Listen to these words and repeat to practice your pronunciation.
a creepy animal
exotic animals
lizards
reptiles
amphibians
misunderstood
Listen and read along to these sentences.
So many animals are misunderstood. The truth is that most animals are much more scared of us than we are of them. They don't want to harm us at all.
People are often scared of what they don't know. Because an animal isn't familiar to them, people get scared and think the worst.
It's sad that a lot of animals are endangered because humans react out of fear and ignorance instead of protecting and learning about exotic animals.
It's harder for us to relate to and understand reptiles and amphibians because they're so different to us. It's easier to understand other mammals. Why do we think dogs are cute, but frogs are not?
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Exercise
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