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En ak6 reports: You’re going to read three news articles from the Web. Answer the questions after each text. Your answers must be in English. ● ● ● When you answer questions with alternatives – choose ONE alternative only ● ● ● Big Elephants Afraid of Bees It is one of the biggest and most frightening animals in the world, but their size doesn’t help them much. Many elephants are very afraid of bees. Farmers in Africa are worried about their crops being destroyed. But it is not the weather that is causing the problem – it is the elephants. The farmers have tried many ways of making them stop eating things that grow in their fields. Now it seems they have finally found a method that works – for a while anyway. What they do is put up big loudspeakers that play the buzzing sound of bees. Most of the elephants that come near the field run away in about a minute. They link the buzzing with the pain they know a sting from a bee can give. That is the reason why they decide to leave so quickly. The results are fascinating, but the farmers don’t believe that this will work forever. First of all, it is expensive to put up loudspeakers. And secondly, elephants are clever creatures. It will not take them long to understand that it is all a big trick. There are no bees, and they will not get any stings – it is just a sound from a loudspeaker! 1. How do elephants feel about bees? They are 2. Why are elephants a problem for the farmers? They john michael evan potter@shutterstock.com 1 Exempel på uppgiftsty