Dark Side of Dolphins
A: Look at the words. Give them definitions.
Check yourselves on Cambridge Dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ru/.
Drill the pronunciation of the words if necessarily.
1. social animals
социальные животные
1. __________________
2. generally
в общем
2. __________________
3. contain
содержать
3. __________________
4. creatures
создания, существа
4. __________________
5. protection
защита
5. __________________
6. in addition
в добавок, к тому же
6. __________________
7. injured
ранен
7. __________________
8. feeding
кормление
8. __________________
9. surface
поверхность
9. __________________
10.chasing
слежка
10.__________________
11.whistle
свист
11.__________________
12.body language
язык тела
12.__________________
13.bumping
столкновение
13.__________________
14.bouncing sounds волны звука
14.__________________
15.behaviour
поведение
15.__________________
16.life experience
жизненный опыт
16.__________________
17.porpoises
морские свиньи
17.__________________
18.evidence
доказательство, очевидность 18.__________________
19.species
виды (биологические)
19.__________________

B: Listening for the main idea
Watch the video and choose the correct option.
The video is about:
a) Young dolphins
b) About seas and oceans
c) About dolphins’ life and why they can be dangerous.
C: Listening for details
Watch the video again. Choose the best continuation to the sentences above.
1) Dolphins live …
- Alone
- In groups
2) Dolphins support each other in case…
- One of them is hurt
- One of them is old
- They never support each other
3) Dolphins communicate…
- By playing, by body language
- By playing, whistling and clicks, body language and echolocation

- By echolocation only
4) Dolphins once killed …
- Humans
- Birds, porpoises
- Birds, porpoises and younger dolphins
Extension task: Why do dolphins have a dark side? Speak about it.