Delfines

NOMBRE DE LA ALUMNA: DIAZ RUBIO CYNTHIA ROSALIA.

NOMBRE DEL PROFESOR: ANNA ABIGAIL GUTIERREZ.

MATERIA: ENGLISH

GRUPO: 1.1

TRABAJO: TRABAJO FINAL

FECHA DE ENTREGA: 30 DE JUNIO DEL2012.

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

1. - Target Vocabulary.
Match each word with the best meaning.
1. __confirmed a) A person or thing in a certaincategory.
2. __live b) make a person or thing becomes another
3. __rescued c) climate or location
4. __speciesd) Absorb and expel air living
5. __behavior e) Freeing a person from an unpleasant situation
6. __makef) How to act
7. __breathing g) Ensure, to more firmly.

2.- Reading Passage.
The bottlenose dolphin and bottlenose dolphin is a species of cetaceanfamily Delphinidae odontoceto. Of the more than 30 species of dolphins that exist, is the most common and best known of the family. That is because they often have in captivity, for his gregarious natureand his intelligence make him the star of many shows. They inhabit warm and temperate seas worldwide and may be found in all oceans except the Arctic and Antarctic. Bottlenose dolphins swim at a speedof 5-11 km / h. Every 5-8 minutes, the dolphins have to come to the surface to breathing through its blowhole. His sleep is very light.

The species is known for itsfriendly character and curiosity. Occasionally, dolphins have rescued divers by raising them to the surface, a behavior they also show towards injured members of their own species. In November 2004, a moredramatic intervention of a dolphin came from New Zealand: a great white shark approached three lifeguards, swimming 100 meters from the coast near Whangarei. A group of dolphins, apparently sensing...