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Unit 2 Exercises Watching Part 1 I. Watch Part 1. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). _______ 1. In the Arctic region of Canada, there are lots of animals and plants which can survive in the cold weather. _______ 2. Every year, polar bears eagerly wait for the bay to freeze so that they can hunt for food. _______ 3. Polar bears’ heavy fur can protect them from the freezing winds. _______ 4. Polar bears can live for long periods of time without eating anything because of the heavy layer of fat. _______ 5. Like the high Arctic, there’s permanent ice pack on Hudson Bay. II. Watch again. Fill in the blanks with the given words. Change the form where necessary. inhospitable freeze thrive reserve insulate adjust edge mammal survive Hudson Bay is near the (1) _______________ edge of the Arctic region of Canada. When the short summer is disappearing, winter is coming which makes this area a very (2) _______________ inhospitable place not only for animals but also for plants. But polar bears (3) _______________ thrive in these cold, lonely surroundings. Winter is the perfect weather for this huge marine (4) _______________ mammal, which is dependent on the ice and cold for its (5) _______________ survival. Spending most of their lives on (6) _______________ frozen seas and lands, polar bears make necessary (7) _______________ adjustments so that they can handle the unbearable weather. Firstly, they are (8) _______________ insulated from the freezing lands by their thick fur. Secondly, (9) _______________ reserves of blubber on their bodies allow them to live for long periods of time without eating. III. Listen and repeat. You are going to hear five sentences selected from the video. Repeat each sentence after it is spoken twice. Then write the sentences. 1. ____________________________________________________________________________. 2. ___________________________________________________________________________