a. Read the following essay and underline the writer’s suggestions and expected results.
Help Protect Endangered Species
Certain species of animals have become extinct and many more are now endangered. We all know that humans are the biggest threat to the survival of most animals. People hunt, kill and pollute the habitats of a great number of species. So what can we do to help them survive?
To start with, it is important to make the destruction of animals’ habitats illegal. Next, people who hunt animals illegally must face heavy fines and even long−term prison sentences. If these measures were in place, they would discourage people from committing such acts. Thus, this would protect both animals and the environments they live in. Another solution would be to encourage people not to buy animal products. As a result, manufactures would produce fewer products made with the fur, skin or teeth of endangered species and other animals.
Finally, it would be a good idea to create more national parks and protected habitats for endangered animals. This would allow them to live and breed in a safe environment. Therefore, their numbers would increase and the species would not disappear.
To sum up, there are many ways to make the world a safer place for animals. Putting some of these ideas into action would definitely make life better for all in the animal kingdom.
b. Put the linkers that are in bold, in the text, under the following headings.
1. To introduce suggestions: …
2. To express effect: …
3. To conclude: …
c. Replace the linkers in bold with synonyms.
Underline the correct word.
1. Certain species of animals are killed for their fur. All in all / Consequently, they are threatened with extinction.
2. Both / Neither the lion and the tiger are wild animals.
3. As a result / All in all, there are many ways to improve living conditions in the city.
4. Thus / One way to slow global warming is to stop using aerosol sprays.
5. You can either reuse not / or recycle plastic bags.
Match the suggestions to the results. Then, expand the ideas into full sentences linking them with appropriate phrases, as in the example.
Suggestions
1 _ ban cars from city centres
2 _ remove factories from cities
3 _ deal woth litter problem − more rubbish bins in public places
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Results
a. less smog over cities − cleaner air to breathe
b. litter disposed of properly − cleaner streets
c. fewer cars on the roads, fewer harmful gases
1 c One way to improve air quality is to ban cars from city centres. The result would be fewer cars on the roads and consequently fewer harmful gases would be released into the air.
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