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Listen to the fish sing: scientists record ‘mind-blowing’ noises of 
restored coral reef
Level: 
Intermediate
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Understanding the article
a. Are these statements true or false according to the article? Correct any that are false.
1. Coral reefs provide protection from bad weather and a way for people to make money. 
2. The coral reef in Indonesia was damaged by a particular way of fishing. 
3. It is possible to restore coral reefs, at least partly, by growing new coral. 
4. The reef has taken longer to recover than scientists hoped. 
5. Scientists were unable to see all the creatures that have returned to the reef. 
6. Scientists have no idea what creatures are making any of the sounds. 
7. Lamont hoped the mysterious creature would come out when it heard the recording of the 
strange noises. 
8. He saw the mysterious creature only once.

Key language
a. Without looking at the article, join the words to make word pairs from the article. Then check 
your answers by looking back at the article.
1. coral
animals
2. blast
loss
3. camouflaged
problems 
4. underwater
fishing 
5. catastrophic
reef 
6. wider
speaker
b. Now use the word pairs to explain the article. Or, work with a partner and record yourselves 
talking about the article: one of you is an interviewer, the other is a scientist.

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Listen to the fish sing: scientists record ‘mind-blowing’ noises of 
restored coral reef
Level: 
Intermediate
Published by Macmillan Education Ltd. © Macmillan Education Limited, 2022.
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