Life below Water: https://sdg-tracker.org/oceans 

Life on Land: https://sdg-tracker.org/biodiversity 

1. How do many of us like to eat seafood? 

2. How is marine environment and ecosystem connected to our lives on land?
   海洋環境と私たちの陸上での生活はどのように繋がっているんだろう？

Video Viewing

Watch the video with the playback speed of 0.75 to 1.00. View 2 or 3 times.

今視聴したビデオについて、下記の質問に答えてみよう。

(1) Many people depend on seafood as a source of nutrition.                    T/F

(2) Some plankton are like plants. They generate oxygen.              　 　 T/F

(3) On the beaches of Australia, it is illegal to throw trash away.    T/F

 1の動画を使ってディクテーションをしてみましょう。

Everyone deserves to live in a world where all life that _______ below water from the smallest mollusk in the smallest stream to the largest blue whale in the vastest ocean is able to live in clean ________ waters.  The plants and animals that live in the water are important for all life on Earth.  Plankton, tiny life-forms that call our oceans home, play a big ______ in keeping Earth's atmosphere healthy.  They generate lots of oxygen, which makes up the air we breathe and the water we drink.  Three billion people, almost half the planet, ______ on fish for food and the omega-3 oils contained in some fish are also great for our bodies. They keep our blood pressure in check and help our heart stay healthy, but life below water is under ________. Overfishing is putting some species of fish at risk of ________. Garbage is polluting the oceans, making them dangerous places for fish and marine mammals to live, and climate change is making the sea _______ so coral reefs, where many species of fish live, cannot survive. But progress is being made to protect and restore life below water. The Australian government created the world's largest marine safe zone, where it's illegal to fish, giving ___________ species the chance to repopulate. Communities are volunteering to clean up beaches that are littered with harmful trash and innovators are creating new _________ like this, even a huge bucket that sucks in oil discharged from boats. Keeping the Earth's oceans and waterways clean is important so that all life can thrive, and we all have a role to play.

ディクテーションの後、もう一度最初から聞いてみましょう。

1. ペアを組んで、「海洋の環境と生物が、地球全体や人間にとってどれほど重要か」について考えてみましょう。
   How important are the marine environment and marine creatures for humans and the Earth as a whole?

2. 地球温暖化は海洋環境にどのような影響を与えているのか、話し合ってみましょう。
   How has climate change affected the marine environment?