Under the Sea --- Milkfish Reading Reading What’s the Answer? What’s the Answer? Assignment Assignment Crossword Puzzle Crossword Puzzle An English Song An English Song

Reading Look at this picture.

Do you know what this is? Of course, you do. It’s too easy. It’s a fish. Yes, that’s right. It is a fish. But do you know the name of this fish? Well, it is called “milkfish,” also known as “An-Ping fish.” Why is it named like that and what is so special about this fish? Let’s get to know something about it!

Milkfish belongs to the tropical and subtropical water areas. Therefore, we can often see them in the Indonesia sea areas, the tropical and subtropical sea areas of the Pacific Ocean. That is why they are often seen here in the southern part of Taiwan. From this picture below, you can see where they often show up here in Taiwan.

Milkfish is abundant mainly in May till November every year. During this time of the year, they are very tasty and the price of this fish is usually low. Generally speaking, milkfish has two types of enemies. One type is “birds,” especially those that love eating fish. Another type is “the cold currents.” Milkfish is really afraid of the cold. So in winter, they often die because of the cold currents coming.

Birds The cold currents

Milkfish is one of the main fish farming in Taiwan. It is valuable because it can be fully used. Every part of it can be eaten. It is often cooked at home and in restaurants. No matter how you cook it, fry or roast, it tastes very delicious. Recently, our government has helped to develop this market.

Milkfish can be ground into fish balls, which have been very popular and are often used in making soup. Besides that, there are dried milkfish floss, milkfish candies, milkfish tang-bu-la and even canned milkfish. All these products are delicious and are known as local foods at the An-Ping area in Tainan.

Milkfish balls Dried milkfish floss Milkfish candies

Canned milkfish Milkfish tang-bu-la

Why is milkfish also called An-Ping fish? The breeding of milkfish has been over 300 years. The An-Ping area in Tainan is the largest, the earliest and the longest in the history of milkfish breeding. In order to remember Cheng Cheng- Kung, who landed on the An-Ping shore, milkfish is also called An-Ping fish.

What’s the Answer? 1.What animal did you learn about in this article? a. A bird b. A lion c. A fish a. A bird b. A lion c. A fishA bird A lion A fishA bird A lion A fish 2.What is the name of this fish? a. Milkfish b. Starfish c. Jellyfish a. Milkfish b. Starfish c. JellyfishMilkfishStarfishJellyfishMilkfishStarfishJellyfish 3.Which is NOT the enemy of milkfish? a. Birds b. Flowers c. Cold currents a. Birds b. Flowers c. Cold currentsBirdsFlowersCold currentsBirdsFlowersCold currents 4.Where is milkfish often seen here in Taiwan? a. The northern part b. The southern part c. The eastern part a. The northern part b. The southern part c. The eastern partThe northern part The southern partThe eastern partThe northern part The southern partThe eastern part

5.When is milkfish abundant every year? a. August b. December c. February a. August b. December c. FebruaryAugustDecemberFebruaryAugustDecemberFebruary 6.Milkfish can be ground into _____. a. fish cakes b. fish pies c. fish balls a. fish cakes b. fish pies c. fish ballsfish cakes fish pies fish ballsfish cakes fish pies fish balls 7.Which is NOT a famous local food? a. Milkfish tang-bu-la b. Milkfish ice cream c. Milkfish candies a. Milkfish tang-bu-la b. Milkfish ice cream c. Milkfish candiesMilkfish tang-bu-la Milkfish ice cream Milkfish candiesMilkfish tang-bu-la Milkfish ice cream Milkfish candies 8.Where is the largest, the earliest and the longest in the history of milkfish breeding? a. An-Ping b. Lanyu c. Kinmen a. An-Ping b. Lanyu c. KinmenAn-Ping LanyuKinmenAn-Ping LanyuKinmen

Assignment 1. Look up the words underlined in the article and tell the meaning of them. 2. Find more information about milkfish.

Crossword Puzzle Down 1.a stream of air 2.feathered creatures able to fly 3.knowledge dealing with past events of the world 4.An-Ping fish 5.one of the tasty An-Ping local food 6.give birth to young Across 7.use land for raising animals 8.We have many ____ and subtropical fruits here in Taiwan. 9.We love eating milkfish ____ with rice porridge. 0.sweets Show the answers Fill in the blanks

UNDER THE SEA The Little Mermaid(1989)---- 摘錄於迪士尼專輯 The seaweed is always greener in somebody else ’ s lake. You dream about going up there. But that is a big mistake. Just look at the world around you. Right here on the ocean floor. Such wonderful things surround you. What more is you looking for? Under the sea, under the sea. Darling it ’ s better, down where it ’ s wetter. Take it from me. Up on the shore they work all day. Out in the sun they slave away. While we devoting, full time to floating. Under the sea. An English Song

UNDER THE SEA The seaweed is always greener in somebody else ’ s lake. You dream about going up there. But that is a big mistake. Just look at the world around you. Right here on the ocean floor. Such wonderful things surround you. What more is you looking for? Under the sea, under the sea. Darling it ’ s better, down where it ’ s wetter. Take it from me. Up on the shore they work all day. Out in the sun they slave away. While we devoting, full time to floating. Under the sea.

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