Conversações diárias: o comércio de frutos do mar

Seis estudantes de diferentes partes do mundo se encontram. O que eles têm em comum? São todos intercambistas estudando em uma universidade americana durante um semestre. Ao longo do semestre, eles aprendem mais inglês, conhecem sobre a cultura americana e ficam sabendo mais sobre suas áreas de estudo. Esta série Conversações Diárias* é sobre seis estudantes e suas experiências durante um semestre em uma universidade nos EUA. Essas conversas são para alunos de inglês de nível intermediário ou superior. 

A série Conversações Diárias é uma ótima maneira de melhorar seu inglês. Os leitores de nível mais avançado podem aprender ainda mais rápido revendo este post original na íntegra em inglês.

This conversation is about the importance of fishing in a way that doesn’t harm the health of the oceans. Students (Akinyi and Lee) talk about good and bad types of fishing — and how consumer demand for fish can have an effect.

Akinyi: Thanks for coming with me to this symposium on sustainable fishing.

Lee: It’s my pleasure! As an environmental science major, this is something I’m very interested in. But I’m surprised a business major is interested in this topic.

Akinyi: Well, marine life in my country is being destroyed because of unsustainable fishing.

Lee: Why? Is there overfishing in your country?

Akinyi: Yes, it’s a problem everywhere in the world, I think. But it can change. People can choose to buy only sustainable seafood. Consumer demand makes a difference!

Lee: Now you’re sounding like a business major.

Akinyi: Well, business, environment, food, our health — they’re all connected.

Lee: That’s a really good point. We need to think about all of those. Otherwise, we’ll keep destroying our marine ecosystems until there are no more fish in the sea!

Agora vamos rever o vocabulário.

A symposium (simpósio) is a formal meeting at which experts discuss a particular topic.

Sustainable fishing (pesca sustentável) is fishing in a way that can maintain the population of the fish without harming the health or habitat of the oceans. Using sustainable fishing, the fish population does not decrease over time, and there are few or no environmental impacts.

When unsustainable fishing (pesca não sustentável) occurs, the populations of fish decline over time because of the methods of fishing used.

Overfishing (sobrepesca) is taking wildlife from the sea faster than the wildlife can reproduce (produce babies).

Sustainable seafood (frutos do mar sustentáveis) is seafood that is caught or farmed in a way that can maintain the population of the seafood without harming the health or habitat of the oceans.

The amount that consumers desire (consumidores desejam) a product or service (based on its availability) is consumer demand.

A marine ecosystem (ecossistema marinho) is everything that exists in a marine (ocean) environment. This includes living things such as plants and fish, and things that are not living such as rocks, soil and water.

There are no more fish in the sea (Não há mais peixes no oceano): The speaker is playing with the idiom “There are plenty of fish in the sea.” This idiom is often said to someone whose relationship has ended; it means that there are other people in the world to meet and date. In the conversation above, the speaker is using the phrase “there are no more fish in the sea” to mean that unsustainable fishing can kill all of the fish in the ocean.

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