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Pearls
Choose one of the terms below and complete the statement
extracted insertion
bruised foreign nacre secretes wedge
cultured graft oysters several
forceps irritation pearl trapped
pain
suffering
1.
For those who care about Ahimsä the pearl is a symbol of
and
2. Pearls are a response to an
caused by a particle. 3. It naturally occurs when sand or a bit of shell is accidentally inside the oyster's shell. 4. To reduce the pain it secretes a substance called
which surrounds the particle. 5. To avoid waiting for natural pearls humans started searching for young _in the deep ocean to make
pearls. _are used to hold the shell open while a wooden is inserted. 7. An
is then made in the base section of the shell-fish and
is carefully inserted. 8. To avoid the pain of the foreign particle the oyster
nacre around the particle to form a 9. The pearls are
with sterile instruments, and the oysters are used times before they are very
and can no longer be used.
the
10. Read the poem "The Oyster" written by David Cohen. What did the oyster do with the sand that was bothering him? Please discuss the poem with your parents and teachers. Please write what you can do about the things that bother you in your life.
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