dateline: 31 January 2019
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World’s Loneliest Frog Gets Valentine’s Date
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- endangered: at risk of dying off (as a species)
- species: a related group of living things
- conservationist: a person who tries to save and protect plants or wildlife
- expedition: a research trip
- potential: possible
- preserve: to save and protect
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World’s Loneliest Frog Gets Valentine’s Date
Comprehension Questions
- What is this report mainly about?
- What happened last year at this time?
- Who is Juliet?
Discussion Question
Do you think humans should attempt to prevent animal extinction, or do you think they should let nature take its course?
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8 comments
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English Club Indonesia says:
The report is about an endangered frog finding a mate. A year ago at this time, Romeo’s caretaker posted a dating profile on social media in search of a partner for the frog. Eventually, they found Juliet, the same species of frog that would be introduced to Romeo. Hopefully, with human intervention, the species won’t go extinct.
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dian pujianto says:
oh thank you sir kwkwkw i can’t hear carefully and i study again
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Umar says:
Hi,Tara.
I can’t tell you how happy I am to find you as my best practical English teacher. -
Bijan says:
Hi Tara,
It’s the first time that I didn’t understand the subject of the audio news report at all.
It’s so difficult for me and don’t know what’s the level of the audio news report for the learners?And also I could only fill in the blanks the words “concerned” and “introduced”.
Because of not understanding the subject well, so I don’t have any opinion about it.
Teacher Tara,
Thank you for trying the best for the learners.Best wishes and have a wonderful week in nice Canada,
Bijan from the Persian Gulf -
Saba says:
Thank you very much that was interesting
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Yulitza Franco says:
I need speak English, I want, I am hard work but I want speak English.
Thanks.
Yulitza -
Marie-Danielle O’Reilly says:
Youpi ! Tara,
It’s the first time that I have made no mistakes after listening 2 times this lovely story.
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imi says:
Hi This is one of the listening part that for the first time of listening i didn’t get anything.I should say,I don’t have any head or tail of this kind of subject and very glad to find out I must listen to this kind of issues more.
Thank you