NEWS · B1 Level - Part 1

Fish Doorbell in the Netherlands

Apparently, 4 years ago, when an ecologist walked by a canal, which are all over the Netherlands.

Level: B1 · 8 sentences

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1. Apparently, 4 years ago, when an ecologist walked by a canal, which are all over the Netherlands.
2. He noticed a bunch of fish swimming there trying to get upstream.
3. The one issue: there was a lock in the way, so...
4. To fix the problem, the scientist set up an underwater livestream that allows viewers to hit this "fish doorbell",
5. to alert the local lock operator that there are some fish wanting to get through.
6. Once the doorbell is rung, the operator opens the lock.
7. And the fish continue upstream.
8. That is something.