WORKING ON SKILLS

Listening

6 The following are the 10 commandments Major gives the animals.
Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks.

  1. No animal must ever live in a ............................................................................ .
  2. No animal must ever sleep in a ........................................................................ .
  3. No animal must ever wear .................................................................................. .
  4. No animal must ever .................................... alcohol.
  5. No animal must ever smoke .............................................................................. .
  6. No animal must ever touch ................................................................................ .
  7. No animal must ever engage in ........................................................................ .
  8. No animal must ever ................................................................... his own kind.
  9. No animal must ever .......................................................... any other animal.
  10. All animals are ............................................................................................................. .
Speaking

7 PAIR WORK. Old Major’s speech is meant to stir the animals so that they will actually rebel against Man. Develop the following points by answering these questions in turns.
a. What are our lives like?
b. Does this happen because our land is so poor that it can’t give a decent life to those who live on it?
c. Why do we continue in this miserable condition?
d. Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. What happens to the milk that you cows produce?
e. And what happens to the eggs that you hens lay?
f. Does an animal escape the cruel knife in the end?
g. Isn’t it clear that all the evils of our life come from the tyranny of human beings?
h. What must we do then?

Writing

8 - B1 Preliminary PART 2 - Analyse the song Beasts of England. What is the message? What emotions and needs does it appeal to? Write an article of about 100 words.