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1 9 th September 2011 Episode 18 Rescued Penguin Released A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習 Follow ENW on Twitter: twitter.com/enwpodcast Go to our Homepage:

2 [ ] Happy Feet Penguin Released in Ocean September 9 th 2011 PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Penguins b) Ostriches c) Kiwis d) Chickens My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Wild Animals Warm Up 3 Which Animal? Animal conservation is important as countries try to protect animal species from becoming extinct. Look at the list of endangered species below and match them with their correct photograph. All the animals are in danger of dying out. 1: Wyoming Toad 4: Takhi 7: Tasmanian Devil 2: Spider Monkey 5: Saiga 8: Calafornia Condot 3: Red Wolf - H 6: Japanese Crane 9: Axolotil

3 Flightless Birds Around the World A B c D E F G H I Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about Penguins. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: Happy Feet is a rescued penguin in New Zealand, why was that name chosen? a: His feet are happy b: Animation movie c: He likes to dance 2: Why was Happy Feet rescued? a: He was hungry b: He was sick c: He was lost 3: What food do penguins like to eat? a: Fish b: Flowers c: Seaweed d: Other penguins 4: What is the biggest species of penguin in the world? a: Queen Penguin b: King Penguin c: Emperor Penguin 5: What is the name of the Swiss penguin-animation children s character? a: Miffy b: Pingu c: Thomas d: Happy feet 6: Do penguins live in the Artic (North Pole)? a: Yes b: No E1: A group of penguins is called a. a: Colony b: Group c: Flock d: School E2: All species of penguins cannot fly. a: True b: False E3: Happy Feet is an Emperor Penguin; which photo is an Emperor Penguin? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

4 PART 2 Before Listening Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Connect the Phrase Match the verb have on the left with the rest of the sentence on the right. All the sentences are from the first Listening / Reading Activity. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. 1: The one meter high A: with a GPS tracker so he can be followed 2: Wayne Linklater, a B: TV station set-up a web-cam 3: He has also been fitted C: confused the penguin and he started to eat sand 4: Some conservationists D: penguin was the first Emperor Penguin 5: The sandy beach E: have criticised the expense involved 6: Whilst at the zoo a local F: biologist from the University of Victoria Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Happy Feet : Wayward Penguin Goes Home Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1: Happy Feet has escaped from Peka-Peka Beach. [T] [F] 2: Happy Feet is an Emperor Penguin. [T] [F] 3: A quarter of a million people followed Happy Feet on a web-cam. [T] [F] 4: The penguin came to New Zealand over two years ago. [T] [F] 5: It cost $350,000 to get Happy Feet back into the ocean. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Antonyms An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Story. 1: Release 6: Follow A: Clear F: Capture 2: Popular 7: Normal B: Healthy G: Obedient 3: First 8: Wayward C: Protected H: Strange 4: Natural 9: Unclear D: Lead I: Last 5: Sick 10: Endangered E: Dislike J: Unnatural END OF PART 2

5 PART 3 Listening Listening / Reading 1 Listening Happy Feet : Wayward Penguin Goes Home Wrong Word Help Listen / Read the news story below and check your understanding. Choose the correct answer from the vocabulary box. Listen / Read the rest of the sentence to help your understanding. If you don t know the answer, look at the first letter in each word to help you. A: swam C: animation E: University G: Zoo I: Emperor B: habitat D: veterinarian F: millions H: followers J: ocean Happy Feet : Wayward Penguin Goes Home Happy Feet the Emperor Penguin who won the hearts of 1: of people across the world is on his way home after being released in the Arctic Ocean. The wayward penguin, named Happy Feet after the popular : movie about a dancing 3: penguin, came ashore over two months ago on Peka-Peka Beach in New Zealand. The one meter high penguin was the first Emperor Penguin in 44 years to be seen in New Zealand. It is unclear how the penguin managed to get lost as New Zealand is a long way from the Emperor Penguin s natural 4:. The sandy beach confused the penguin and he started to eat the sand, confusing it for snow which penguins often eat for water and so soon became sick. Happy Feet was taken to Wellington 5: where the three-year-old bird was returned to health. Whilst at the zoo a local TV station set-up a web-cam and soon Happy Feet had 250,000 6: around the world. He has also been fitted with a GPS tracker so he can be followed after he is back in the 7:. However, the GPS tracker will eventually fall off when Happy Feet s feathers begin to moult. Wellington Zoo 8: Lisa Argilla said that although she was sad to see Happy Feet leave, it was a good thing that he was back in his normal environment. He 9: away, not caring about us anymore. And that is a good thing. Argilla said. Some conservationists have criticised the expense involved in getting Happy Feet back into the ocean. Wayne Linklater a biologist from the 10: of Victoria in Wellington questioned the NZ$35,000 expense as Emperor penguins are not an endangered species. What Do You Think? Happy Feet Is spending $35, 000 ( 2.2 million) on Happy Feet too expensive? Why? END OF PART 3

6 PART 4 After Listening Post-Listening / Reading 1 A 3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! 1: What is the name of the penguin? 2: What species of penguin is in the news story? 3: How old is the penguin? 4: What is Lisa Argilla s job? 5: How much money did it cost to return the penguin to the ocean? $ 6: What is the name of the beach where the penguin was found? - E1: What did the penguin eat on the beach? E2: How many people followed the penguin s web-cam? E3: What three words does G.P.S stand for? Post-Listening / Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read / Listen to the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! [A1] Artic Ocean. [A2] Wellington Zoo. [A3] Peka-Peka Beach. [A4] One-meter. [A5] 44 years. [Q]? [Q]? [Q]? [Q]? [Q]? END OF PART 4

7 Grammar Present Perfect English Grammar Titles Titles are very important in writing or listening articles. The title needs to be interesting, but not too long. There are some important rules to remember when making a title. Rule 1: Don t make your title too long, between 4 8 words is a good average. Rule 2: All the main words in a title should start with a capital letter. Happy Feet : Wayward Penguin Goes Home Hint 1 ALWAYS capitalise The first word / Abbreviations / First word after a colon / first word after a hyphen. Hint 2 DO NOT capitalise (except if it is the FIRST WORD!) - the, a, an, / prepositions (in, by, on etc.) / and, but, so, because / is / to. Look at some of the titles from previous podcasts and change the mistakes. Look at Hint 1 & Hint 2 to help you. One title has NO MISTAKES. 1: prime minister kan quits. 2: Where Is gaddafi? 3: New spiderman: bi-racial Teenager 4: the 193 rd Country! 5: Iceland Cigarettes Prescription Only! 6: Japan + 2: new World heritage Sites 7: Coke no 1 & no 2 The End For Pepsi? END OF GRAMMAR And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? 5 That only two days after x: z: was released into the Ocean his GPS tracking stopped working. There are fears that the penguin has been eaten by a shark. However, it is also possible that it has fallen off in the salty ocean. The End Visual TV Links You Tube (US) [1:56] Search: Happy Feet released ABC News (US) [2:28] Search: Happy Feet released

8 Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 D Chickens A, B, C cannot fly. Warm Up 3 1 B 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 B 6 B 7 A 8 A 9 A E: C Warm Up 4 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 C 5 B 6 B E1 A E2 True E3 C Answers Part 2 Pre Listening / Reading Connect The Phrase 1 D 2 F 3 A 4 E 5 C 6 B True or False 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F Synonyms 1 F 2 E 3 I 4 J 5 B 6 D 7 H 8 G 9 A 10 C Answers Part 3 Listening Happy Feet : Wayward Penguin Goes Home Happy Feet the Emperor Penguin who won the hearts of 1: (f) millions of people across the world is on his way home after being released in the Arctic Ocean. The wayward penguin, named Happy Feet after the popular : (c) animation movie about a dancing 3: (i) Emperor penguin, came ashore over two months ago on Peka-Peka Beach in New Zealand. The one meter high penguin was the first Emperor Penguin in 44 years to be seen in New Zealand. It is unclear how the penguin managed to get lost as New Zealand is a long way from the Emperor Penguin s natural 4: (b) habitat The sandy beach confused the penguin and he started to eat the

9 sand, confusing it for snow which penguins often eat for water and so soon became sick. Happy Feet was taken to Wellington 5: (g) Zoo where the three-year-old bird was returned to health. Whilst at the zoo a local TV station set-up a web-cam and soon Happy Feet had 250,000 6: (h) followers around the world. He has also been fitted with a GPS tracker so he can be followed after he is back in the 7: (j) ocean. However, the GPS tracker will eventually fall off when Happy Feet s feathers begin to moult. Wellington Zoo 8: (d) veterinarian Lisa Argilla said that although she was sad to see Happy Feet leave, it was a good thing that he was back in his normal environment. He 9: (a) swam away, not caring about us anymore. And that is a good thing. Argilla said. Some conservationists have criticised the expense involved in getting Happy Feet back into the ocean. Wayne Linklater a biologist from the 10: (e) University of Victoria in Wellington questioned the NZ$35,000 expense as Emperor penguins are not an endangered species. Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading Q & A 1 Happy Feet 6 Peka-Peka Beach 2 Emperor Penguin E1 Sand 3 Three years old E2 250,000 4 Veterinarian E3 Global Positioning 5 $35,000 System A & Q A1 Where was Happy Feet released? A2 Where did Happy Feet recover? A3 Where was Happy Feet discovered? A4 How tall is Happy Feet? A5 How many years has it been since the last Emperor Penguin visited New Zealand? Answers Grammar Post-Listening / Reading Titles 1: prime minister kan quits. Prime Minister Kan Quits 2: Where Is gaddafi? Where is Gaddafi? 3: New spiderman: bi-racial Teenager New Spiderman: Bi-Racial Teenafer 4: the 193 rd Country! The 193 rd Country! 5: Iceland Cigarettes Prescription Only! NO MISTAKES 6: Japan + 2: new World heritage Sites Japan + 2: New World Heritage Sites 7: Coke no 1 & no 2 The End For Pepsi? Coke No 1 & No 2 The End for Pepsi? And Finally X & Z X Happy / Z Feet

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