Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.3 - Them or us? for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Check what you know. How are the following pairs of words and phrases similar in meaning, and how are they different?

Answer

  1. Both are related to killing animals; hunting can have many purposes (sport, food), while culling is specifically for controlling the animal population in cases where it has grown too big in the eyes of decision-makers.
  2. Both are related to the number of animals in a group; lone wolf is a single, isolated wolf (and the expression is often used to describe a person), while 'pack' is a group of wolves or other animals that move together. 'Pack' can also be used to describe people, especially whom you disapprove of.
  3. Both are related to movement; roaming is less direct or deliberate, though a search for food (in the case of animals) may determine its direction, while migration refers to a (usually regular) movement from one place to another.
  4. A predator is an animal that kills another; 'prey' is the animal sought by the predator.
  5. Livestock is specifically animals that are kept on a farm, e.g. cows or sheep, as opposed to animals more generally.
  6. A conservationist works to protect animals (or something, e.g. old buildings); an animal lover loves all animals.

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