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ESL / EFL Lesson Activity on a Miracle Elephant

Today we have some news from Sydney, Australia. It’s about a baby elephant that was born , even when zookeepers thought it was dead. The calf became inside its mother during its nine-day birth. It no signs of life. Staff at the zoo were when it was born alive. A few hours later it was walking around. The zoo’s , Cameron Kerr, called it a . Baby elephants usually never such difficulties at birth. Mr. Kerr was happy, saying: “The birth will re-write the elephant birth text books."

It’s nice to hear a story for a change. Most of the news we hear is about war, or death, or . The story of this baby elephant will make people . It is amazing the calf for nine days. It’s also amazing the mother survived. It must be pretty to spend nine days to give birth – even for an elephant. I’m sure the world will follow the news of this baby elephant as it up. It will become a superstar elephants. It’s also good news for the zoo. The baby will lots more visitors.