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Before you watch

A Look at the photo and discuss these questions with a partner.
• Would you pay money to dive with sharks?
• Do you think feeding sharks should be banned?
• Which animals do you think bite more people every year: dogs or sharks?

While you watch
В Watch the video and decide if these statements are T (True) or F (False).

1 People don't want to pay a lot of money to dive with sharks.
2 Kathy enjoyed diving with sharks.
3 Jeff Torode encourages the tourists to feed the sharks.
4 You are more likely to be killed by a bee than by a shark.
5 Bob Dimond is worried that sharks are becoming afraid of people. [
6 Trista was surprised by how calm the sharks were.
After you watch
C Complete the summary of the video below using these words.

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Many tourists go to places like Florida, Hawaii and the Bahamas to dive with sharks. Of all the
(1)----------------- in the sea, they are the most interesting to some people. Attracting sharks by
feeding them used to be common. However, in 2002, there were a large number of shark attacks
on humans. Many people felt (2)___________________ at these attacks, and they gave sharks a very
(3)----------------- image. Feeding sharks was then made illegal in Florida and other places.
Nonetheless, the idea that sharks kill a lot of people is (4)_____________________ Each year snakes kill
more people and dogs attack more people than sharks do. Most shark attacks are just one quick
(5 ) ------------------The shark rarely tries to eat the person. Researchers
(6 ) ____________________ that sharks sometimes
(7 ) ___________________ humans with the other
types of animals they usually eat, such as seals and
fish. The shark will (8)____________________ that it
has made a mistake and leave.

Ideas Focus Do you think shark tourism should be encouraged in
places that have sharks? Why? / Why not?
Do you think it's important to protect the sea and
the animals in it? If so, what can people do to help
preserve them? Why? / Why not?