Let's Study English League

Vocabulary

caugt : ditangkap

destruction : kerusakan

hunting : perburuan

increase : meningkat

loss : hilang

number : jumlah

shot : ditembak

sold : dijual

study the following explanation

in the dialogue between Sanusi and Tora you hear the following expression:

* Oh, I see.

* Really ?

* Mmm ..

we usually add an/s/ at the end of a word to tell that the word is plural. The/s/ for plural can be pronounced in everal ways. the are :

1. /z/ as in rhinos, males, animals, hills, etc.

2. /-z/ as in bushes, brushes, pushes, wishes, etc.

3. /-ziz/ as in causes, closes, loses, horses, etc.

4. /-siz/ as in grasses, produces, etc.

SCAFFOLDING.UNIT 4 - ENDANGERED ANIMALS

extinct : living things which have died out
endangered : living things which are at risk of extinction
alive and well : living things which are still alive and in a good condition

 SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS

The Sumatran Rhinoceros is the smallest rhino species. it is also the most distinctive rhinoceros. it has been hunted a lot that it almost extinct. there are less than 300 Sumatran Rhinoceroses surviving in Malaysia and Indonesia. between 1985 and 1995, the number of Sumatran rhinos declined by 50 percent because of poaching and habitat destruction.

The Sumatran Rhinoceros has unique gray or reddish-brown coat. it is believed to be the only survivor of the lineage that included the woolly rhinoceros. Sumatran rhinos stand up to 2.4 m (4.6 ft) at the shoulder and weight up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). they have folded skin, like he other Asian rhinos, except that it is covered with coarse, bristly hair. The Sumatran is the only rhino in Asia with two horns. The front horn is usually the longest, reaching a length of 90 cm (36 in), and the rear on is sometimes so small that the animal looks as if it is single-horned. 

They live mainly in forest-covered hills near water and are known to be good at climbing slopes and swimming. They move mainly at night , and spend most of the day wallowing in mud-holes and pools.

Sumatran rhinoceroses usually feed on leaves, twigs, and fruit.

Female rhinos reach sexual maturity at about the age of five or six. The males mature between the ages of seven and eight. however, they do not father calves until they have claimed a territory, which may take them three or four years. Rhinos always have a single calf, born after a gesation period of 15 to 18 months. The calf may feed on it's mother's milk for up to two tears, and it usually remains with its mother until she is abot to give birth once more. The calf is only raised by its mother.