Are you ready? Have you got the picture, Holly? OK... Off you go!
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Today we're at Greenfields Park in the centre of town.
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As you can see, it's a vast green space but soon it may look very different.
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Yes, in six months' time this beautiful park may be lost forever.
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It might become a noisy, dirty building site.
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This is where the council wants to build our new town library.
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And what a library it is!
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You must hold up the picture, Holly!
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Oh, yes! Sorry!
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The library will be built mainly of glass and steel.
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We certainly need a new library but not everyone in the town is happy with this location or the proposed design.
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Some people feel that such a modern building should not be built next to the traditional stone buildings in the centre of town.
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Others say that we ought not to build on the precious open spaces in our town.
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So will Hampton get its new library? It might...
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Or it might not...
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Great! That was brilliant! Well done!
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Listen 5 times
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Lesson 2: Conversation
Wow! Look at this skyscraper. It's so high.
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How many stories has it got?
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I'm not sure. 30, 40, I'd love to live on the top floor. Imagine the views.
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And imagine all the stairs you'd have to climb if the lift wasn't working. I wouldn't like to live up there. I don't think buildings should be so tall.
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Mm...How about these then? They're all kind thin
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Certainly not they all look the same boring.
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You'll like this house I expect.
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Oh yes, that a lovely traditional house.
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Mm…
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What's the matter? Don't you like it?
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Well, it looks like an old house but in fact it's only a few years old. I think that's a bit strange. If you're going to build a modern house it should look modern.
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Well maybe.
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Now this is more like it very modern lots of glass. We want to have more houses like this in our town.
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You've got to be joking.
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No! I'm deadly serious.
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But the houses in our town are all old and made of stone or brick. They definitely Shouldn't build anything like that here.
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What's that last picture?
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Mm…you might not like this one.
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Show me! Oh, what is it? It looks like a palace.
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Exactly I love it. It must be wonderful to live in a house like that.
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Listen 5 times
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Lesson Heading
Wildlife World
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Member's view
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This month we're posting this opinion from 16-year-old WW member, Julie Smith:
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keep away from zoos-keep wildlife wild
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When I was younger, I used to like going to zoos.
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It was really great seeing animals close up.
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As I have grown older, I have begun to realise precisely what sort of existence the animals have and I don't visit zoos anymore.
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unnatural habitat
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Animals in zoos are not free. They can't go where they like.
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They can't live in a natural family group.
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The best zoos try to give the animals the most natural habitat that they can, but a truly natural habitat is impossible.
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Lions born in captivity never learn to hunt.
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They can't use any of their natural instincts and, in my view, that is cruel.
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animal stress
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Unless you understand animal behaviour, you will not notice animal stress.
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When you see a tiger walking up and down, you might notice how strong and dangerous it looks.
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You may not know that this continual pacing, panting and pounding of paws is a sign of stress from boredom and from isolation.
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It is not natural behaviour. Tigers do not do this in the wild.
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exploitation
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Many zoos use animals to entertain visitors and to make money.
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If people think that it's OK to treat animals in this way, they will not try to help animals in the wild.
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They will think that it doesn't matter what happens to animal habitats.
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action for wildlife
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I'm a member of Wildlife World because I think that wild animals should be just that - wild.
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I tell all my friends and my brother and sisters about zoos.
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I explain why they shouldn't go to them.
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Tell your friends and family, too
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Animals have a place in our lives and they ought to have a place in the world.
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Do people need to occupy every corner of the world?
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We probably could - but I'm convinced that we mustn't!
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What do you think? Go to Members log-in. Post a response to Julie's views.
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I totally agree about the stress animals suffer when they are kept in cages.
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It's unbelievably cruel and shouldn't be allowed, especially not for entertainment.
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Sam 2 hours ago
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You're right, Julie! Well said! People must be told the real facts about zoos.
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Unless people get the right information, they will go on visiting them and they won't understand that these wild animals should be free.
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Linda 4 hours ago
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I agree that zoos should be banned.
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Putting animals in these prisons is a disgrace.
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The idea that we need zoos to learn about animals is incorrect.
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We can find out about animals in books, on TV and on the internet.
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Amanda 10 hours ago
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Zoos must be abolished!
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They're unkind, unfair and completely unnecessary. Get rid of them!
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Then let's get rid of all the circuses.
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Animals for entertainment? No thanks!!!
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Jeff 1 day
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