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The listening exercises in Business Spotlight Plus (p.15) are based on the article “Ocean going” (Names & News, p. 9). Here, we provide you with the audio file and transcript.
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Ocean goinghier etwa: Ozean in Gefahr (Wortspiel mit ocean-going, hochseetüchtig)Ocean going
“I’m still breathing, so of course I’m to divetauchen; Tauchgangdiving,” Sylvia Earle told The Telegraph. At 84, Earle is the most experienced oceanographerOzeanograf(in), Meereskundler(in)oceanographer and marine biologistMeeresbiologe/-biologinmarine biologist in the US. Since her first dive, at 16 years old, she has spent nearly an entire year underwater altogether — sometimes two weeks at a stretcham Stückat a stretch.
Earle’s passion for education and conservationNaturschutzconservation to set sb. apart from sb.jmdn. von jmdm. abhebensets her apart from other scientists. She has spent her career informing people that their actions are affecting the oceans’ health. “The biggest problem is ignorance … to be borne of sth.durch etw. entstanden seinborne of people not knowing what is happening or why they should care,” Earle said. She points to overfishing, plastics and the effects of burning fossil fuelfossiler Brennstofffossil fuels as the main threats to the health of the oceans.
Earle has founded a non-profitgemeinnützignon-profit organization called Mission Blue to raise awareness and to establish “Hope Spots”, marine areas that are given special protection. Currently, only five per cent of the world’s oceans is protected. Earle hopes to extend that to ten per cent by 2020. “People have to realize that the most important thing we take from the ocean is … our existence,” Earle pointed out. “You like to breathe? Well, take care of the ocean, because your life depends on it.”