第4問 吉吉 You 1 2 are doing research on Tasmanian devils articles. 6 You founa 人 Tasmanian Devils -念、 by Matthey Jones, January 2017 | The Tasmanian devil is a wild meat-eating mar。 | | ド 8 に Tpial tou | only on the island of Tasmania, Australia. A marsupi ial is a type | 9f mammal. Their babies start to grow in a pouch on the th | Other Stomach, jike kangaroos. Tasmanian devils are night h unters. They | have dark fur。 a good sense of smell, and a strong bite. Theyre IS the biggest meat-eating marsupial in the world. Today these animal als are Tasmania's icon, but this wasnt always the case. In the early | 1800s, they were thought of as pests by the early European Settlers| So they hunted the Tasmanian devils. This led to a decline in th population. Currently, Tasmanian devils are on the endangereq | Species jist. To prevent their extinction, the Australian government started the “Save the Tasmanian Devil Program* in 2003 to monitor and assist Tasmanian devils in the wild. | There are numerous reasons for the dechne of the Tasmanian | devils, but the population started declining rapidly after the arrival ot a virus known as devil facial tumour disease in the mid-90s The Number of Tasmanian Devils 300000 100% 250000 9000 80% 200000 200000_6g% 170000 60% 150000 150000 47% - 117500 100000 15% 較 10% 拉 37500 ご55o0 0 l ma 1996 2000 2004 2006 2008 2010 2015 10

and repo ighti ini 8 Per Sightings of 1njured Tasmanian devils, it could help in reStorn 1 i 1 g their population. These animals are mo to our eco- SyStem i i im Tasmania, and we need to do everything we can to protect them. 30 Opinion on “Tasmamian Devils” by E. B., November 2017 As a zookeeper, I have seen many Tasmanian devils. 1 had no idea the situation was this bad for these adorable animals. According to Matthew Jones's article, when T started as a zookeeper, the | s5 に LEPTB 6中1 GOま 生和RPCニーーーーー Tasmanian devil population had already been reduced to a little less Vり than 50%. This is very sad news. We need to do more to preserve the Tasmanian devils because once theyre extinct, we cant bring them back. As Matthew Jones mentioned, these animals are critical to our environment. They clean | 340 up the sick and dead animals from the landscape, and they play an important role in the ]ine of defense against dangerous predators Hike ferrets, which are harmful to the native wildlife. Tn addition to the suggestions Matthew Jones mentioned, We 45 need to educate the public about the Tasmanian devil. The more ye know about it, the more well be able to do to protect them, such riving more cautiously at night or bringing in our dogs at might. ag d ェー having knowledge is important for the conserVation of Remembe the Tasmanian devils. (第1回一 12)

問4 Matthew Jones states that we should Ls and the zookeeper states that we should [ss ] (Choose a different option for each box.) bring our pets inside after dark get along well with cats and ferretS protect Tasmanian devils in Zoo8 report any hurt Tasmanian devils We See @@@@⑨@@ら wipe out other predators 問5 Based on the information from both articles, yOU 8Te going to Write a report for homework. The best tle for your report would be ⑪⑩ Environmental Problems Caused by Tasmanian Devils ⑧⑨ How to Save the Tasmanian Dev ⑧⑨ Marsupials Around the World ⑳ The Relationship Between Tasmanian Devils and TDead Animals its はきす提 59あれ 角 護貞 fffR3796FPM wm