alter：改变;更改 stranded：处于困境的 beach：海滩
fractured ribs or jaws： 头骨、肋骨、下颌骨骨折 pros：同意，支持 cons：反对
We have learned a great deal by observing the animals kept in the zoo. However, wildlife is wild. Do you think we are protecting them or making them suffer by keeping them in captivity?
A The following words are used in the news interview. Listen to the words first. Study the definitions carefully. 1. ire: anger
2. instigate: provoke to some action
3. sonar: a method for finding and locating objects under water by means of the sound waves they reflect or produce
4. bounce (off): (sound or light) reach the surface and is reflected back
5. marine: of, near or living in the sea
6. breed: produce offspring
7. metabolically: pertaining to what is needed to function 8. alter: change
9. stranded: left abandoned
B Listen to the news interview. There are five persons in it. Match column A with column B to indicate who's who. Then write out the thesis statements they are arguing about.
Column A Column B 1. AlanTu 2. Peter Jones 3. Rick Troud 4. Deborah Duffield 5. Jean Michel Cousteau Thesis Statement No. 1:
Dolphins should be kept in captivity.
1 an announcer for Colorado Public 1 <=1 Radio (CPR) 3 <=2 2 a former navy dolphin trainer 4 <=3 3 a biology professor 5 <=4 4 an environmentalist & explorer 2 <=5 5 a reporter for CPR Thesis Statement No. 2:
There are educational benefits of keeping marine mammals in captivity.
C Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the interview. Write out each person's pros (agree with the thesis) or cons (disagree with the thesis) for each thesis statement in note form.
Dolphins should be kept in captivity Pros Cons can't live full lives ●separated from mother--stress Rick / Troud (family-oriented ●concrete tank -- sonar bouncing off-- can't swim more Jean Michel / rejecting captivity -- suicidal --sophisticated brain Cousteau little difference in average Deborah age of death: life getting Duffield better for captive dolphins anti-educational ●natural behavior patterns -- altered Rick / Troud death; suffering from fractured skulls, ribs or jaws playing an important role in basic understanding of the Deborah animals -- can't learn from / Duffield animals in the wild how they operate, breed, what they need, etc. Audioscript:
●beating each other to / A -- Alan Tu R --Rick Troud D -- Deborah Duffield P -- Peter Jones J --Jean Michel Cousteau [Alan Tu is an announcer for Colorado Public Radio; Peter Jones is a reporter for Colorado Public Radio. The other speakers are identified in the report.]
A: A planned aquatic park in Denver is raising the ire of animal
rights activists who object to a proposal to include a captive dolphin display. Although officials for Colorado's Ocean Journeys say they have yet to make a final decision on the issue, local and national activists have already instigated a \Dolphins in Denver\Peter Jones reports, the battle lines have been clearly drawn. P:Rick Troud, a former navy dolphin trainer based in Florida, is
taking an active role in the \ R:Average age in the wild ranges anywhere in some of the studies
between 30 and 40 years of age. In captivity, you can expect a dolphin to live maybe 5.13 years, and every 7 years in captivity the dolphin population is dead.
P:According to Troud, there are many reasons why dolphins can't
live full lives in captivity.
R:If you take a look at where the real dolphin is in the real ocean,
you find the dolphin who swims 40 miles a day, is very