2 Lesson 3

Working together
Before you start
● Who are the people in the photos?
● What do you think hunting parties are, and
why do they kill lions?
● Why is it important to protect animals such as
lions?

Reading Lions are disappearing all over Africa but there

an
is some hope now after the amazing work of
1 Read the text and check your answers. organisation called Lion Guardians, which is based
nia.
in Kenya, but Guardians help in nearby Tanza
2 Read the text again, and answer the
questions The aim of Lion Guardians is to help local peop le to
er
1 Name three reasons why the Maasai men are protect their own livestock and reduce the numb
selected to be Lion Guardians. of lion killings in the area.
2 What do you think will happen if lions disappear Cattle are important to the villagers but they often
from Africa? go missing or are attacked by lions. Then the lions
3 Summarize the text in no more than 30 words. are killed as villagers worry about losing more
livestock.
Writing tip
n
Do not include your opinion in a sum
mary. It should Lion Guardians is changing this. The organisatio
works with the community to help both the lions
be objective.
and the livestock and this is done by employing
Language local people. Maasai men are chosen to becom
the
e
guardians as they understand lions and have
ment s, find
3 Read the text again and underline all the skills needed to monitor their move
missing livestock and stop hunting parties
passive forms. who
kill the lions for sport. They are taught to be field
4 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verb in brackets. biologists and are given a sense of responsibility.

1 The young men . . . .are

. . . . . . . . .taught
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (teach) to be Lions are monitored everyday and the information
field biologists. is sent to the cattle farmers who can then make
2 Local people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (give) jobs. sure their cows are safe.
the
3 The community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (encourage) to Lion Guardians are very successful. They help
look after the lions. future of lions as well as the local communities.
4 Lions .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not hunt) as much as in
the past.
5 Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (bring) into the area by L ANGUAGE LANGUAGE REVIEW
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tourists. Present simple passive

6 Lion Guardians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (need) in other
countries. ● Use the passive (am/is/are +
past participle) when the action
REMEMBER! is more important than the
agent (who or what does it): The
Words for jobs often end in -ist, for organisation is based in Kenya.
example biologist, artist, scientist.
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