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What a warmer ocean means for fishing
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Follow cause and effect in a discussion, with long noun phrases and reasons.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- species
- A type of plant or animal.
- shoal
- A large group of fish swimming together.
- permitted
- Allowed.
- flexible
- Able to change easily.
Answer key
- As ocean temperatures rise, many fish species are moving towards cooler water, usually closer to the poles.'Towards' and 'toward' are both correct. 'Species' is the same word in the singular and plural.
- Fishing communities that have depended on a familiar catch for generations now find that the shoals have simply gone elsewhere.'Have depended on' links as 'have-depended-on'. 'Shoals' rhymes with 'goals'.
- In some regions, new species have arrived to replace them, but these are not always valued by local markets.'Not always valued' hedges the statement. 'Arrived to replace' shows purpose or result.
- Meanwhile, shifting populations complicate the agreements that decide how much each country is permitted to catch.'Complicate' is a verb stressed on the first syllable: COM-pli-cate. 'Permitted' is stressed on the second: per-MIT-ted.
- Managing fisheries in a warming world will therefore require flexible rules based on current evidence rather than historical habit.'Based on' is a reduced clause. 'Historical' has stress on the second syllable: his-TOR-i-cal.