B1 – Intermediate
Cuckoo birds are birds that are popular for their parenting skills. They have a habit of laying their eggs in the nests of other species and letting other birds raise their babies for them. Several weeks later, young cuckoos are ready to migrate and fly to Africa and find their real parents.
Read the article below and learn more about Cuckoo birds.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2005/200529-cuckoo-4.html
Discussion Questions:
- What do you know about Cuckoo birds?
- What images are in your mind when you hear the word ‘cuckoo’?
- What do you think of migration? Where would you migrate to if you could?
- Where would you go if you traveled to 16 countries?
- What is your favorite bird and why?
4 replies on “Cuckoo Completes Epic Migration”
1. What do you know about Cuckoo birds?
Not really much, just the topics.
2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word ‘cuckoo’?
The typical image of a bird telling the time on a wooden clock
3. What do you think of migration? Where would you migrate to if you could?
I think that when an animal or person migrates it is related to one of their basic needs, such as being able to eat or having more security.
Go to a place where there are more opportunities to satisfy your needs.
I am an emigrant, with my family we had to leave an area of my country with fewer resources to another more industrialized.
4. Where would you go if you travelled to 16 countries?
Anywhere, maybe to the far north of Russia
5. What is your favourite bird and why?
I don’t have a preference for one special type of bird, but in general I prefer all small singing birds.
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1. What do you know about Cuckoo birds?
I don’t know much about Cuckoo birds but what I just learned in the lesson.
2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word ‘cuckoo’?
The first image that comes to mind is the typical cuckoo clocks.
3. What do you think of migration? Where would you migrate to if you could?
I think that the migration helps in improving the quality of life of people. It helps to improve social life of people as they learn new culture, and languages which helps to improve brotherhood among people. Migration of skilled workers leads to a greater economic growth of the region.
4. Where would you go if you traveled to 16 countries?
I would like to go to the next countries: New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Croatia, Canada, Peru, Chicago, Mexico, Chile, Miami, Alaska,..
5. What is your favorite bird and why?
My favorite bird is owl bird because they are nice and clever.
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