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Match the following words with their meanings:
Interplanetary = To make something Generate = Between planets Scurry = Run quickly Microphone = An object that makes sound louder
Match the following words with their meanings:
Embrace = In shock Awe = Hug Illuminate = To light up or make something brighter Drowsy = Feeling sleepy or inclined to sleep
Match the following words with their meanings:
Offspring = Children or kids Harmony = A pleasing arrangement or combination of elements Fragile = Easily broken or delicate Navigate = To find one's way through or plan a route
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What does the word 'interplanetary' refer to?
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What does the word 'generate' mean?
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What is the purpose of a microphone?
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What does the word 'awed' mean?
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What is the meaning of the word 'offspring'?
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What does the word 'illuminate' mean?
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What does the word 'ponder' mean?
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What does the word 'scurry' mean?
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What is the average number of people killed by captive big cats, snakes, elephants, and bears in the United States per year?
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What is the primary concern of the author regarding the regulation of exotic animal ownership?
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What is the purpose of the comparison between deaths caused by captive animals and traffic accidents?
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What is the author's stance on banning exotic animals due to the actions of a few individuals?
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What is the author's comparison between banning exotic animals and banning humans or children intended to show?
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What is the central claim presented in the argument about exotic animal ownership?
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What is the primary goal of the author's argument about exotic animal ownership?
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What is the author's main counterargument to those who support banning exotic animals?
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Study Notes
Vocabulary Building
- Interplanetary: Relating to the space between planets.
- Constantly: Happening or done continuously or repeatedly over a period of time.
- Generate: To produce or create something, such as an idea or a product.
- Microphone: A device used to amplify or record sound, making it louder or clearer.
- Embrace: To hold someone closely in one's arms, often to show affection or comfort.
- Awe: A feeling of great surprise, wonder, or admiration, often leaving someone speechless.
Movement and Action
- Scurry: To run quickly and quietly, often with a sense of urgency or secrecy.
- Scramble: To move hastily or hurriedly, often in a disorderly or chaotic manner.
Relationships and Family
- Offspring: Children or kids, referring to the descendants of a person or couple.
Light and Sound
- Illuminate: To make something brighter or more visible, often by providing light or clarity.
- Harmony: A pleasing combination or arrangement of elements, such as sounds, colors, or flavors.
Physical and Emotional States
- Fragile: Easily broken or damaged, often describing something delicate or vulnerable.
- Drowsy: Feeling sleepy or inclined to sleep, often due to fatigue or boredom.
Thinking and Exploring
- Ponder: To think deeply or carefully about something, often considering different options or perspectives.
- Navigate: To find one's way through a challenging situation or to plan a route or course of action.
- Glimpse: A brief or quick look at something, often providing a momentary insight or impression.
Vocabulary
- Interplanetary: between planets
- Constantly: something that keeps happening
- Generate: to make something
- Microphone: an object that makes sound louder
- Embrace: hug
- Awe: in shock
- Scurry: run quietly
- Offspring: children or kids
- Illuminate: to light up or make something brighter
- Harmony: a pleasing arrangement or combination of elements
- Fragile: easily broken or delicate
- Ponder: to think deeply or consider carefully
- Navigate: to find one's way through or plan a route
- Drowsy: feeling sleepy or inclined to sleep
- Glimpse: a brief or quick look at something
- Scramble: to move quickly or hurriedly, often in a disorderly manner
Argument for Exotic Animals
- Some exotic animals are kept in commercial, federally inspected facilities
- These animals are born in captivity, eliminating pressure on wild populations
- Captive breeding serves as a backup in case the animals go extinct
- Dangers from exotic animals are low, with only 3.25 people per year killed in the US
- Most fatalities are owners, family members, friends, and trainers voluntarily on the property
- Traffic accidents kill about 125 people per day, making exotic animal risks relatively low
Evaluating Arguments
- The author argues that responsible private ownership of exotic pets should be permitted if the animals are properly cared for
- The author claims that banning exotic animals due to actions of a few individuals is an overreaction
- The author compares banning exotic animals to banning kids to stop child abuse and banning humans to stop murder, highlighting the absurdity of such actions
- The author questions whether the issue is about private ownership or certain people's personal issues with exotics in captivity
Example Questions
- The central claim presented in "Let People Own Exotic Animals" is that responsible private ownership of exotic pets should be permitted if the animals are properly cared for
- The fact that best supports this answer is that "What Thompson did was selfish and insane; we cannot regulate insanity"
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