2. Watch the video item How hearing dogs help deaf children to check your ideas.

3. Role play: why don’t we have a …

Work in small groups of 2 people. Persuade your parents to have a pet. But not just a pet but …

Team 1

You’d like to have a tarantula as a pet. Try to persuade your parents to agree to buy one. Use the following words in your dialogue:

Tarantula makes great pet, tarantula bites, defend, unconventional, hairy, scary, creepy, safe, tarantula's venom, fear of spiders, feed on, a diet of crickets, supplemented with insects, an adult tarantula, take care of, never consider sharing one’s home with a spider 

Team 2

You’d like to have a pig as a pet. Try to persuade your parents to agree to buy one. Use the following words in your dialogue:

consider sharing one’s home with a pig, be charmed by intelligence and the personality of pet pigs, demanding pets, affectionate, curious, playful, clean, generally quiet, odor free, non-allergenic; pigs are quite trainable, much the same as a dog; destructive, unrelenting in quest for food, getting aggressive, snouts, need to root, firm discipline, social animals, need of attention and interaction, consider keeping more than one pig

Team 3

You’d like to have a tiger cub as a pet. Try to persuade your parents to agree to buy one. Use the following words in your dialogue:

 large, strong, dangerous cats, to be very territorial, males mark their territories, tiger cubs are small and cute, quickly grow up to be hundreds of pounds, several inch long canine teeth and claws, tearing apart food, jump, climb and swim, a lot of meat and money, not to mention the …, to add to the diet, makes up a tiger's diet, a tiger in captivity, you can't predict the behavior of a tiger, roar

Team 4

You’d like to have an eagle as a pet. Try to persuade your parents to agree to buy one. Use the following words in your dialogue:

extremely powerful feet, massive and sharp talons, to snatch up a variety of prey, to feed on live rodents, foxes, tortoises, snakes, rabbits; an eagle can kill a human, fear enemies, versatile pet with a good survivability,   dangerous abilities, attack speed, damage, properly trained bird, bird of prey, it should be flying high and soaring through the winds, it is illegal to capture and keep an eagle as a pet, eagles eat in their natural environment.

1. Work in small groups of 2-3 people. Translate the breed names into your native language. Use a dictionary to help you. Match the dog breeds with the photos and fill in the table below

1. Dachshund

2. Rottweiler

3. Poodle

4. Boxer

5. Yorkshire Terrier

6. Bulldog

7. Beagle

8. Golden Retriever

9. German Shepherd

10. Labrador Retriever

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2. Have a look at the dog breed list above. What breeds do you know? Working in the same teams, make a story about one of the breed as in the following example to highlight as many advantages as possible. Present your story in the class.

Example: I would like to speak about German Shepherd. German shepherds are highly intelligent and courageous. Known for their tremendous loyalty, these dogs are typically cheerful, obedient and eager to learn.

German shepherds prefer to be close to their families and therefore have a very strong protective instinct. Generally good with other pets and excellent with children in the family, it is recommended to train and socialize German shepherds from an early age with a firm and loving hand.

The breed's ability to rapidly learn has contributed to its wide use as a sheepdog, guard dog, in police work, as a guide for the blind, in search and rescue service, and in the military. But most of all, the German shepherd is favored as a loving family companion.

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