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| Over 70% of the world population
lives at a distance of less than 80km from the sea. For
this reason many people’s diets are composed mainly
of fish. Overfishing, which does not allow species to
reproduce, and water pollution are great dangers to fish
and human beings. |
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| Detecting ambiguities. Some
words have different meanings in the same context.
The word "good" is of these kind of words.
They are so important in ethics that students should
distinguish their different meanings. |
| Each pair of sentences contains different
meanings of the word good . Can
you say what it means in each sentence? |
| 1a. |
I think that fish is a good
food because it contains mineral salts |
| 1b. |
He brought a good
quantity of bait to fish the whole day. |
| 2a. |
The day was very good
for fishing. |
| 2b. |
Fishermen catch fish and sell
them as goods. |
| 3a. |
I don’t think it is good
to catch baby fish. |
| 3b. |
Because of pollution,
the water was not in good
condition. |
| 4a. |
He is a good
fisherman. |
| 4b. |
This fisherman is a good
person. |
| 5a. |
Give me a good
reason to buy fish. |
| 5b. |
They had good
fishing because they had good nets. |
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Music. Listen to The Trout
Quintet by Franz Schubert. |
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Painting. Other
paintings:
- Bernardus Johannes. Blommers, 1845-1914. The
Homecoming. |
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| Reading. Story:
The
Sea Monster. |
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| Find out. What
is the value of fish in a healthy and high quality diet? |
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| Exercise. Reasoning
about fish, in Wondering at the World 6.4.2 |
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