Read the dialogue and learn it by heart. Act it out

(One day Kate and Pete meet in the reading room.)

Pete: Good evening, Kate. When did you come?

Kate: Hello, Pete, an hour ago. I read about other differences between plants and animals. Shall I tell you about them?

Pete: Oh, certainly. I’ll be glad to know about that.

Kate: Well, I’ll tell you a few words. Do you know what basic unit of life is?

Pete: A cell, I think. I studied the structure of timber last year.

Kate: Right you are. Plant cells have cellulose in them, and animal cells do not have it.

Pete: Oh, yes I know about cellulose in trees and other plants. This material is important for paper-making.

Kate: Just so. And what’s more, all animals are heterotrophs.

Pete: What does it mean “heterotrophs”?

Kate: It means that they feed directly or indirectly on other living things.

Pete: Oh, I see. Thank you.

Read the dialogue and express your opinion on the problem of animal hunting.

A: What do you think of fox hunting?

B: I'm completely against it.

A: But if you worked on a farm and your chickens were killed by foxes, you'd

think differently.

B: I doubt it. People who keep all those hounds and dress up in colourful

costumes really enjoy killing foxes. Besides, it's such a cruel way to kill them.

A: Do you really think so? Once the first dog has caught up with the fox, death is

fairly instant.

B: You seem to forget that the fox is already dying of exhaustion after long chase.

Then it's torn to pieces. If farmers really need to kill foxes, why don't they just shoot

them? There'd be far less damage to the countryside without hunts.

A: But fox hunting is part of country life. It's one of our traditions.

B: That's beside the point. Dog fighting and cock fighting were traditions and so

was slavery before we became a more civilized society by making these things

illegal.

Unit 3