Supermarket Advertisement

(Upper intermediate level vocabulary exercise.)

Welcome to paradise, otherwise known as the Maldives, where Ibrahim Mohamed earns his   –  living life lifetime way  catching tuna in much the same way as his father and grandfather before him. At first glance, fishing from a small boat with a pole and line may seem a   –  hopelessly incredibly ridiculously interestingly  outdated way to catch tuna for a British supermarket. In fact, it’s bang up-to-date with the very   –  latest quickest sharpest longest  thinking from environmental groups and marine conservation experts. The yellowfin tuna, unlike the bluefin tuna, is a sustainable species. The incomehinking from environmental groups and marine conservation experts. The yellowfin tuna, unlike the bluefin tuna, is a sustainable species. The income   –  provides allows gives supports  dozens of small coastal fishing communities. Just as important, Ibrahim’s centuries-old way of fishing   –  provides gives encourages avoids  the killing of dolphins and other protected species. Our policy of selling only   –  sustain sustains sustaining sustainable  seafood started over 10 years ago. Since then, we’ve   –  started stopped encouraged begun  selling more than 20 species considered to be under threat. However, that still leaves plenty to choose from. We   –  recently immediately currently happily  sell 55 species of fresh fish, and all of them come from sustainable fishing areas.

(Adapted from an advert for Waitrose in the Guardian newspaper.)