- So, the text begins with a man named Aamir Mohammed and shark

haunting.
- Shark which he caught was badly injured because its fin has been cut
off. Shark is still alive but its death will be long and agonizing
- Across the world these awe-inspiring animals are being hunted to
extinction. These sharks are killed every second or 70 mil. A year. People
don’t really feel empathy for them.
- Sharks play a critical role in maintaining healthy marine ecosystems and
losing them would result in fewer fish and shellfish (they keep oceans
clean.) and there would be more pollution. Everyone who depends on
ocean would suffer.
- SHARKS ARE BEING KILLED BECAUSE SHARK FINS ARE BIG BUSINESS-
- The fins are the main ingredient in China dish – shark fin soup.
- Shark’s fin is tasteless and not really healthy but it has culinary history. It
costs around hundred dollars
- The ban of finning could save sharks. It has already been outlawed in
some countries. Some people think that this is attack on Chinese culture
- Most fisherman aren’t concerned about shark extinction because they
need to make a living.

- Painful – agonazing,
- Impressive – awe-inspiring
- Upsetting – distressing
- Destroyed – wiped out
- Important – play a critical role
- Numerous – countless
- Banned - outlawed
- Kill – slaughter
- Huge – monstrous
- Cruel – cold-blooded
- Empathy for - threatened with
- Better off without - attack on
- Based on - fraction of
- Rise in - concerned about
- Result in
- Depend on
- Ingredient in
- Thanks to
- Carcass -> the death body of an animal
- Apex predator -> it’s a predator at the top of food chain e.g. lion in
africa
- Relatively -> to fairly large degree
- Culinary  something connected with cooking food
- Exclusivity  the quality of being expensive or difficult to get
- Lose face  to be less respected or to look stupid because of something
you have done
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PASSIVE

- FORM: verb TO BE (in any verb tense) + past participle (of the main verb)
- Npr. The animals were being fed when the storm began

- USE: - In scientific, factual or formal writing

- When we are more interested in the action than in the person or thing
who performs the action
- When we don’t know who or what performs the action it is clear from
the context who or what performs the action
PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE - am are is + past participle
PRESENT CONTINUOUS PASSIVE – am are is being + pp
PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE – was were + pp
PAST CONTINUOUS PASSIVE - was were being + pp
PRESENT PERFECT PASSIVE – have has been + pp “a letter has been written by
him” “he has written a letter”
PAST PERFECT PASSIVE – had been + pp
FUTURE PASSIVE – will be + pp
BE GOING TO FUTURE - am are is going to be + pp will be being cleaned
MORE PASSIVE STRUCTURES:
- Prevent, enjoy  being + p.p
- Expect, want,  to be + p.p
- Of. About  being + p.p
GLOBAL ISSUES:
- Overpopulation, pollution, global warming, sugar pandemic, not enough
clean water, unemployment, immigration, famine, poverty
- Bland taste – bljutav, pink slime – sluz, squeamish people – easily
disgusted people
- SOLUTIONS: 1. MICRO-LIVESTOCK -> there would be insects farms, adv.
Would be food rich in proteins, less space needed, dis. Are squeamish
people.
- 2. CULTURED MEAT -> people would grow meat in labs, adv. Less energy
needed, and dis. Is that it would look like a pink slime and it would have
a bland taste
- 3. GREEN SUPER RICE -> It’s a rice with more grain, adv. Can grow in a
hostile environments and it feeds more people, dis. Lands on which this
kind of rice would grow
- GREENING DESERTS -> Making deserts into places to grow plants, adv.
Frees up land to grow food on, dis. High costs, negative effect on deserts
natural eco-system.
EXPLORING BRITAIN’S FISH AND CHIPS:
- The text begins with journalist Jack Newberry, he explores the origins of
fish and chips
- The most popular order in a fish and chip shop is fish and chips with a
curry sauce. And the owner Terri offers a double portion to Jack
- Survey showed that most British people consider Fish and Chips as
typically British dish, but their roots are not really that British
- Fish fried in batter arrived in London with Jewish immigrants and it
became a regular part of British diet
- The origins of the chip are less clear, its either given by French or
Belgium
- Jewish Londoner opened a fish and chip shop in London because he
thought that combining the two would result in success.
- Fish and Chips was also heavily relied on throughout the two World
Wars. Government acknowledged the power of this dish and made sure
fish and chips weren’t included in the wartime ration book
- Today FaC is one of the most popular fastfood takeaways in the UK.
They even get served at wedding banquets. They can also be a snack
- FaC has been a popular dish in Britain for 160 years already, but it has a
origins somewhere else