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A. Listen and answer the following questions. Note taking

1. What is the topic of discussion about? Topic :

the difference between bird and fish eggs

what happens to fish eggs and baby fish
why fish lay many eggs Main idea :

how fish eggs survive in the ocean

2. Why do fish lay more eggs than birds? 1 Major point :
st
Fish care for their eggs, but birds do not.

Birds care for their eggs, but fish do not.
Fish are strong animals, but birds are not. Details :

Birds are strong animals, but fish are not.

3. Why aren’t oceans overflowing with fish?

Fish lay only a few eggs.

Only a few fish eggs become adult fish.
2 Major point :
nd
Fish eggs make meals out of different animals.
all of the above

Details :
4. What does it mean, “Lots of different animals make
meals out of baby fish”?

Baby fish have big appetites.
Many different animals eat baby fish.

Baby fish and lots of different animals eat the same foods.

Lots of different animals prefer not to eat baby fish. 3 Major point :
rd

B. Check True or False.

1. After the eggs hatch, the young fish are Details :
very small and very smart.

2. Some fish may lay as many as five million

eggs at once.

3. Most birds only lay one or two eggs at a time.

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