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Introduction The animal people often associate with Easter is not free from controversy. Rabbits are cute and fluffy and a most adorable creature for some, but others find it a pest that can multiply rapidly and cause problems. Even in literature rabbits have been represented in very different ways: from the sweet characters of Beatrix Potter, to tricksters like Peter Rabbit. Neil and Rob talk about these furry animals and teach you related vocabulary. This week's questionIn the last rabbit survey in 1995, how many were estimated to exist in the UK? Is it... a) 370,500 b) 3,750,000, or c) 37,500,000? Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabularya fan of something
somebody who is keen on something endemic
very common or strongly established in a place or situation a warren
an underground area where rabbits live, but also a building or a part of a town where there are lots of confusing passageways or streets where it is easy to get lost a predator
an animal that hunts and kills another animal paradoxical
something that has two opposing characteristics making it hard to understand a trickster
someone who deceives people to get what they want Transcript Note: This is not a word for word transcript
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发表于 2019-4-18 22:26:00
