Interactive video lesson plan for: Return of the lynx. Learn: elusive, predator, ecosystem, pose a threat, livestock

Words in the News (29th April 2015): Return of the lynx

For vocabulary and exercises: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/witn/ep-150429

Transcript

Elusive, shy and an excellent predator… but the lynx was hunted to extinction in Britain over 1,000 years ago.

Now, a conservation group plans to reintroduce the species to the wild. They say they aren’t dangerous to humans, and claim that with an overpopulation of deer, the lynx will help rebalance the ecosystem.

But first, they’ll have to convince farmers who think the animal would pose a threat to livestock.



Vocabulary

elusive
difficult to find

predator
animal that hunts and eats other animals

ecosystem
all plants and animals in an area

pose a threat
could cause harm

livestock
farm animals

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