great big story
The once plentiful sea turtles of Zanzibar are disappearing. Poaching and bycatch have severely reduced the population of these elegant reptiles. But there’s still hope. The Mnarani Marine Turtle Conservation project is working hard to look after the turtles in order to bring their numbers up to previous levels. A Great Big film by filmmaker Dan the Director.
Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :
- Surrounded by the Indian Ocean
- When I scuba dive I feel great
- My first dive
- A world of its own
- I don’t see many turtles
- To participate in the conservation of turtles
- For educational purposes
- I am an uneducated fisherman
- Save the sea turtles
- We had a lot of poachers
- We talk to the village fishermen about conservation
- Our children and grand children will not be able to see them
- Looking after him, feeding him
- We are going to release you back to the sea
Map of Zanzibar
Vocabulary in Chunks 