The Reading / Listening - Testing on Animals - Level 1

Cosmetics will be tested on animals in the UK for the first time in 25 years. Testing on animals was only OK if it benefitted humans. Scientists could do tests on animals to make new medicines. Judges in London followed European laws on animal testing. One chemical that can be tested on animals is already used in sunscreen, foundation and skincare products. The UK still wants to protect "animals in science".

People are angry in the UK. Cosmetics companies are also unhappy. A group of 80 cosmetics brands said the new law was shocking. The Body Shop cosmetics company said allowing animal testing for cosmetics would hurt millions of campaigners who want to protect animals. A scientist at one of the world's biggest cosmetics companies said scientists could use technology instead of using animals.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Testing on Animals - Level 0 Testing on Animals - Level 2   or  Testing on Animals - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.iflscience.com/uk-government-to-allow-animal-testing-for-cosmetics-after-25-year-ban-68801
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65484552
  • https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1766972/Outrage-animal-tests-makeup-resume-25-year-ban


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Cosmetics will be
  2. for the first
  3. OK if it benefitted
  4. make new
  5. One chemical that can
  6. already used in
  7. skincare
  8. protect animals
  1. be tested
  2. in science
  3. medicines
  4. time in 25 years
  5. products
  6. humans
  7. tested on animals
  8. sunscreen

Paragraph 2

  1. People are
  2. Cosmetics companies
  3. A group of
  4. the new law
  5. allowing
  6. hurt millions
  7. protect
  8. use technology instead of
  1. animal testing
  2. 80 cosmetics brands
  3. using animals
  4. of campaigners
  5. angry in the UK
  6. animals
  7. are also unhappy
  8. was shocking

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Cosmetics will (1) ___________________ animals in the UK for the first time in 25 years. Testing on animals (2) ___________________ if it benefitted humans. Scientists could do tests on animals (3) ___________________ medicines. Judges in London followed European (4) ___________________ testing. One chemical that can be tested on animals (5) ___________________ in sunscreen, foundation and skincare products. The UK still (6) ___________________ "animals in science".

People (7) ___________________ the UK. Cosmetics companies are also unhappy. A (8) ___________________ cosmetics brands said the new (9) ___________________. The Body Shop cosmetics company said allowing animal testing for cosmetics (10) ___________________ of campaigners who want to protect animals. A scientist (11) ___________________ the world's biggest cosmetics companies said scientists could use technology (12) ___________________ animals.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

CosmeticswillbetestedonanimalsintheUKforthefirsttimein25years.T
estingonanimalswasonlyOKifbenefittedhumans.Scientistscoulddot
estsonanimalstomakenewmedicines.JudgesinLondonfollowedEurop
eanlawsonanimaltesting.Onechemicalthatcanbetestedonanimalsis
alreadyusedinsunscreen,foundationandskincareproducts.TheUKstil
lwantstoprotect"animalsinscience".PeopleareangryintheUK.Cosme
ticscompaniesarealsounhappy.Agroupof80cosmeticsbrandssaidthe
newlawwasshocking.TheBodyShopcosmeticscompanysaidallowing
animaltestingforcosmeticswouldhurtmillionsofcampaignerswhowa
nttoprotectanimals.Ascientistatoneoftheworld'sbiggestcosmeticsco
mpaniessaidscientistscouldusetechnologyinsteadofusinganimals.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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