrations. The damage done to the little bears is so strong that it is almost impossible to return them to the wild. Besides, until recently, these creatures were doomed to spend all their lives either performing or caged. 

 

However, something is being done to stop this absurd. With the support of the governments in Greece and Turkey, this practice will come to an end because an animal welfare organization is building sanctuaries for the performing bears and allowing them to live out the rest of their lives in relative tranquillity.

 

“Libearty”, a campaign by the world Society for the Protection of Animals, has already raised the £ 100,000 needed to provide one such sanctuary in Northern Greece, and it is now attempting to do the same in Turkey and then in Eastern Europe. 

 

If you want to show your support, you should sen your, donation to:

 

The World Society for the Protection of Animals: 10, Lawn Lane, London SW8 1UD, England

 

(Adapted from speak Up, Aug 1993)

 

Task A: Based on the text, make up questions to suit the answers below

 

1 – When _________________? In the 1960’s.

 

2 – How__________________? By beating them repeatedly.

 

3 – How much______________? £ 100,00.

 

4 – What __________________? You should sen donation to the World Society for Protection of animals.

 

Task B: Find a word in the text which is similar in meaning to:

 

1 – Dance is circles=________________

 

2 – Kept behind bars = ______________

 

3 – A place where animal can be protected from people wishing to arrest them = _____________________