Restoring an Island's Ecology - Unit 12

C1 Advanced · Listening Sentence Completion · Ready for C1 Advanced 4th Edition Workbook, Macmillan Education

You will hear a student called Jason Brown giving a talk about a day he spent as a volunteer working to restore the ecology of Franklin Island. For questions 1–8, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

belonging to the Franklins.

Jason explains that the island used to be a

were established on the island in 2005.

Jason approves of the way that large numbers of

that hunted them.

In Jason's opinion, the worst threat to the island's birds were pests such as

on the island.

Jason spent the morning helping to expand the network of

, some of which were very old.

In the afternoon, Jason helped remove

will appeal to people who don't want hard physical work.

Working in the

on the island.

Volunteers are currently counting the species of

to help maintain the island's ecology.

Later in the year, there will be a day to collect

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