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Our next unit contains readings about the Aral Sea Disaster. Read this article to preview the unit. Choose 3 words that you don't know and write the words and their definition in the comments section. Also, comment on what you hope to learn in this unit.
5 comments:
receded, marine, inhabitant.
1. receded v. pull back or move away or backward; move back and away from; retreat; became faint or more distant.
2. marine adj. of or relating to the sea; relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation ro seamem; of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps); native to or inhabiting the sea
3. inhabitant n.a person who inhabits a particular place
1. What's the Aral Sea looks like before the disaster.
2. What's the Aral Sea looks like today and the comparison between before and after.
3. The reasons why the Aral Sea suffered the disaster.
3. What alarms does the example give us?
sludge,irrigation system,temporary
sludge:n
1. Semisolid material such as the type precipitated by sewage treatment.
2. Mud, mire, or ooze covering the ground or forming a deposit, as on a riverbed.
3. Finely broken or half-formed ice on a body of water, especially the sea.
4. An agglutination or aggregation of blood cells forming a semisolid mass that often impedes circulation.
intr.v. sludged, sludg·ing, sludg·es
To agglutinate or aggregate into a semisolid mass; form a sludge. Used of blood cells.
irrigation system:n
Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall. Additionally, irrigation also has a few other uses in crop production, which include protecting plants against frost,[1] suppressing weed growing in grain fields[2] and helping in preventing soil consolidation.[3] In contrast, agriculture that relies only on direct rainfall is referred to as rain-fed or dryland farming. Irrigation systems are also used for dust suppression, disposal of sewage, and in mining. Irrigation is often studied together with drainage, which is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area.
Irrigation is also a term used in medical/dental fields to refer to flushing and washing out anything with water or another liquid.
temporary:n
Temporary is a term that denotes a finite period of time, with a defined beginning and an end. It is derived from the Latin temporarius "of seasonal character, lasting a short time," from tempus (gen. temporis) "time, season." It is the opposite of permanent.
how about the aral sea now?
how about the future of it?
what can we do ahout this dieaster?
1. basin: n. a) a large open bowl, usually for water. b) an area of land from which the water ultimately runs into a certain river or lake.
2. drain: v. to flow out of somewhere. n. a pipe that carries water or other liquid away from where it is not wanted.
3. evaporate: v. to become steam and disappear in the air.
Is the Aral Sea will still insist in few years later?
What is the significant concept from this phenomenon?
Are there any other areas having the same problem?
Definition:
1. Shoreline (n.) a boundary line between land and water.
2. monoculture (n.)the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
3. temporary (n.) a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
Comment:
1. How is the Aral Sea Disaster become?
2. How it effect to the Earth?
3. What should we do to deal with it?
flourish,pesticide, dock
1.flourish flourishes flourished flourishing
Noun
1. a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"
(hypernym) gesture , motion
2. an ornamental embellishment in writing
3. a display of ornamental speech or language rhetoric
4. the act of waving
5. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
Verb
1. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
2. gain in wealth
3. move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
2.pesticide
Noun
1. a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
3.dock
docks docked docking
Noun
1. an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
jurisprudence
2. any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
sorrel , Rumex acetosa
3. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
4. a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
5. landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"
6. the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
7. a short or shortened tail of certain animals
Verb
1. come into dock; "the ship docked"
facility
2. deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
3. deduct from someone's wages
4. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
5. haul into a dock; "dock the ships"
Questions:
1.Do you know some factors will effect Aral sea's future?
2.Does the WHO has some plan to creat the better condition for the Aral Sea?
3.How sloty of the Aral Sea?
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