1. Work with a partner and discuss the questions below? 1) What kind of music do you like? 2) When was the last time you listened to classical music? 3) Do you like opera? Why? 4) Do you know any opera singers? Can you name them?

In summertime, off the eastern coast of Canada 

near Newfoundland, humpback whales gather in large groups, or
"schools" as they are 

called often "singing" to each other and making jumps out of
the water. However, if 

you were  a humpback whale,
you would have a 

problem. Today these playful and friendly whales are caught
in the nets of fishermen who would prefer to save 

them if they could. 

Jon Lien and his assistants have been helping to free whales 

from nets since 1998. More than 600 whales are being realesed

up to now. In an interview Jon stated that
recently 

our government had agreed that the rescue of
whales 

was ___an issue that should be discussed at the 

international level. But, unfortunately, today some countries, like
Japan, have 

a different view on the protection of
whales. 

Today scientists wish that the government wuld financed

the production of "whale alarms"
that would tell 

fishermen where the whales were so that the fishermen could avoid the
area when they 

go fishing.Consequently

, fishermen wouldn't lose thousands of
dollars' worth 

of nets and fish, and the whales would be saved.