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Answer for exercise 2

The solution for exercise 2 in chapter 11 - Writing of Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book by Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave

Question

Read the for and against essay on page 115. Summarise the arguments on both sides. Were any the same as yours?

Answer

For

  • safer and more enjoyable life in the entertainment business
  • important educational function
  • animals are adaptable and enjoy life in captivity

Against

  • suggests animals have no rights
  • animals are kept in cramped, unnatural conditions
  • often badly treated by their keepers
  • they lose their identity, and so the educational aspect is lost
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