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Dialogue :

wild elephants on the move

dialogue 1:

Jingjing: Mark, did you hear about the______ of ______ elephants recently?

Mark: There are many______.　What's______ about the one I might ______ about?

Jingjing: Well, they've______ of over_______km.

Mark: That's amazing!　I know elephants sometimes ______.　But that sounds like a______.

Jingjing: It might be.　They've been______ it for_______ months.

Mark: Where did they______?

Jingjing: They lived in a______ in ______ Yunnan.

Mark: That's______elephants usually live,_______?

Jingjing: Yes, it is.　As yet, _______ has answers about______ they left their______.

Mark: They lived on a______, didn't they?　It's______ that they didn't want to______ there.

Jingjing: Just ______, I'd say they ______ in search of more elephants to______.

Mark: Well, that's______; but you might be______.

Jingjing: Here: I'll send you a______.　Have a look _______ you go out for your cup of coffee.

Mark: OK.　I'll ______.　Thanks, Jingjing.

Jingjing: Let me know if you have_______.　I'm going to take a look at ______ websites to see if I can ______more.

Mark: Good idea.　That gives us something to _______ when I _______.

dialogue 2:

Jingjing: Mark, did you______ out there?

Mark: I ran between______ and didn't______.　What did you _______ about those elephants?

Jingjing: Well, I wasn't______ until I looked it up; but China has approximately _______ elephants.

Mark: That's a pretty_______ number.　They receive______, don't they?

Jingjing: They sure do.　Just like ______, more people are working to keep them safe, and to keep their numbers______.

Mark: Yeah, 300 is a pretty_______ number.　Only one of my schools had _______ than that many students ______.

Jingjing: I______ earlier about the _______.　A wildlife campaign manager with World Animal Protection, named Evan Sun, said that it's most likely to be______.

Mark: How does China's elephant _______ compare with that of a few _______ago?

Jingjing: It used to be fewer than______.

Mark: That's a ______ in numbers.

Jingjing: It sure is.　Let's hope to see______ set aside for them in the future.

Mark: That'd be _______ land.　How does that compare with the cost of protecting them as they _______ farmland and towns and______ cities like Kunming?

Jingjing: As of ______, local authorities sent a total of 1583 ______to _______ the elephants,______ roads, and ______ nearly 9000 people.　Also, these elephants were _______ 1.2 tons of food along the way.

Mark: Well, that's_______ story!

Jingjing: One_______ of them sleeping, all _______ together in the forest, got 390,000_______on social media.

Mark: I saw that in the video—______!

Jingjing: ______ people care.

new words and phrases

herd:

record:

habitat:

wildlife preserve:

off the top of my head:

strike out :

gene pool:

gross speculation:

dwindling:

take back what I said: