CRE101

A. VOCABULARY
1. a deft, experienced chef (sentence 7):

2. with widespread aficionados (9):

3. interpid fugu-fanciers (11):

4. the ultimate fugu connoisseur (12):

5. the ultimate fugu connoisseur (12) :

6. in excruciating detail (14):

B. CONTENT AND MEANING

1. With regard to puffer fish, what is Ackerman’s purpose in writing?
Puffer fish is kind of extremely dangerous and harmful fish and it could be threaten someone’s life if not very well treated before eating.

2. Which sentence in the paragraph represents the main idea?

3. In sentence 3 what does Ackerman mean when she compares the puffer fish’s poison to armor? Since the primary defend system of the fish is not poison, the fish having such a good defensive method and it surprised him.

4. This passage is quite long. If you were going to break it into two paragraphs, with which sentence would you end the first paragraph? Sentence 9.

C. Inferences

1. Without turning the dictionary, what is the likely meaning of the word fugu?
Fugu means other word and it also means puffer fish.

2. Under what circumstances (i.e., methods of preparation) is puffer fish poisonous?

3. Why should a diner who wants to eat puffer fish have only an experience chef prepare it?

4. What is the primary motivation for people to eat puffer fish, especially it’s so dangerous?

5. This passage comes from Ackerman’s book, A Natural History of the Senses. Each section of the book takes up one of the five senses. From which section of the book does this excerpt most likely come?

6. Do you think the author has sampled puffer fish? Is there any way to tell?