Tourists who take selfies could spread Covid-19 to gorillas

admin 2021年2月19日

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Pre-reading questions:

I will read each question. Then, please answer them.

講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。

Do you like visiting the zoo?
Do you like taking pictures of wild animals?

Vocabulary:

I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.

単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。

danger /DEYN-jer/

[noun] – the possibility of harm or death to someone
He drove so fast that I really felt my life was in danger.

university /yoo-nuh-VUR-si-tee/

[noun] – a place of higher education usually for people who have finished twelve years of schooling and where they can obtain more knowledge and skills, and get a degree to recognize this
She works in a university as a professor.

scientist /SAYH-uhn-tist/

[noun] – an expert who studies or works in one of the sciences
There are scientists who say that the results of the research are flawed.

visitor /VIZ-i-ter/

[noun] – someone who visits a person or place
There has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors to the museum.

disease /dih-ZEEZ/

[noun] – illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident
The first symptom of the disease is a very high temperature.

Article reading:

Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.

記事を音読しましょう。講師はあなたの発音とイントネーションを確認します。

According to a new report, tourists taking selfies with wild mountain gorillas could put the mountain gorillas in danger of developing Covid-19. According to a press release from the university, scientists from Oxford Brookes University, England, studied hundreds of Instagram posts from individuals visiting animals in East Africa on Tuesday and saw that most visitors were close enough to gorillas to transmit viruses and diseases. A statement by lead research author Gaspard Van Hamme, an Oxford Brookes University alumnus who started working on the research during his master’s program, said, “The risk of disease transmission among visitors and gorillas is very concerning,” he also reiterated that it is critical that we establish and improve tour regulations to ensure that gorilla trekking activities do not further impact these already endangered great apes. Mountain gorillas are listed as endangered according to the releases, with an estimated 1,063 of them remaining in the wild.

True or False:

Read the sentences and identify if they are true or false based on the article.

文章を読んで、記事に基づいて正誤を答えましょう。

According to a new report, tourists taking selfies with wild mountain gorillas could put the mountain gorillas in danger of developing Covid-19.
Gaspard Van Hamme is a lead research author.
According to Gaspard Van Hamme, the risk of disease transmission among visitors and gorillas is very concerning.
Mountain gorillas are listed as endangered.
Gaspard Van Hamme is an Oxford Brookes University alumnus.

Fill in the blanks:

Choose the correct word from the table then fill in the blanks.

適切な言葉を選んで空欄を埋めましょう。

danger

university

scientist

visitor

disease

People who live near the volcano are always in _____.
This helps fight _____.
I want to become a _____ when I grow up.
She works in a _____ near her place.
We had _____ last night.