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ENW 409 Introduction This week’s ENW podcast reports on one of the most famous extinct animals in recent history – the Tasmanian Tiger. The last sandy-coloured, striped marsupial was thought to have died in Hobart, Tasmania in 1936. But, there is lingering belief that the ‘Tazzy Tiger’ still roams the remote, isolated forests of Tasmania. Can it really be true? What evidence exists to prove that they still live on?

ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY will try and explain all!

Kazumichi Enokida

Contents Pages

Part 1 | Warm Ups

Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1

Extinct Animals Page 1 / 2 Quiz | This Week

Part 2 | Before Listening / Reading

Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary |Synonyms Page 3

Part 3 | Listening / Reading

The News Story 400 Words Page 4 What Do You Think...? Page 4

Part 4 | After Listening / Reading

Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5

Part 5 | Extra Stuff

Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7

And Finally….

Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8

The Answers Pages 8-10

| A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast.

| A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。

1 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2020 | [email protected]

© English News Weekly: 2011 - 2020 | Ep. 409 | Tasmanian Tiger Riddle! ANIMALS

[202004-02] | Tasmania Tiger Riddle | April 17th, 2020

| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out

Look at the four boxes below, which box is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) Tiger b) Saolo c) Amur Leopard d) Salmon

My Reason… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm

How many different words can you connect to the word(s) in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this?

| Extinct |

Warm Up | Extinct Animals

Look at the photographs of 10 extinct animals below.

Use the Internet to search for the names of the animals.

Then check your answers with the options on page 2!

1: 2: 3: 4: 5:

6: 7: 8: 9: 10:



The World’s Hardest Ultra Running! | Order by Difficulty!

Read the list of 10 extinct animals, most of which have been lost in the last

50 years. Match them with the photographs on page one.

A DODO G PASSENGER PIGEON B FALKLAND ISLANDS WOLF H PYRENEAN IBEX C GOLDEN TOAD I SPIX MACAW D PO’OULI J WOOLLY MAMMOTH E QUAGGA K ZANZIBAR LYNX

Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz

Read the questions about this week’s news story. Remember if you don’t know – use the Internet to help or GUESS!

Q1 What is the largest island in Australia called? a: Kangaroo b: Tasmania c: Whitsunday Q2 What date did the last Tasmanian Tiger in captivity die? a: 7th Sept, 1936 b: 7th Oct, 1936 c: 7th Nov, 1936 Q3 What colours were the Spix Macaw bird? a: Red b: Green c: Blue Q4 What is the Ancient Greek name for the Tasmanian Tiger? a: Panthera Tigris b: Thylacine c: Onca Q5 What is the most common wild cat in existence? a: Leopard b: Tiger c: Lion Q6 What is another animal name for the Tasmanian Tiger? a: Cat b: Wolf c: Devil X1 What is the population of Tasmania? X2 Who was Tasmania named after? X3 What is the state flag for Tasmania?

A: B: C:

END OF PART 1



| PART 2 | Before Listening |

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Jumbled Sentences

The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story.

Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order.

ago, is more days last

really Tasmanian Benjamin died the although Tiger? 30,500

But he than

2 Does the Tazzy Tiger Still Roam? _____________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False

Read the headline of News Story –Does the Tazzy Tiger Still Roam? Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1 Tazzy is a nickname for the Australian state of Tasmania. [T] [F] 2 The Tasmanian Devil died out in 1936. [T] [F] 3 The last known thylacine was called Benjamin. [T] [F] 4 A photograph of theTasmanian Tiger was taken in 2014. [T] [F] 5 The Tylacine Awareness Group has 800,000 members. [T] [F]

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Synonyms

A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories.

1 Carnivorous 6 Devoured A Divulged F Dead & gone

2 Roam 7 Revealed B Proof G Original 3 Isolated 8 Evidence C Predatory H Termination

4 Extinct 9 Donated D Ingested I Prowl 5 Distinctive 10 Demise E Given J Disengaged

END OF PART 2



| PART 3 | Listening |

Listening / Reading | | Listening -

Three choices | Help Listen / Read the news story and choose the correct answer from each choice. HINT – Look at the words around the gap to discover what type of word is missing!

408 Does the Tazzy Tiger Still Roam? 1 Benjamin was the 1: first/last/unique of his kind. He died on September 7th, 1936, at

Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, the large island off the southern coast of the Australian mainland. But what was Benjamin? He was a Thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial better known as a Tasmanian 2: Devil/Wolf/Tiger. But although Benjamin died more than 30, 500 days ago, is he really the last Tasmanian Tiger? Or do they still exist, roaming hidden in the forests of Australia’s smallest state?

2 According to one Tasmanian, the tiger is very much alive. Neil Waters claims that he saw a Tasmanian Tiger walking near to his 3: urban/isolated/sprawling home in the wilderness of the north-eastern part of the island. Speaking to The London Times Mr Waters said, “It came running past the window, travelling along and took off down the track”. That was in 2014, and since then Mr. Waters, a former horticulturalist, has dedicated his life to proving that the large, sandy-coloured, 4: wolf/bear/panther-like creature with distinctive stripes is not extinct.

3 Mr Waters is not alone in his belief that the ‘Tazzy Tiger’ still roams around the island. His Thylacine Awareness Group has about 8,000 members, all of whom 5: passionately/crazily/amazingly believe that the animal still lives. They claim that beheaded kangaroos and devoured wombat remains are even more proof of the animal’s continued existence in Tasmania.

4 Mr Waters is not the only Tasmanian to have seen a Tazzy Tiger, as an official report by the Tasmanian Government revealed last year. Farmers, bushwalkers, locals and tourists all claimed to have seen the animal between 6: 1816/1916/2016 and 2019. Yet, crucially, the one bit of evidence that would surely prove beyond any doubt still eludes everyone – a 7: film/photograph/body.

5 However, it is not impossible that the Tasmanian Tiger still exists. Other species who were believed to have died out have been found still very much alive. The Night Parrot was rediscovered in 2013 after 8: 100/10/1 years and the Leadbeater’s Possum which was declared extinct in 1909 was found again in 1962. So, there is still hope that the tiger can be found, more so after Screen 9: Hobart/Tasmania/Australia donated funds to produce a film on the search for thylacine.

6 The demise of Benjamin has had at least one positive outcome, September 7th – the day he died – is now Threatened Species Day in Australia. Although, there are still many people, who believe that his descendants out there. 10: Somewhere/Somehow/Something…

378 WORDS

END OF PART 3



| PART 4 | After Listening |

Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A

How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can’t remember any answers, guess!

Q1 What date did the last Tasmanian Tiger die?

Q2 What is the name of the Tasmanian Tiger group?

Q3 What newspaper is mentioned?

Q4 Who claimed to have seen a Tasmanian Tiger in 2014?

Q5 In Australia what special day is September 7th?

Q6 What colour is the Tasmanian Tiger?

X1 What is Australia’s smallest state?

X2 How many animals are in the news story?

Post-Reading | 2 A & Q

How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

A1 30,500. ______________________________________________?

A2 8,000. ______________________________________________?

A3 100. ______________________________________________?

A4 53. ______________________________________________?

A5 7Th. ______________________________________________?

END OF PART 4



| PART 5 | Extra Stuff |

English Extra I Idioms that are ‘Mysterious’

Idioms are words and phrases that have a meaning not clear from the words used in the idiom. They are very common ways of communicating in English though!

Examples: A wolf in sheep’s clothing = Someone who looks harmless but isn’t!

Hit the nail on the head = To find the correct answer perfectly.

Can you match the ‘idiom’ with the correct meaning?

1 2 3 4 5 6 A wolf in sheep’s clothing

A cock and bull story

A Dick Tracy

Left holding the

bag

Plain as a nose on a

face

Pull the wool over the eyes.

7 8 9 10 11 12 A red

herring

Sly as a fox

A stool pigeon

To give the 3rd degree

A whodunit

Hit the nail on the

head.

A B C D E F An informer.

Something very, very obvious.

A mystery Somebody who looks

harmless but is

dangerous.

To subject someone.

Information that

misleads.

G H I J K L An

unbelievable story.

To be forced to accept the

blame.

To find the correct answer

perfectly.

To call someone cunning.

To fool or deceive

someone.

Somebody who is good at solving problems.

7 to Chinwag This Week’s ENW Podcast

ENW Podcast Topic | Does the Tazzy Tiger Still Roam?

Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1 What did you think when you read this week’s ENW topic? 2 Do you think the Tasmanian Tiger is still out there? Why? /Why not? 3 Which animal would you hate to see become extinct? Why? 4 What is the greatest lost to humans this century? Why? 5 What ‘lost treasure’ would you most like to revive? Why? 6 What animal would you choose as your spirit guide? Why?

EX FREE QUESTION!



Writing This Week

Think of 3 things / objects / people that are no longer in existence. Why did you choose these 3 things? Why are they special to you? Give as much information as you can.

END OF PART 5

And Finally… | U/V/W/X/Y/Z | A4 ENW RECAP

(T) Sadly, for ENW, Salem wasn’t one of them… (U) Since that podcast in December 2019, all three cats have been adjusting to the new quarantine arrangements under COVID-19. (W) Larry in particular seems to enjoy the freedom to come and go – as well as less traffic on the roads! (V) ENW 399: Downing Street Cats reported on 3 very famous felines living in London. (X) People have to vote for the greatest cat’s name of pets around the world! (Y) Larry, Palmerstone and Gladstone were three rescue cats who were re-homed to help keep the mouse population low in British government buildings. (Z) Larry’s Twitter page has also been running a cat world cup! ______________________ END OF PART 6



Visual | TV Links

RT News | (Russia) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5DLivpkceo [02:56] Witness of Tasmanian Tiger Sighting You Tube| (USA) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vqCCI1ZF7o [00:42] Benjamin – The Last Tasmanian Tiger You Tube | (Australia) 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE_oO-JXH68 [07:24] Tasmanian History (Brief)

Podcast | Key

| A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-1-Out

D – Salmon A / B / C – are all animals that are close to extinction.

Warm Up 3 | Extinct Animals

1: Passenger Pigeon 2: Pyrenean Ibex 3: Quagga 4 : Golden Toad 5: Spix Macau 6 : Zanzibar Leopard 7: Po’ouli 8: Falkland Islands Wolf 9: Woolly Mammoth 10 : Dodo

A1 Warm Up 4 | Quiz

1 – B 2 – A 3 – C 4 – B 5 – C 6 – B

E1 – 535,000 E2 – ABEL TASMAN E3: C

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Jumbled Sentences

But although Benjamin died more than 30, 500 days ago, is he really the last Tasmanian Tiger?

A2 True or False

1 – T 2 – F 3 – T 4 – F 5 – T Synonyms 1 – C 2 – I 3 – J 4 – F 5 – G

6 – D 7 – A 8 – B 9 – E 10 – H



Answers | Part 3 Listening

408 Does the Tazzy Tiger Still Roam? 1 Benjamin was the 1: first/last/unique of his kind. He died on September 7th, 1936, at Hobart Zoo in

Tasmania, the large island off the southern coast of the Australian mainland. But what was Benjamin? He was a Thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial better known as a Tasmanian 2: Devil/Wolf/Tiger. But although Benjamin died more than 30, 500 days ago, is he really the last Tasmanian Tiger? Or do they still exist, roaming hidden in the forests of Australia’s smallest state?

2 According to one Tasmanian, the tiger is very much alive. Neil Waters claims that he saw a Tasmanian Tiger walking near to his 3: urban/isolated/sprawling home in the wilderness of the north-eastern part of the island. Speaking to The London Times Mr Waters said, “It came running past the window, travelling along and took off down the track”. That was in 2014, and since then Mr. Waters, a former horticulturalist, has dedicated his life to proving that the large, sandy-coloured, 4: wolf/bear/panther-like creature with distinctive stripes is not extinct.

3 Mr Waters is not alone in his belief that the ‘Tazzy Tiger’ still roams around the island. His Thylacine Awareness Group has about 8,000 members, all of whom 5: passionately/crazily/amazingly believe that the animal still lives. They claim that beheaded kangaroos and devoured wombat remains are even more proof of the animal’s continued existence in Tasmania.

4 Mr Waters is not the only Tasmanian to have seen a Tazzy Tiger, as an official report by the Tasmanian Government revealed last year. Farmers, bushwalkers, locals and tourists all claimed to have seen the animal between 6: 1816/1916/2016 and 2019. Yet, crucially, the one bit of evidence that would surely prove beyond any doubt still eludes everyone – a 7: film/photograph/body.

5 However, it is not impossible that the Tasmanian Tiger still exists. Other species who were believed to have died out have been found still very much alive. The Night Parrot was rediscovered in 2013 after 8: 100/10/1 years and the Leadbeater’s Possum which was declared extinct in 1909 was found again in 1962. So, there is still hope that the tiger can be found, more so after Screen 9: Hobart/Tasmania/Australia donated funds to produce a film on the search for thylacine.

6 The demise of Benjamin has had at least one positive outcome, September 7th – the day he died – is now Threatened Species Day in Australia. Although, there are still many people, who believe that his descendants are out there. 10: Somewhere/Somehow/Something…

378 WORDS

Answers | Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading

A3 Q & A 1 – Sept 7th 1936 5 – Threatened Species Day 2 – Thylacine Awreness Group 6 – Sandy-Coloured 3 – The London Times E1 – Tasmania 4 – Neil Waters E2 – Five 5

A & Q | Example Questions A1 – How many days have passed since the last Tasmanian Tiger died A2 – How many members of the TAG are there? A3 – How many years was the Night Parrot thought to be extinct? A4 – How many years was the Leadbetter’s Possum thought to have died out? A5 – What day in September is Threatened Species Day in Australia?

English Extra

1: D 2: G 3: L 4: H 5: B 6: K 7: F 8: J 9: A 10: E 11: C 12: I



And Finally X & Z

A4 – V / Y / U / W / Z / X / T Extra Bit

This Week’s ENW Images



Episode 409

MAIN PHOTO https://discoverthetarkine.com.au/thylacine-ghost-grim-survivor/

EXTERNAL LINKS

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/g201/recently-extinct-animals-list-470209/?slide=2

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/thylacine-search-hunt-for-elusive-tasmanian-tiger-long-thought-extinct-ramped-up-after-recent-sightings-zdc82kmkl

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/10/18/tasmanian-tiger-spotted-years-after-extinction-australian-officials/3997094002/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine#"Benjamin"_and_searches

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