Amalia Gavina
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The bull whose semen is worth $3,000 (upper-intermediate-advanced)
PRE-TASK
1) Are you an animal lover? How much do you know about cattle breeding? and bulls?
2) Read the title and look at the photos. Make a prediction of what the article might be about.
3) Match the following words with their correct definitions:
| amble | the large baglike mammary gland of cows, sheep, etc, having two or more teats |
| size up | a group of followers that accompany someone important |
| weary | the coarse food that a cow, goat, etc. brings back up from its first stomach to its mouth for further chewing |
| retinue | tired, exhausted |
| rave | talk with great enthusiasm |
| wondrous | to go at a slow, easy pace |
| cud | wonderful, remarkable |
| udder | make an assessment of a person or problem |
| tarpaulin | large water-proof covering sheet |
TASK
Read the article (click here) and answer the following questions:
- Why is Yuvraj’s semen so expensive and why do people from around the world go to see it?
- How does Karamveer Singh look after Yuvraj?
- What does Karamveer do?
- Why isn’t he considering selling the bull?
- What information is there about India’s stockbreeding and agricultural industry?
- Make a short summary of the article.
- What’s the meaning of “cash cow”? (parr. 7)
FOLLOW-UP
Discussion:
- Should animals be treated like human beings?
- Making a brand out of an animal
- Agricultural and stockbreeding industry in your country: what is being done and could be done better
