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6. Чтение. Работа с текстом. (12 мин)
This is what Stephanie, a girl from Cardiff aged 12, wrote about the beau - ty of the world. Read the paragraph artistically and say how you could prove that our planet is a wonderful place to live on.
I dont normally get up early but today was different. I woke up to the sound of music but not just any music. It was the sound of birds singing like a big orchestra o:kistro. I got out of bed and opened the curtains to look out of the window. I stood in a daze. 1 The bird flew from tree to tree and from branch to branch. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shin - ing through the trees and on the grass making them look like gold. The sky hod the shade2 of blue that you can see only in summer even though it was spring. What a lovely way to wake up in the morning.
Read the text and answer the questions.
NATURAL WORLD IN DANGER
You have never seen a dodo. Your friends and teachers have never seen a dodo. Your grandpar - ents never saw a dodo. The last of these large birds that couldnt fly died many years ago. Now it is extinct. We even say "as dead as a dodo", which means "finished". Your great-grandparents may just have seen a passenger pigeon:1 the last one died in 1914.
A lot more endangered species - fish, reptiles, insects, birds, mam - mals - may disappear before you have children. The rea - son is that Man kills animals and destroys their habitats. It is not just animals that are in danger. So are plants. The world had over nine million sq. 2 km of forests. This is a lot of trees, and also a lot of different species of trees. But they are disappearing fast. Every day we use paper and cardboard, both made from wood. We use dif - ferent kinds of wood in furniture an
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