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Seadragons
Seadragons are some of the strangest fish in the sea.
The weedy seadragon in particular looks more like seaweed than a fish.
It has flaps of skin that make wavy branches, which help to disguise it.
The seadragon also drifts along like seaweed. So a predator might swim straight by without recognizing it.
For a mouth, seadragons have a tube that is perfect for sucking up shrimp and tiny plankton.
Seadragons are cousins of seahorses. Like seahorses, it's the fathers who are in charge of the eggs.
The male weedy seadragon's tail turns yellow when he is ready to carry eggs.
Each dragon dad carries around two hundred eggs, which the female seadragon gave him.
The eggs stick safely under his leafy tail until they are ready to hatch.
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Seadragons are some of the strangest fish in the sea.
The weedy seadragon in particular looks more like seaweed than a fish.
It has flaps of skin that make wavy branches, which help to disguise it.
The seadragon also drifts along like seaweed. So a predator might swim straight by without recognizing it.
For a mouth, seadragons have a tube that is perfect for sucking up shrimp and tiny plankton.
Seadragons are cousins of seahorses. Like seahorses, it's the fathers who are in charge of the eggs.
The male weedy seadragon's tail turns yellow when he is ready to carry eggs.
Each dragon dad carries around two hundred eggs, which the female seadragon gave him.
The eggs stick safely under his leafy tail until they are ready to hatch.
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Das Simple Past drückt Handlungen in der Vergangenheit aus, die einmalig oder wiederholt stattfinden, nacheinander ablaufen oder eine laufende Handlung unterbrechen.
Watch the tutorial about the simple past.
Do the following exercises.
Diese unregelmäßigen Verben musst du lernen! Hierzu gibt es den Irregular Verbs GN.
Further help:
Grammar package, page 42-58
Du findest das digitale Nachschlagewerk auf DiLer unter dem M-Standard.
Revision
- the seadragons ?
- Where the male the eggs ?
- When the babies ?
- the eggs to the tail ?
- The seadragon - swim - ocean
- The male - eggs - carry - tail
- Baby seadragons - hatch - eggs
Practise reciting the poem and record an audio!
I'm water.
I'm most of this planet.
I shaped it.
Every stream, every cloud and every rain drop - it all comes back to me.
One way or another, every living thing here needs me.
I am the source.
I'm what they crawled out of.
Humans?
I don't owe them a thing.
I give.
They take.
But I can always take back.
That's just the way it has always been.
It's not their planet anyway.
Never was.
Never will be.
But humans, they take more than their share.
Well, it doesn't work that way.
If humans want to exist in nature with me
and off of me,
I suggest they listen close.
I am only going to say this once:
If nature isn't kept healthy, humans won't survive.
I' m the ocean.
I covered this entire planet once.
And I can always cover it again.
That's all I have to say.
GN overview
Grammar
Written Grammar GN: The Simple Past & irregular verbs
Writing
Completed package
Listening
Completed package
Optional
Reading
Completed package + Recite the poem
Vocabulary
Irregular verbs GN
Vocabulary Step 5
