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STEP 1
Listen and complete the presentation slide below.
Aral Sea: A Lake of Central Asia
1960
2007
It was the
1) fourth-largest

lake in the world.
Construction of
dams and canals for
2) cotton

farming
By 2007, it had reduced to only
3) 10%
of its original size.
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More Questions

More Questions

Listen and answer the questions.
1 What does the Aral Sea mean in Kazakh?
It means “sea of islands.”
2 What happened to the local climate after the size of the Aral Sea declined?
There were extended summers and dry days.

Script

W
Hi, today I’m excited to introduce a place I recently visited during my summer vacation: the Aral Sea.
안녕하세요, 오늘은 제가 최근 여름 방학에 방문했던 한 곳을 소개하게 되어 정말 기쁩니다. 바로 아랄해입니다.
M
It is located in Central Asia, between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
아랄해는 중앙아시아의 우즈베키스탄과 카자흐스탄 사이에 자리 잡고 있습니다.
W
The Aral Sea, meaning “sea of islands” in Kazakh, is not a sea but a saltwater lake that was once the world’s fourth-largest lake.
아랄해는 카자흐어로 ‘섬의 바다’라는 뜻인데, 실제로는 바다가 아니라 한때 세계에서 네 번째로 큰 염수호
(소금 호수)였습니다.
M
Sadly, however, as of 2007, it had substantially declined to 10% of its original size due to the construction of dams and canals for cotton farming.
그러나 안타깝게도, 2007년 기준으로 아랄해는 면화 재배를 위한 댐과 운하 건설 때문에 원래 크기의 10%로
상당히 줄어들었습니다.
W
The decline not only damaged local water resources but also induced changes in the local climate, resulting in extended summers and dry days.
이러한 감소는 지역의 수자원에 피해를 주었을 뿐만 아니라, 지역 기후에도 변화를 일으켜 여름이 길어지고 건조한
날들이 지속되게 했습니다.
M
The Aral Sea serves as an example of how human actions can have destructive environmental impacts.
아랄해는 인간의 행동이 환경에 얼마나 파괴적인 영향을 미칠 수 있는지를 보여 주는 사례입니다.
W
I’m worried that other parts of the world may also suffer from this kind of ecological collapse.
저는 세계 다른 지역에서도 이런 생태적 붕괴가 발생할 수 있을까 봐 걱정됩니다.
M
We should be mindful of the impact of our choices.
우리는 우리의 선택이 미치는 영향을 신중히 고려해야 합니다.
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Dictation

W
Hi, today I’m excited to introduce a place I recently visited during my summer vacation: the Aral Sea.
It is located in Central Asia, between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
The Aral Sea, meaning “
sea
of
islands
” in Kazakh, is not a sea but a saltwater lake that was once the world’s fourth-largest lake.
Sadly, however, as of 2007, it
had
substantially
declined
to 10% of its original size due to the construction of dams and canals for cotton farming.
The decline
not
only
damaged
local water resources but also induced changes in the local climate, resulting in extended summers and dry days.
The Aral Sea serves as an example of how human actions can have
destructive
environmental
impacts
.
I’m worried that other parts of the world may also suffer from this kind of
ecological
collapse
.
We should be mindful of the impact of our choices.
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