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Shinta Mani Foundation 5 (A1)

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wolfgang kugler

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environmental conservation


The Shinta Mani Foundation works with Wildlife Alliance to protect the Cardamom Rainforest.
They hire rangers to stop illegal activities like poaching and cutting trees.
The rangers help keep the forest safe. This helps protect the animals and plants in the rainforest.
The Foundation also helps people who used to hunt animals by giving them new jobs. These jobs help them earn money without harming the forest.
By protecting the rainforest and helping people, the Foundation helps both nature and local communities.
This work is good for the animals, plants, and people.

Vocabulary:

  1. An alliance: A group of people or organizations working together.
  2. To protect: To keep something safe from harm.
  3. Rainforest: A very wet forest with many trees, often in hot places.
  4. To hire: To give someone a job and pay them.
  5. A ranger: A person who protects nature and animals, like in a park.
  6. Illegal: Not allowed by law.
  7. Poaching: Catching or killing animals in a way that is not allowed.
  8. To cut trees: To remove trees by cutting them down.
  9. To keep safe: To make sure something is not harmed or damaged.
  10. Plants: Living things like flowers, trees, and grasses that grow in the ground.
  11. To hunt: To look for and catch animals.
  12. To earn money: To receive money by working or doing something.
  13. To harm somebody: To hurt or cause damage to someone.
  14. Communities: Groups of people living in the same place.

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1, Complete the sentences with the correct words from the text.

  1. The Foundation works with Wildlife __________.
  2. Rangers stop illegal __________ like poaching.
  3. The rangers help __________ the rainforest.
  4. The Foundation helps people by giving them new __________.
  5. Poaching is an __________ activity.
  6. The Foundation hires __________ to protect the forest.
  7. The rangers work to keep the animals __________.
  8. The Foundation helps people earn __________ in other ways.
  9. The rainforest has many different kinds of __________.
  10. People used to __________ animals but now have new jobs.
    ____________________

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2. True or false

  1. The Foundation works alone to protect the rainforest.
  2. The Foundation hires rangers to stop illegal poaching.
  3. Rangers are paid to harm animals.
  4. The Foundation helps former poachers find new jobs.
  5. The rainforest has only a few trees.
  6. Illegal activities harm the forest and animals.
  7. The Foundation protects both animals and plants.
  8. The Foundation helps local communities earn money.
  9. Poaching is a legal activity in the rainforest.
  10. People who used to poach can now work in the forest.

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3. Match the first part with the correct phrase below.

  1. The Foundation works with
  2. Rangers stop illegal
  3. The rangers help
  4. The Foundation gives people
  5. Poaching and logging are
  6. The Foundation hires rangers
  7. The Foundation helps people by
  8. People can earn money
  9. The rainforest is full of
  10. The Foundation protects animals

a. giving them new jobs.
b. plants and animals.
c. Wildlife Alliance.
d. dangerous for the environment.
e. by hiring rangers.
f. to protect the forest.
g. activities like poaching.
h. new jobs in the community.
i. keeping the animals safe.
j. the Cardamom Rainforest.

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4. Choose the correct answers. More than one answer may be correct.

  1. What does the Foundation do?
    a) Protects the rainforest
    b) Provides loans
    c) Hires rangers
    d) Cuts down trees
  2. Who helps protect the Cardamom Rainforest?
    a) The Foundation
    b) Wildlife Alliance
    c) Local communities
    d) Poachers
  3. What are rangers paid to do?
    a) Protect the forest
    b) Hunt animals
    c) Stop illegal poaching
    d) Cut down trees
  4. What can former poachers do now?
    a) Sell animals
    b) Work as rangers
    c) Get new jobs
    d) Keep poaching
  5. What does the Foundation offer to help people?
    a) Food
    b) New jobs
    c) Free trees
    d) Loans
  6. What is illegal in the rainforest?
    a) Poaching
    b) Planting trees
    c) Logging
    d) Selling food
  7. What do rangers help keep safe?
    a) People
    b) Animals
    c) The forest
    d) Trees
  8. What is the main goal of the Foundation?
    a) To stop poaching
    b) To plant trees
    c) To protect the rainforest
    d) To make money
  9. What do people used to do in the rainforest?
    a) Plant trees
    b) Poach animals
    c) Sell food
    d) Work as rangers
  10. What does the Foundation work to protect?
    a) The Cardamom Rainforest
    b) The animals
    c) The plants
    d) The villages

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5. Rearrange the words to make correct sentences – NOT EASY

  1. protect / the / rainforest / Foundation / to / helps / the
  2. rangers / animals / the / safe / keep / help
  3. poaching / is / activity / illegal / an
  4. rainforest / trees / the / is / full / of
  5. new / work / people / the / can / find / jobs
  6. like/ rangers / illegal / activities / poaching / stop
  7. the / the / protects / in / Foundation / forest / animals
  8. used / people / animals / hunt / to
  9. from / rangers / trees / help / cutting / stop / people
  10. is / the / rainforest / Cardamom / the / protected / Foundation /by

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S O L U T I O N S

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks

  1. The Foundation works with Wildlife Alliance.
  2. Rangers stop illegal poaching.
  3. The rangers help protect the rainforest.
  4. The Foundation helps people by giving them new jobs.
  5. Poaching is an illegal activity.
  6. The Foundation hires rangers to protect the forest.
  7. The rangers work to keep the animals safe.
  8. The Foundation helps people earn money in other ways.
  9. The rainforest has many different kinds of plants.
  10. People used to hunt animals but now have new jobs.

Exercise 2: True or False

  1. The Foundation works alone to protect the rainforest. False
  2. The Foundation hires rangers to stop illegal poaching. True
  3. Rangers are paid to harm animals. False
  4. The Foundation helps former poachers find new jobs. True
  5. The rainforest has only a few trees. False
  6. Illegal activities harm the forest and animals. True
  7. The Foundation protects both animals and plants. True
  8. The Foundation helps local communities earn money. True
  9. Poaching is a legal activity in the rainforest. False
  10. People who used to poach can now work in the forest. True

Exercise 3: Match the Sentences

  1. The Foundation works with c. Wildlife Alliance.
  2. Rangers stop illegal g. activities like poaching.
  3. The rangers help i. keeping the animals safe.
  4. The Foundation gives people a. new jobs.
  5. Poaching and logging are d. dangerous for the environment.
  6. The Foundation hires rangers e. by hiring rangers.
  7. The Foundation helps people by a. giving them new jobs.
  8. People can earn money h. new jobs in the community.
  9. The rainforest is full of b. plants and animals.
  10. The Foundation protects animals i. keeping the animals safe.

Exercise 4: Multiple Choice Test

  1. What does the Foundation do?
    a) Protects the rainforest ✔
    b) Provides loans ✖
    c) Hires rangers ✔
    d) Cuts down trees ✖
  2. Who helps protect the Cardamom Rainforest?
    a) The Foundation ✔
    b) Wildlife Alliance ✔
    c) Local communities ✔
    d) Poachers ✖
  3. What are rangers paid to do?
    a) Protect the forest ✔
    b) Hunt animals ✖
    c) Stop illegal poaching ✔
    d) Cut down trees ✖
  4. What can former poachers do now?
    a) Sell animals ✖
    b) Work as rangers ✔
    c) Get new jobs ✔
    d) Keep poaching ✖
  5. What does the Foundation offer to help people?
    a) Food ✖
    b) New jobs ✔
    c) Free trees ✖
    d) Loans ✖
  6. What is illegal in the rainforest?
    a) Poaching ✔
    b) Planting trees ✖
    c) Logging ✔
    d) Selling food ✖
  7. What do rangers help keep safe?
    a) People ✖
    b) Animals ✔
    c) The forest ✔
    d) Trees ✔
  8. What is the main goal of the Foundation?
    a) To stop poaching ✔
    b) To plant trees ✖
    c) To protect the rainforest ✔
    d) To make money ✖
  9. What did people used to do in the rainforest?
    a) Plant trees ✖
    b) Poach animals ✔
    c) Sell food ✖
    d) Work as rangers ✖
  10. What does the Foundation work to protect?
    a) The Cardamom Rainforest ✔
    b) The animals ✔
    c) The plants ✔
    d) The villages ✖

Exercise 5: Sentence Rearrangement

  1. The Foundation helps protect the rainforest.
  2. Rangers help keep the animals safe.
  3. Poaching is an illegal activity.
  4. The rainforest is full of trees.
  5. The Foundation gives people new jobs.
  6. Rangers stop illegal activities like poaching.
  7. The Foundation protects the animals in the forest.
  8. People used to hunt animals.
  9. Rangers help stop people from cutting trees.
  10. The Cardamom rainforest is protected by the Foundation.

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A journalist interviews a park ranger about his work:

Journalist: Hello! Can you tell me your name?

Ranger: My name is Som.

Journalist: What is your job here in the rainforest?

Ranger: I am a ranger. I protect the forest.

Journalist: What do you protect the forest from?

Ranger: I stop poaching and illegal logging.

Journalist: Why is poaching dangerous for the forest?

Ranger: Poaching harms the animals and the environment.

Journalist: How do you stop poachers?

Ranger: I patrol the forest and catch them.

Journalist: How do you keep the animals safe?

Ranger: I watch them and stop people from hunting them.

Journalist: Do you work alone or with others?

Ranger: I work with other rangers and the Foundation.

Journalist: Why is the rainforest important to protect?

Ranger: The rainforest has many plants and animals.

Journalist: What do you like most about your job?

Ranger: I like helping to protect nature and animals.

Journalist: How does the Foundation help you?

Ranger: The Foundation hires us and supports our work.

Journalist: How can people help protect the forest?

Ranger: People can stop poaching and support our work.

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Essay

You are interested in the position of a park ranger. Write down why you want to join the group of the rangers, about 100 words.

When finished you can send me the text, I’ll have a look at it, comment, correct, and send it back.
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