Number nine, test three.0:03
You will hear an interview, listen to it and complete the statements in your test book appropriately.0:06
Interview with Patrick Warren Endangered ANIMALS Nowadays a lot of people speak about the fact that lots of animals can become extinct.0:24
We would like to discuss animals in danger with one of the experts in the field, Mr. Patrick Warren.0:34
Welcome to the studio, Mr. Warren.0:40
Thanks for the invitation.0:43
How serious is the situation with wild animals nowadays?0:48
I would say it has definitely improved in comparison with the last quarter of the previous century.0:52
Governments are aware that many animals and plants can disappear from the earth.0:59
Measures are being taken to avoid these losses.1:03
People from different countries have begun working together trying to preserve various endangered species of our flora and fauna.1:07
But nevertheless, I can say that all over the world wild animals are still in real danger from the most dangerous animal of all, man.1:15
You have been studying the problem of endangered animals for many years.1:25
Which of them, in your view, are mostly threatened?1:29
I will mention the Indian tiger and the African elephant.1:33
As far as I know, the situation with the Indian tiger is really very grave.1:37
People have always regarded them as the most dangerous wild animals in the world.1:44
These creatures used to kill more than a thousand people a year.1:50
Now the situation has dramatically changed.1:54
Most of the tigers don't hunt people.1:59
They rather hide from them in deep dark forests which people have also ruined.2:01
Farmers have cut a lot of trees, so there aren't many forests for tigers now.2:07
Then a number of man eaters today are rather old and sick animals.2:13
Man has killed so many of them.2:18
I understand that the tigers natural environments have been ruined on most Indian territories.2:20
But people have always hunted and killed the tiger.2:27
Poor farmers were trying to save their chickens from the notorious night killer.2:31
It's also a fact that many people hunted and are hunting the tiger for fun and for its beautiful skin.2:37
Though the latest laws try to protect tigers, many poachers are still killing them for money.2:44
So as you see, our world has really become radically different.2:51
The tiger isn't an enemy of man, but man is the enemy of the tiger.2:56
Do you think the Indian tiger has got a future?3:01
Let's hope for the best.3:05
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