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Narrator: Today's word is "Zoo" — noun, pronounced /zuː/, with the stress on "zoo".
Narrator: A zoo is a place where wild animals are kept so people can see them and so species can be protected.
Narrator: In plain English, it is an animal park.
Narrator: It is short for zoological garden.
Narrator: A common collocation is "a trip to the zoo", which describes a family outing.
Narrator: It differs from "safari park", because in a safari park visitors often drive through large enclosures.
Narrator: In a second sense, "a zoo" can mean a noisy, chaotic place.
Narrator: Conservation, education, tourism and research all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a zoo shows and protects animals.
Speaker A: Where are we going on Saturday?
Speaker B: The ZOO! Short for zoological garden.
Speaker A: To see the penguins?
Speaker B: At feeding time.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "London Zoo opened in 1828", history. "Zoos help breed rare species", conservation. "The office is a zoo today", chaos.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: The plural is "zoos".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Safari park is its cousin, menagerie its twin, and wildlife park an alternative — yet zoo keeps its roaring charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "zoo" in AI prompts — useful for visitor apps and education.
Speaker A: How for visitor apps?
Speaker B: Plan days.
Prompt: Plan a four-hour zoo visit route that includes all feeding talks.
Speaker A: And education?
Speaker B: Worksheets.
Prompt: Create a zoo trip worksheet for Year Three pupils.
Speaker A: Could it help conservation?
Speaker B: Yes, for donations.
Prompt: Write a donation appeal for a zoo breeding programme.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Ethics.
Prompt: Summarise arguments for and against zoos in a balanced table.
Zoo — meaning in Arabic & definition More Z courses GL Dictionary