8高涤肴学校研究生英语系列教材_综合教程(下)主编熊海虹_教学课件第八单元.pptVIP

高等院校研究生英语系列教材;*; Content;Task 1 Watch the following video carefully to learn how global warming is threatening the traditional way of life on the Chesapeake Bays Smith Island as its water level rises and its blue crab stocks dwindle and complete the blank-filling exercise. ;Smith Island; The population has dropped from more than 800 to about 300 over the last 100 years, and Smith Island is ______________. Most of the Island is only 1 foot above sea level. The higher areas where the people live are just 2-4 feet above the water. Coastal ecologists say the Chesapeake Bay has risen by more than