the puffer fish.ppt

1.What’s the most unusual meal you have ever eaten? 2. What is the most expensive meal you’ve ever eaten? 1.What’s the most unusual meal you have ever eaten? 2. What is the most expensive meal you’ve ever eaten? 1.What do you think is special about the fish pictured on the left? The puffer fish Fugu, the Japanese name for the puffer fish, is one of the strangest fish in the ocean. The puffer fish gets its name from the way the fish protects itself fromenemies. Whenever it is attacked, the fish puffs up (blows up) its body to over twice its normal size. puffer fish puff up blow up normal size fugu protect …from enemy In 1996,three man in California were taken to a hospital with strange symptoms. They felt dizzy, tired, and weak. They couldn’t speak, and the hospital doctors thought the men had been poisoned, but couldn’t work out what was wrong with them. Then they found out the three men were all chefs, and they had just shared a dish of fugu. 1.What are the chefs’ symptoms? 2.What did the doctors think? The symptoms of fugu poisoning are a strange feeling around the mouth and throat,and difficulty breathing. You can’t breathe and your body can’t get any air. Your brain still works perfectly, however, so you know you are dying, but you can’t speak, or do any anything about it. The reason the three men were taken to the hospital is because the puffer fish is also very poisonous. As a rule, if you eat a whole puffer fish, you will probably die. The three men had a close call, but they all survived. feeling difficulty breathing breathe brain work perfectly poisonous as a rule a close call survive Despite the danger of fugu poisoning, this strange,ugly,and very poisonous fish is actually a very expensive, and very popular, kind of food in Japan. Customers pay up to ＄200 per person to eat a fugu meal. Because of the danger, fugu can only be prepared by chefs with a special license from the government. These chefs are trained to identify and remo