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Coral reefs under pressure
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Follow facts and causes in an academic talk.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- reef
- A line of rock or coral near the surface of the sea.
- species
- A group of animals or plants of the same kind.
- bleaching
- When coral turns white because it is under stress.
Answer key
- Coral reefs cover only a tiny part of the ocean floor.“Tiny” means very small.
- Yet they support around a quarter of all marine species.“Yet” here means but. “Marine” means connected with the sea.
- When the water becomes too warm, corals can lose their colour.American “color” is also accepted.
- This process, known as bleaching, can kill the reef if it continues.“Known as” links: “know-naz”.
- Scientists are now testing ways to help corals recover more quickly.The stress in “recover” is on “cov”.