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    This cafe in Tokyo offers customers the unique experience of drinking coffee alongside non-venomous snakes. The cafe owner hopes that exposing visitors to the reptiles will help change negative perceptions of snakes and further conservation efforts. Patrons can observe and interact with the 35 snakes on display up close while enjoying their beverages.

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    This cafe in Tokyo offers customers the unique experience of drinking coffee alongside non-venomous snakes. The cafe owner hopes that exposing visitors to the reptiles will help change negative perceptions of snakes and further conservation efforts. Patrons can observe and interact with the 35 snakes on display up close while enjoying their beverages.

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    This cafe in Tokyo offers customers the unique experience of drinking coffee alongside non-venomous snakes. The cafe owner hopes that exposing visitors to the reptiles will help change negative perceptions of snakes and further conservation efforts. Patrons can observe and interact with the 35 snakes on display up close while enjoying their beverages.

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    This cafe in Tokyo offers customers the unique experience of drinking coffee alongside non-venomous snakes. The cafe owner hopes that exposing visitors to the reptiles will help change negative perceptions of snakes and further conservation efforts. Patrons can observe and interact with the 35 snakes on display up close while enjoying their beverages.

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    BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

    Words in the News


    Snakes in a cafe
    NB: This is not a word-for-word transcript

    Transcript

    A relaxing place for a coffee… Or is it?

    This cafe, which has just opened in Tokyo, is not for the faint-hearted.

    Here you sip your drink in the company of 35 snakes.

    None of them are venomous, meaning customers can get up close and personal with
    the reptiles.

    The cafe's owner says he's interested in conservation, and hopes customers will realise
    the animals are worth saving, even though they often have a bad reputation.

    Vocabulary

    not for the faint-hearted


    not suitable for people who are not brave or do not like to take risks

    venomous
    contains poison

    get up close and personal


    be intimate with something

    conservation
    (here) the act of protecting wildlife

    reputation
    opinion people have of someone or something

    Watch this video online: Snakes in a cafe http://bbc.in/1J3sehf

    Words in the News ©British Broadcasting Corporation 2015


    bbclearningenglish.com Page 1 of 3
    Exercise
    Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news
    reports.

    Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

    not for the faint-hearted / venomous / get up close and personal / conservation /
    reputation

    1. Drilling for oil in the Arctic may harm Shell's __________ and cost it dear, the former
    BP boss Lord Browne has said.

    Shell has just started preliminary drilling in Alaska's Chukchi Sea after several setbacks.

    2. A __________ centipede which climbed into a woman's suitcase during her Caribbean
    holiday has been given a new home at Bristol Zoo.

    3. This would put at least 15 carnivores, 8 primates and 21 bat species at risk of
    extinction by 2080, almost doubling the proportion of threatened mammals on the
    island, according to the research.

    But there is hope that better forestry management for __________ outside existing
    reserves could curb this loss, said lead researcher Dr Matthew Struebig.

    4. There are pearls of all shapes, sizes and colours here, including the world's largest, a
    276-carat whopper fashioned into a ring. Most of these pieces are not for sale but the
    price tags for those collector pieces that are available are __________. I offer quiet
    thanks my wife is not with me to see these amazingly opulent jewels.

    5. As footballing history is made at Hampden, Scots fans are being offered the chance to
    __________ with the oldest football in the world.

    Made from cow leather and a pigs bladder, it was found behind panelling of the
    Queen's chamber in Stirling Castle, which was decorated in the 1540s.

    Words in the News ©British Broadcasting Corporation 2015


    bbclearningenglish.com Page 2 of 3
    Answers

    1. Drilling for oil in the Arctic may harm Shell's reputation and cost it dear, the former
    BP boss Lord Browne has said.

    Shell has just started preliminary drilling in Alaska's Chukchi Sea after several setbacks.

    Source: Shell Arctic drilling 'risky' – ex-BP boss Lord Browne


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33872486

    2. A venomous centipede which climbed into a woman's suitcase during her Caribbean
    holiday has been given a new home at Bristol Zoo.

    Source: Venomous centipede found in holidaymaker's suitcase


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-33094460

    3. This would put at least 15 carnivores, 8 primates and 21 bat species at risk of extinction
    by 2080, almost doubling the proportion of threatened mammals on the island,
    according to the research.

    But there is hope that better forestry management for conservation outside existing
    reserves could curb this loss, said lead researcher Dr Matthew Struebig.

    Source: Poor outlook for Borneo's mammals


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30924523

    4. There are pearls of all shapes, sizes and colours here, including the world's largest, a
    276-carat whopper fashioned into a ring. Most of these pieces are not for sale but the
    price tags for those collector pieces that are available are not for the faint-hearted. I
    offer quiet thanks my wife is not with me to see these amazingly opulent jewels.

    Source: Welcome to the falcon hospital of Qatar


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32842338

    5. As footballing history is made at Hampden, Scots fans are being offered the chance to
    get up close and personal with the oldest football in the world.

    Made from cow leather and a pigs bladder, it was found behind panelling of the Queen's
    chamber in Stirling Castle, which was decorated in the 1540s.

    Source: Get up close and personal with the world's oldest football
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-18119054

    Words in the News ©British Broadcasting Corporation 2015


    bbclearningenglish.com Page 3 of 3

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