Answer to Dictation 1
New Zealand is thinking about introducing a new tax to help the environment.
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Answer to Dictation 2
It wants farmers to pay tax on the numbers of farm animals they have.
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Answer to Dictation 3
Animals release methane every time they burp or fart.
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Answer to Dictation 4
There are around 26 million sheep, 4 million cows and other animals.
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Answer to Dictation 5
We need to cut the amount of methane we are putting into the atmosphere.
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Answer to Dictation 6
Farming animals accounts for around 14.5 per cent of global greenhouse gasses.
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Answer to Dictation 7
Farmers will have to pay a kind of tax for the methane their animals produce.
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Answer to Dictation 8
He wants them to feed their animals on seaweed instead of grass.
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Answer to Dictation 9
Farmers can reduce the tax they pay by planting more trees.
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Answer to Dictation 10
They want to do their bit to help the environment.
See the cow burps lesson for the whole text.
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