Farmers
grow plants and animal on their farms. Is it also possible to
have a farm in the sea?
People in many countries grow freshwater
fish from eggs. They move the small fish into lakes and rivers. The fish live
and grow there. People go fishing in these lakes and rivers. They enjoy
catching fish. Fish is also good food.
Now Japan grows saltwater fish.
Most of them are yellowtail fish. Workers grow the fish from eggs. Every time
they feed the fish, they play tapes of piano music.
The fish learn that piano music means food.
When the fish are small, the
Japanese put them in the ocean near the land. The fish find some of their own
food. Workers also feed them. They play the same piano music. The fish already
know this music. They swim toward it and find the food. In a few
months the fish are large. The Japanese play the same music. The fish swim
toward it and the workers catch them.
The Japanese get about 15
percent of their seafood from farms in the ocean.
Photo credit: How Can We Have Farms in the Sea?
A Vocabulary
music piano freshwater possible
seafood small toward lakes
already own feed enjoy
1. When the fish are _________________, the Japanese put them in the ocean near the land.
2. Is it also ________________________ to have a farm in the sea?
3. The fish ________________________ know this music.
4. They swim ______________________ it.
5. People in many countries grow __________________ fish from eggs.
6. They ____________________ catching fish.
7. Every time they __________________ the fish, they play tapes of ___________________.
8. The fish find some of their ___________________food.
B Vocabulary (new context)
Feed small possible toward
Near freshwater music own
Enjoy swim already piano
1. The Honda is a ________________________car.
2. Do you like __________________________fish or saltwater fish?
3. You _______________________know a lot of English words.
4. Rivers run ______________________the Sea.
5. Is it ___________________________to travel to the moon?
6. Do you __________________________snow and cold weather?
7. Can you play the _________________________?
8. Do you enjoy listening to _____________________?
9. Babies cannot cook their own food. We have to _______________________them.
10. Do you ride to class with a friend or do you have your ____________________car?
C Vocabulary Review
Match each word in Column A with its opposite word in Column B. Write the letter and word from Column B next to the word in Column A. The first answer is done for you.
Column A
1. cool __d.warm______________
2. black_____________________
3. north______________________
4. cannot_____________________
5. travel______________________
6. false_______________________
7. old________________________
8. leave______________________
9. spend______________________
10. under______________________
Column B
a. white
b. true
c. modern
d. warm
e. stay home
f. cloud
g. save
h. mix
i. south
j. stay
k. can
l. above
D Question
1. Is it possible to have a farm in the ocean?
2. Why do people grow freshwater fish?
3. What country grow saltwater fish?
4. What do the Japanese do when they feed the fish?
5. What do the fish learn?
6. When do the workers put the fish in the ocean?
7. When do the workers play the same piano music?
8. Why do the fish swim toward this music?
9. Why do the workers play music when the fish are large?
10. How much food does Japan get from fish farms in the ocean?
11. *Do these fish like piano music?Why?
12. *Why are fish farms important to the world?
E Comprehension: True/False
_______ 1. People can grow freshwater and saltwater fish.
_______ 2. The Japanese move the fish into the sea when they are large.
_______ 3. Piano music means food to most people.
_______ 4. *Fish and birds grow from eggs.
_______ 5. All fish think that piano music means food.
_______ 6. The Japanese use piano music to catch fish.
_______ 7. Fish on ocean farms find some of their own food.
_______ 8. The Japanese grow about five percent of their saltwater fish on farms.
F Main Idea
1. The Japanese use piano music on their saltwater farms.
2. It is possible to grow freshwater fish and saltwater fish on farms.
3. The Japanese get about 15 percent of their seafood from farms.
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