PRE mid-course listening

You can take a screenshot of this note. While listening, you should write down keywords so that you can complete the note at the end of the listening section

Also, pay attention to the information about PURPLE FROG

• OK

• Got it!

Fill in the gap

(1) _______

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5) ___ %

The purple frog is unusual because

• it sounds like another animal

• it can't move very quickly

• it looks weird

The scientist

• doesn't think the frog can be saved

• thinks the end of one type of frog (purple frog) is not important

• wants people to help save the purple frog

How much did you understand the recording at the first attempt?

• 100%

• 80%+

• 60-80%

• <60%

Answer explanation

Script:

Global warming is an important issue around the world. Recently it has created problems in the Western Ghats rainforests of India. Forests are important for slowing down global warming because of the work that trees do for us. Trees are global cleaners. They take in carbon dioxide (CO₂), the gas that heats the atmosphere. So, we keep making global warming worse every time we cut down trees. Then global warming continues to damage the forest. More trees disappear because the changes in temperature stop the normal growth of the forest. Nowadays, rainforests get less rain and this is changing the way they work.

Governments around the world are beginning to work on the problem. Although governments say they will stop people damaging the forests, scientists don’t think the work is happening quickly enough. The scientists say the forests are changing. The animals, and the plants that animals need, are changing. In fact, scientists believe 45% of the forest areas are going to change completely in the next 80 years.

This is where the purple frog becomes important. A report tells us that the frog is in danger of disappearing forever. The frog can run very fast, makes a noise like a small chicken and is one of the most unusual animals in the world. Of course, for some people, the end of one type of frog is not important. But it is for Sathyabhama Das Biju, a researcher from Delhi University who discovered it in 2003. For him, the problems of the purple frog show what global warming is doing to the Indian rainforests. He explains that this interesting animal won’t be around much longer if we don’t look after the forests.

Biju is going to present information about the forests next week. He hopes to get people interested in saving this frog and other animals that live in rainforests. During the next week, many people are meeting to talk about the climate and saving the rainforests. According to Biju, we need to plan now or we will probably lose some species completely. If we don’t think carefully about the climate of the forests, the purple frog possibly won’t be around for much longer. On to the weather report now …