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THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST JAIME SELWOOD 06/11/2015 The

IN NUCLEAR NO- GO ZONE Beetles, Lions, Trees & Flowers ENW 339

on the annual report by the International Institute of Species

and microbes that have been discovered in the last 12 months.

seems quite a lot, but as more than 20,000 species died out

Who are the top 10 species? Why are they the top 10?

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1 THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST JAIME SELWOOD 06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 FLASHBACK ENW 215: WILD ANIMALS THRIVE IN NUCLEAR NO- GO ZONE Beetles, Lions, Trees & Flowers ENW 339 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on the annual report by the International Institute of Species Exploration that lists all the new animals, plants, marsupials and microbes that have been discovered in the last 12 months. In total there have been 18,000 new species discovered, which seems quite a lot, but as more than 20,000 species died out last year then it is actually a worryingly low number. Who are the top 10 species? Why are they the top 10? English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE FACEBOOK (c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY TWITTER twitter.com/enwpodcast

2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 Top 10 New Species Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Synonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 360 Words Page 4 What Do You Think...? Page 4 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8 The Answers Pages 8-10 A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1

3 1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 [ ] Beetles, Lions, Trees & Flowers May 25 th 2018 Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Dodo b) Barbary Lion c) Labrador Duck d) Cave Beetle My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word(s) in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Species Warm Up 3 The Top 10 Newest Species! Look at the list of the top 10 newest species. Can you match them with the correct location from the list on page 2? 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9 10: 11: 12:

2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 10 Most Interesting New Species Which Location?

C HINA L W ESTERN P ACIFIC O CEAN Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the Internet to help or GUESS!

(2017-18) a: 20,000 b: 30,000 c: 40,000 3: Which extinct bird is used in the English idiom As dead as to mean extinct?

4 2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood Most Interesting New Species Which Location? A A QUARIUM IN S AN D IEGO USA G C OSTA R ICA B A NTARCTIC O CEAN H I SHIGAKI I SLAND, J APAN C A USTRALIA I M AURITIUS D B RAZIL J S UMATRA, I NDONESIA E C ANARY I SLANDS, S PAIN K N ORTH A FRICA F C HINA L W ESTERN P ACIFIC O CEAN Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the Internet to help or GUESS! 1: How many new species have been discovered in the last 12 months? ( ) a: 12,000 b: 15,000 c: 18,000 2: How many species have died out in the last 12 months? ( ) a: 20,000 b: 30,000 c: 40,000 3: Which extinct bird is used in the English idiom As dead as to mean extinct? a: Emu b: Dodo c: Labrador Duck 4: What is the name of the organisation which releases an annual species report? a: IISE b: UNIFOR c: BICDB 5: A new type of Protist was discovered in which US city s aquarium? a: New York b: San Diego c: Albuquerque 6: The Baffling Beetle is a new species discovered in Brazil, how large is it? a: 0.5 mm b: 1.0mm c: 1.5mm E1: The Tapanuli orangutan was discovered in which country? a: E2: The Marsupial Lion did out 23 million years ago in which continent? a: E3: Which is the world s most expensive movie poster? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. on the is Lion the animal Australia intriguing from most list Marsupial the Perhaps the 2 Welcome to the World s Newest Species Perhaps the most Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Welcome to the World s Newest Species Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 The Marsupial Lion became extinct around 23 billion years ago. [T] [F] 2 There were 20,000 lost species in [T] [F] 3 A taxonomist is a research biologist who categories groups. [T] [F] 4 A rare great ape has been discovered in southern Africa. [T] [F] 5 The new species report has been published for the last 11 years. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Synonyms A synonym is a word with a SIMILAR meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Delving 6 Extinct A Study F Inmost 2 Deepest 7 Amazed B Endlessly G Bare 3 Uncovered 8 Forever C Bandicoot H Pretender 4 Exploration 9 Chameleon D Died Out I Catalyst 5 Motivation 10 Marsupial E Inquiring J Astounded END OF PART 2

6 4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Listening / Reading Listening Welcome to the World s Newest Species Wrong Word Help Listen / Read the news story and choose the circle the words which are mistakes. 339 Welcome to the World s Newest Species 1 This week s podcast sees ENW delving into the depths of the world s white ocean, climbing to the top of some of the largest trees and avoiding some very tiny bugs! No, we are not heading out on safari or exploring the river but introducing some of the newly discovered species that have been uncovered in the last 12 months. 2 For the 11 th year in a row the International Institute of Species Exploration (IISE) has released its list of all the new species that have been discovered around the world. The New York-based organisation s scatterbrain publication details around 18,000 new species of microbes, plants and animals. Interestingly, the report also includes one animal species that has been extinct for 23 billion years! 3 The motivation behind the IISE report is to document and highlight the vast number of species that can be found on Earth. The group s other reason for making the report is to record all the old species before they become extinct. The IISE 2018 report is based on the work of a team of international taxonomists - creationists who group species into categories. Sadly, they have already estimated that around 20,000 species have died out in 2017 alone. 4 One of the founding directors of the IISE, Quentin Wheeler wrote in a news release how concerned the organistaion was at the number of species becoming extinct every year. I'm constantly bored at how many new species show up and the range of things that are discovered. So many of these species - if we don't find them, name them and describe them now, will be found forever wrote Dr Wheeler. 5 The top 10 new species list include a chameleon beetle living in a cave in China, a rare great ape from Europe, an Amazonian giant tree and a single-celled organism discovered in the San Diego Aquarium. Perhaps the most intriguing animal on the list is the Marsupial Lion from Australia. What makes this species different from all the others is that it died-out 23 million years ago! Even more extraordinary is the fact this lion spent most of its life living, hunting and sleeping in very tall rivers! Write the error and the correct word in the box below! END OF PART 3 [360 Words]

7 5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 How many years has the new species report been published? Q2 What animal has been extinct for more than 23 million years? Q3 Who is a founding director of the new species report? Q4 Which aquarium found a new single-cell organism living there? Q5 What animal was found to be living in Indonesia? Q6 What type of biologists study new species groups? E1 Which city is the IISE based in? E2 How many new animal species were discovered last year? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 18,000.? A2 20,000.? A3 10.? A4 I.I.S.E? A5 Brazil? END OF PART 4

8 6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 English Extra I Unusual / Bizarre English Idioms The English language has many phrases that use seemingly unusual or bizarre phrases to describe a situation or event. Example: Donkey s years = A very long time My neck of the woods = The area in which I live Can you match the phrase with the correct situation? 1 Bob s your uncle 2 A different kettle of fish 3 Donkey s years 4 All mouth but no trousers. 5 Pardon my French 6 Cat got your tongue? 7 Chew the fat 8 Under the weather 9 As dead as a dodo. 10 A damp squib 11 My neck of the woods. 12 Wipe the floor with someone. A An alternative or different thing altogether. B A boastful but bogus or fake person. C Used to compel somebody to speak. D Something that no longer exists. E To do something very easily. F Something that doesn t work as you wish it did G The area in which I live in. H To feel sick or exhausted. I To gossip of make friendly small talk. J To apologise after using a swear word. K A very, very long time. L Usually used to conclude a set of instructions 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic Welcome to the World s Newest Species Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think when you read this week s ENW topic? 2 Of the new species discovered which fascinates you the most? Why? 3 Which extinct animal would you like to bring back to life? Why? 4 What type of animal are you most intrigued by? Why? 5 Which animal do you think is the cleverest? Why? 6 If you could choose a new national animal what would be your selection? EX FREE QUESTION!

9 7 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Writing This Week Which animals do you think are the: Cleverest / Most Stupid / Ugliest / Most dangerous / Most hypnotic Why? Give as many reasons as you can! END OF PART 5 And Finally T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Visual TV Links You Tube (USA) 1: [02:38] New Species List You Tube (USA) 2: [05:02] What Ever Happened to the Dodo? You Tube (USA) 3: [05:11] The Most Incredible Extinct Animals Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out D Cave Beetle A / B / C are animals that are extinct! Warm Up 3 Top 10 list of New Species 1 H 2 L 3 D 4 I 5 B 6 E 7 C 8 K 9 A 10 G 11 - J 12 - F A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 C 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 C E1 INDONESIA E2 AUSTRALIA E3 C Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences Perhaps the most intriguing animal on the list is the Marsupial Lion from Australia. A2 True or False 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 T Synonyms 1 E 2 F 3 G 4 A 5 I 6 D 7 J 8 B 9 H 10 C

11 Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Listening 339 Welcome to the World s Newest Species 1 This week s podcast sees ENW delving into the depths of the world s deepest ocean, climbing to the top of some of the largest trees and avoiding some very tiny bugs! No, we are not heading out on safari or exploring the Amazon but introducing some of the newly discovered species that have been uncovered in the last 12 months. 2 For the 11 th year in a row the International Institute of Species Exploration (IISE) has released its list of all the new species that have been discovered around the world. The New York-based organisation s comprehensive publication details around 18,000 new species of microbes, plants and animals. Interestingly, the report also includes one animal species that has been extinct for 23 million years! 3 The motivation behind the IISE report is to document and highlight the vast number of species that can be found on Earth. The group s other reason for making the report is to record all the new species before they become extinct. The IISE 2018 report is based on the work of a team of international taxonomists - biologists who group species into categories. Sadly, they have already estimated that around 20,000 species have died out in 2017 alone. 4 One of the founding directors of the IISE, Quentin Wheeler wrote in a news release how concerned the organistaion was at the number of species becoming extinct every year. I'm constantly amazed at how many new species show up and the range of things that are discovered. So many of these species - if we don't find them, name them and describe them now, will be lost forever wrote Dr Wheeler. 5 The top 10 new species list include a chameleon beetle living in a cave in China, a rare great ape from Indonesia, an Amazonian giant tree and a single-celled organism discovered in the San Diego Aquarium. Perhaps the most intriguing animal on the list is the Marsupial Lion from Australia. What makes this species different from all the others is that it died-out 23 million years ago! Even more extraordinary is the fact this lion spent most of its life living, hunting and sleeping in very tall trees! [360 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 11 years 5 Rare Great Ape 2 Marsupial Lion 6 Taxonomist 3 Quentin Wheeler E1 New York 4 San Diego E2 Three A & Q Example Questions A1 How many new species were discovered in 2017? A2 How many species became extinct in 2017? A3 How many animals were selected as most interesting? A4 What is the name of the organisation that compiles the report? A5 Which country was a new type of very tall tree discovered in?

12 English Extra 10 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood L 2 A 3 K 4 B 5 J 6 C 7 I 8 H 9 D 10 F 11 G 12 - E And Finally X & Z A4 Z / V / T / Y / X / U / W Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images

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