Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
An endangered baby Java Green Magpie was in a zoo in Prague. A puppet was used to feed this bird. The bird enjoyed this. It learnt a lot from the puppet. Though the puppet was not a perfect imitation of an adult magpie, the bird listened to it. Number of the Javan Green Magpie, the most beautiful Magpie in the world is declining dramatically as a result of deforestation and illegal capture for the wild animal trade. Currently it is one of the most endangered birds in the world. According to the recent estimate, there are less than 50 in the wild globally with roughly the same number being in zoos.
endangered (絶滅危惧の), Java Green Magpie (ジャワ緑色カササギ), Prague (プラハ, チェコ共和国の首都), puppet (指人形),feed (飼育する), deforestation (森林伐採)
Questions:
- Was the bird a baby or an adult bird?
- Did the bird enjoy being looked after by the puppet?
- In which zoo was the bird seen?
- How many Java Green Magpie are there in the wild?
- Was the puppet a perfect imitation of the magpie?
- Did the magpie learn things from the puppet?
- Have you seen a puppet before?
- What is your opinion?