国际交流英语视听说B1U7资料.ppt

Listening 2 Example Answers She loved to paint and she even chose the colors. 2. What did Dick George say about Ruby? Listening 2 Example Answers It is teaching elephants to paint. 3. What is the Thai Elephant Conservation Center doing now? Listening 2 Example Answers She is a wonderful painter and she seems to have an artist’s personality. 4. What is Ramona famous for? Listening 2 Example Answers She stops and looks at a painting carefully before choosing the next color. 5. What does Ramona do before choosing the next color? B | Read the statements. Then listen again and check (√) T for true or F for false. Listening 2 1. The paintings by the elephants seldom show real things. 2. According to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, the elephants seem to understand the pictures. 3. Different elephants have their own painting styles. 4. Some elephants are better painters than others. 5. Ramona likes to work with bright colors. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? T F ? ? Listening 2 Answer Keys 1. F (Some paintings show real things.) 2. F (The elephants don’t understand the pictures.) 3. T 4. T 5. F (Ramona likes to work with dark colors.) Listening 2 To be continued Elephant art began at zoos in the United States. Zookeepers there saw an elephant named Ruby using a stick to make marks in the dirt. They bought paints and brushes for her, and soon she was painting. In a book about Ruby, author Dick George says she loved to paint, and she even chose the colors. In Thailand, the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) now teaches elephants to paint. They think it might be good for them. The animals learn to hold the paintbrush, and trainers help them to move their trunks and paint pictures. Some paintings show real Listening 2 To be continued things such as flowers, trees, and even elephants, but according to the TECC, the elephants don’t understand the pictures. They just follow the instructions of their trainers. However, some people think t