PPT Unit 3 涉海英语（文科卷）.pptVIP

The offshore economy has its beginnings in the nineteenth century, saw early development after the First World and grew expontially in the 1970s. A rapidly exanding offshore economy is now producing new markets. Port construction and management as well as offshore drinlling and exploration are important components of the offshore economy. In this unit, you will learn about the prosperity, competition and confrontation between Hong kong and Singapore, two of the largest ports in the world and discover the effects of a maritime oil spill. Contents Background information Pre-reading Questions Text Exercises ◆ Reading Comprehension ◆ Structure Analysis ◆ Vocabulary Study ◆ Translation ◆ Doing Research ◆ Writing ◆ Extended Exercises ◆ Proverbs and Quotations ◆ Language Points Background Information 1. Port of Singapore 1. Port of Singapore The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Singapore’s harbors and which handle Singapore’s shipping. Currently the world’s busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage, it also transships a fifth of the world’s shipping containers as the world’s busiest container port, half of the world’s annual supply of crude oil, and is the world’s busiest transshipment port. It was also the busiest port in terms of total cargo tonnage handled until 2005, when it was surpassed by the Port of Shanghai. Thousands of ships drop anchor in the harbor, connecting the port to over 600 other ports in 123 countries and spread over six continents. The Port of Singapore is not a mere economic boon, but an economic necessity because Singapore is lacking in land and natural resources. The Port is critical for importing natural resources, and then later re-exporting them after they have been refined and shaped in some manner, for example wafer fabrication or oil refining to generate revenue. Only then can the service industri