Camels TD anglais

TD anglais 

This document taken from BBC news online, deals with the import of camels to Saudi Arabia.

Indeed, the country has undergone/faced a shortage of camels due to diseases and drought which makes it a necessity to import animals from Australia. Moreover, Saudi Arabia needs a large number of camels for many different purposes such as racing, and consumption let alone to replace the animals lost during the Mecca pilgrimage.

Australia is overpopulated with camels who have become a nuisance for other species.

Finally, Australia needs to export its camels to other countries such as India in order to find a new outlet/market for their overpopulation.

A1.

1. To be a nuisance= to cause trouble
2. A drought= a long rainless period
3. A disease= a sickness
4. Feral= wild
5. Draft camels= camels used for carrying merchandise or luggage
6. To cater to so= to provide someone with food, goods, etc
7. The camels were turned loose= to free
8. The main target= the most important goal
9. The Saudis= the citizens of Saudi Arabia
10. A roadsign= a panel which shows what drivers can or can’t do
11. To ship camels= to transport camels (from…to…)
12. Camels used for meat production= camels which are raised and killed so that people can eat them
13. Consumption= the fact of consuming something
14. To slaughter camels= to kill camels
15. To abide by a regulation= to follow or respect the law
16. To supply Australians with camels= to enable Australians to buy camels

Aparté: Need to domesticate camels because they are used for consumption 🡪 need to have a tender meat. Qd la viande n’est pas tendre, c’est que l’animal n’a pas bien été traité.

A2.

1. Wrong
2. Right
3. Right
4. Wrong 🡪 outside Australia
5. Wrong 🡪 Saudi Arabia but not Australia
6. Wrong 🡪 Right for the first part but there is not a lot of Muslims in Australia

A3.

A4.

1. For working
2. Camels were a nuisance for other species
3. Became
4. To solve the problem, camels are exported to Saudi Arabia and Indonesia
5. Camels are an interesting commercial product for Saudis businesspeople but not for Australian.
6. Camels have to be treated in a good way, to be domesticated, because they are used for consumption. So we should not slaughter them.
7. Once they are caught, they are exported to Saudi Arabia and Indonesia for consumption and race
8. No because in north Africa there are not a lot of camels because of drought/ climate conditions.

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