Unit 2-Beware the Dirty Seas.pptVIP

Unit TwoBeware the Dirty Seas 09/14-09/21 Learning/Teaching objectives Learn different text about exposition Get familiar with another expository mean of Cause Effect Appreciate in the detail how the author organizes an exposition in an efficient effective way Background Info. Mediterranean Sea An inland sea surrounded by Europe, Asia, Asia Minor, the Near East, and Africa. It connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar; with the Black Sea through the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus; and with the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.5 million?km2 965 000 mi2 , but its connection to the Atlantic the Strait of Gibraltar is only 14 km 9 mi wide. In oceanography, it is sometimes called the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea or the European Mediterranean Sea, to distinguish it from Mediterranean seas elsewhere. It was a superhighway of transport in ancient times, allowing for trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples of the region — the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Semitic, Persian, Phoenician, Carthaginian, Greek and Roman cultures. The history of the Mediterranean is important in understanding the origin and development of Western Civilization. Library Work Water pollution Water pollution is a major element of twentieth century environmental pollution. It includes the accumulation in oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams of physical, chemical, and biological substances that are either directly harmful to life or that have dangerous or harmful secondary and long-range effects. The principal sources of water pollution are sewage, industrial waste, garbage and refuse, and agricultural fertilizers, pesticides, and weed killers. The two chief reasons for the contamination and exacerbation 恶化 of the problem are industrialization and urb