Do you like animals? Would you like to work in a zoo with all the animals? That is what the speaker in this dictation is talking about.
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- an establishment which maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or gardens, for study, conservation, or display to the public.
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- of animals; relating to animal life.E.g. zoogeography
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She has an American accent and expects you to use American spelling.
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When I was young I thought I would like to work in a zoo. I thought that if I worked in a zoo I would be able to take the elephant for a walk every day. I could give bananas to the monkeys and I could talk to the lions. Now I am an adult I know that working in a zoo would not be so easy and the work would be much more difficult, but it would be a great job to have!
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