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Rescued from certain death at sea. This seal pup has been separated from its mother by storms and joined tosanctuaryin the Netherlands. The refuge has beenoverwhelmedby the hundredswashed upon the beaches.

They are fed herringsstuffedwith vitamins. But when they grow up, they will face other challenges.Overfishingand affect their chances of survival.

Vocabulary:

sanctuary: safe place

overwhelmed: received a number greater than it would normally cope with

washed up: brought to the shore of a body of water

stuffed: totally filled with (something)

overfishing: fishing too much to the point of threatening the local fish population

Exercise:

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from BBC news reports. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

sanctuary / overwhelmed / washed up / stuffed / overfishing

1. Turkey was often very difficult to get, so housewives were advised to cook "murkey", which was ____________ mutton. The stuffing was largely made of breadcrumbs. No-one threw
away a stale loaf in those days.

2. About 40,000 people on Mindanao are living in evacuation centres after losing their homes and possessions. China and the US are among international donors offering assistance. Mr
Ramos said funeral parlours had been ___________ by the catastrophe.

3. The 2011 statistics included a very high peak of common dolphins being stranded during February and a high number of porpoises ending up on the coast during the winter. The
group has also received samples from the 13m sperm whale which was __________ on Connemara's Omey island last week.

4. Japan is the world's biggest consumer of seafood, eating about 80% of the Atlantic and Pacific bluefins caught. However, restrictions on catches have been tightened in recent years
because of concerns about __________.

5. An animal ___________ in Bishop Auckland is appealing for help after being swamped with hundreds of hens released from their battery cages.

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Answers:

1. Turkey was often very difficult to get, so housewives were advised to cook "murkey", which was stuffed mutton. The stuffing was largely made of breadcrumbs. No-one threw away a
stale loaf in those days.

2. About 40,000 people on Mindanao are living in evacuation centres after losing their homes and possessions. China and the US are among international donors offering assistance. Mr
Ramos said funeral parlours had been overwhelmed by the catastrophe.

3. The 2011 statistics included a very high peak of common dolphins being stranded during February and a high number of porpoises ending up on the coast during the winter. The group has also received samples from the 13m sperm whale which was washed up on
Connemara's Omey island last week.

4. Japan is the world's biggest consumer of seafood, eating about 80% of the Atlantic and Pacific
bluefins caught. However, restrictions on catches have been tightened in recent years
because of concerns about overfishing.

5. An animal sanctuary in Bishop Auckland is appealing for help after being swamped with hundreds of hens released from their battery cages.