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From the Ted Talk by Enric Sala: Let's turn the high seas into the world's largest nature reserve
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Now, what are the high seas? Now csotaal cntieruos have authority over 200 nautical miles from shore. Everything beyond those aears are called the high seas. In dark blue on this map. No country owns the high seas, no cortnuy is responsible for them, but they all are, so it's a little like the Wild West. And there are two main types of fishing in the high seas. At the bottom and near the surface. bototm trawling is the most destructive practice in the world. Super trawlers, the lgsaert fishing vessels in the ocean, have nets so large that they can hold a dozen 747 jets. These huge nets destroy everything in their paths — iiucdnnlg deep corals that grow on sea mounds, which can be thousands of years old. And fishing near the surface targets mostly species that mtiarge between the high seas and country's waters, like tuna and sharks. And many of these scpeies are teatehernd because of too much fishing and bad mnaneemgat.
Open Cloze
Now, what are the high seas? Now _______ _________ have authority over 200 nautical miles from shore. Everything beyond those _____ are called the high seas. In dark blue on this map. No country owns the high seas, no _______ is responsible for them, but they all are, so it's a little like the Wild West. And there are two main types of fishing in the high seas. At the bottom and near the surface. ______ trawling is the most destructive practice in the world. Super trawlers, the _______ fishing vessels in the ocean, have nets so large that they can hold a dozen 747 jets. These huge nets destroy everything in their paths — _________ deep corals that grow on sea mounds, which can be thousands of years old. And fishing near the surface targets mostly species that _______ between the high seas and country's waters, like tuna and sharks. And many of these _______ are __________ because of too much fishing and bad __________.
Solution
- bottom
- species
- threatened
- countries
- coastal
- management
- migrate
- areas
- including
- largest
- country
Original Text
Now, what are the high seas? Now coastal countries have authority over 200 nautical miles from shore. Everything beyond those areas are called the high seas. In dark blue on this map. No country owns the high seas, no country is responsible for them, but they all are, so it's a little like the Wild West. And there are two main types of fishing in the high seas. At the bottom and near the surface. Bottom trawling is the most destructive practice in the world. Super trawlers, the largest fishing vessels in the ocean, have nets so large that they can hold a dozen 747 jets. These huge nets destroy everything in their paths — including deep corals that grow on sea mounds, which can be thousands of years old. And fishing near the surface targets mostly species that migrate between the high seas and country's waters, like tuna and sharks. And many of these species are threatened because of too much fishing and bad management.
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