第119回 WORKSHOP報告(1月9日) / 参加者74名

第119回 WORKSHOP報告(1月9日) / 参加者74名

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(1:後半マテリアル作成者のNさんグループです)

 

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(2:6人グループでディスカッションを行います)

 

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(3:受付の様子です)

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《 今回のworkshop 》

 

○workshop参加人数:74名(うち新人の方:8名)

 

○【前半】:Make a speech about what is essential to your life.

 

○【後半】:”What are Zoos for?”という記事に関するディスカッション

 

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<英語サークル E’s club 第119回workshopのご案内>

みなさま明けましておめでとうございます。E’s club幹事のKです。

本年もE’s clubをよろしくお願いいたします。

1月9日(土)開催の第119回workshopの詳細をお送りいたします。

今回は前半のマテリアルをFさん、後半のマテリアルをNさんにご作成いただきました。

前半ではみなさま各自にスピーチを行っていただきます。Workshop中にはスピーチの準備時間は設けていませんので、みなさま事前に2分間のスピーチを行う準備をしてきてください。

後半は”What are Zoos for?”というタイトルでディスカッションを行います。

[今週のマテリアル]

<FIRST HALF>

Hello, everyone!!

I’m F, who chose a material for the first half on 9th of January.

In this workshop, I want you to make a speech about what is essential to your life for two minutes. Pls prepare for the speech before the workshop begins.

Now I’m showing what you are going to do as follows:

1. Decide an order for making a speech and who is going to be responsible for time management in your group.

2. Describe something/somebody which/who is essential to your life(2minutes)

(It can be anything such as a product, policy, an idea or a person, etc.)

You could say :

-what/who it is

-when you first came across to it/him/her

-what kind of feature/personality it/he/she has

-what made it essential to your life

3. Give a feedback to a speaker(2minutes)

2, 3 X all members in your group

4. Vote-choose the best speaker in your group(2minutes)

5. If you still have time, talk about how you spent New Year Holiday this year.

Enjoy making a speech!

<LATTER HALF>

<Agenda>

What are Zoos for?

The Shin Meikai kokugo jiten is a best-selling Japanese dictionary known for its highly unique interpretation of word meanings. Although that daring description caused controversy and was revised later, the dictionary once defined the word “zoo” as follows: “A human-centered facility where humans show the public the behavior of animals and keep them for life forcing them to live in small spaces, under the pretext of protecting them.”

<Questions>

1. Have you been to any zoos recently?

2. Are animals in zoos happy or unhappy?

3. What do you think zoos bring to humans? Why do you think zoos exist all over the world today?

4. Would be there any zoos in the world in a hundred years? If there were, what might they be like?

5. Is the above definition of the word “zoo” by the Shin Meikai Japanese dictionary correct or incorrect?

<Reference>

http://stephhurst.com/2014/08/03/are-zoos-necessary/

Are Zoos Necessary? By Steph Hurst

As a child, I loved zoos. Seeing all the different animals was so exciting. The giraffe reaching high for leaves with his tall neck, the elephant drinking water with his long trunk, the black and white penguins waddling around a paddling pool. Nothing could have made me happier. But this all changed a few years ago when I visited Paignton Zoo in Devon.

Now in my twenties, the zoo no longer held a spell over me. Most of the animals were lying around, looking bored, trying to keep away from the vast groups of tourists struggling to take photos. A lion nonchalantly strolled passed the enclosure fence causing a crowd of children to scream and then laugh. Birds flew between trees, but could never get higher than the enclosure ceiling. And then I came to the gorilla cage. A few gorillas roamed around oblivious to the crowds, scratching themselves and preening each other. But one gorilla was sat down with his head rested on his hand. He looked at me, directly in the eye, with an expression that was virtually human. He was miserable.

There are roughly 130 institutions in the UK housing animals (including zoos, safari parks, aquariums, aviaries, etc.). The oldest of these institutions, and indeed the world, is London Zoo. Opened in 1828, its original purpose was scientific study. With so little known about animals at the time, this was seen as a noble cause. However, with growing intrigue, the zoo was opened to the public in 1847. Since then zoos have popped up all around the world, with the largest housing 1,500 species of animal over 84 acres of land in Berlin, Germany. But with over 10,000 zoos worldwide, are all of them necessary?

This topic has been hotly debated over the last few decades, and while it is conceded that there are many zoos working hard at conservation, education, and animal protection, there are many more that do not put in the effort. A key point that regularly arose amongst debaters is that of species preservation. It is estimated that up to 60 species currently housed in zoos are actually extinct in the wild. It is possible many other species would also become extinct, such as the slow breeding Panda, if it wasn’t for the intervention of zoos. This I believe is a valid point. But what people seem to forget is that since the arrival of our species on Earth we are the reason behind the majority of extinctions. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has summarised this nicely here.

So, surely instead of breeding animals in captivity and subduing their primal instincts, it would be better to curb our abuse of the planet and its inhabitants. I strongly believe that many zoos exist for the purpose of entertainment, needlessly caging animals and depriving them of a full and happy life. Yes, we may need to assist a few species in their survival from time to time. But, how long will it be before all animals are behind bars for their own protection? Simply because we’ve made the wild too dangerous for them. We need to act now on issues, such as land/habitat degradation, poaching, over-fishing, over-hunting, and realise that this is a world we share and not one we inhabit alone. We shouldn’t need zoos for this purpose.

 

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