READING

BULLETIN
 Pollution of the Atlantic Ocean
 The World's Longest Tunnel
 Daily life in Egypt

ISSUE 13 – 14.05.2013
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Pollution of the Atlantic Ocean

Pollution is one of the major problems of the world’s oceans and the Atlantic is no exception.
Tankers contribute to pollution by cleaning their oil containers on the high seas. Major tanker
disasters have repeatedly occurred in the Atlantic. In 2010 the explosion of an oil platform in
the Gulf of Mexico caused oil to leak out for over three months.

Many pollutants reach the ocean through factories and industries along the major rivers.
Densely populated areas along the Rhine in Europe and the Mississippi in North America bring
waste and other pollutants into the ocean.

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The World's Longest Tunnel

Sending Italian wine to the Netherlands or German washing machines to Greece often means
a long slow journey along narrow alpine valleys, through tunnels and over passes.

More and more goods cross the Alps every year and the number of heavy lorries on
alpine transit routes has increased dramatically. Many people have died in road and tunnel
accidents and the inhabitants of the Alps feel that their wonderful environment is in danger.

In a national referendum held in 1994 the Swiss people voted to put all freight onto railways. A
year later the government started a project called Alp Transit -with the aim of building a faster
north-south rail route beneath the Alps.

The entire railway line will stay at the same altitude – about 500 meters above sea level. Trains
will be able to reach speeds of up to 250 km an hour and reduce the travel time between Zurich
and Milan from four hours to two and a half. That would make the journey even faster than
flying.

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Daily life in Egypt

Almost no other ancient culture gave women as many rights as Ancient Egypt. They could buy and
sell land and goods, and even divorce their husbands. Still, the head of the family was the father.
When he died his eldest son became its head.

Most Egyptians couldn’t read or write. Only a few upper class boys and girls went to special
schools where they were taught to become scribes. Such scribes wrote official government
documents.

Most boys became farmers and craftsmen. They followed their fathers and took on the same jobs.
Girls were trained to become mothers and to give birth to children. They learned
household chores from their mothers.

Bread made from wheat was the main source of food in Ancient Egypt. Richer families also had
vegetables, fish and meat to eat. Middle and lower class people drank beer, the upper classes
drank wine. Food was prepared on clay stoves.

Egyptian houses were made of dried mud and had flat roofs. Poor people lived in simple huts while
the richer people in the cities lived in buildings that had up to three floors. The houses had small
windows to keep out the sun and help the house stay cool.

Ancient Egyptians did many different things in their free time. They liked to go swimming and
fishing in the Nile River. Hunting crocodiles, lions and other wild animals were popular sports
among ancient Egyptians.

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pollution kirlilik 29
vote oy vermek

2
major ana,önemli 30
railway demiryolu

3
exception istisna 31
build inşa etmek,kurmak

4
contribute katkıda bulunmak 32
beneath altında

5
container varil, kap 33
entire tüm

6
disaster felaket 34
altitude yükseklik

7
repeatedly ardı ardına,tekrar tekrar 35
up to -e kadar

8
occur meydana gelmek,olmak 36
reduce azaltmak

9
explosion patlama 37
ancient eski

10
leak out dışına sızdırmak 38
as / as kadar

11
pollutant kirletici madde 39
divorce boşanmak

12
factory fabrika 40
still yine de

13
industry sanayi, endüstri 41
head baş,kafa,müdür

14
densely-populated yoğun nüfuslu 42
upper üst,üstteki

15
waste israf,artık 43
special belli,özel

16
mean anlamına gelmek 44
scribe katip, yazman

17
journey gezi,yolculuk 45
official resmi

18
narrow dar,kısıtlı 46
government hükumet,yönetim

19
valley vadi 47
document belge,doküman

20
goods mal,eşya 48
farmer çiftçi

21
heavy ağır,yoğun 49
craftsman zanaatkar,usta

22
lorry kamyon 50
follow izlemek,takip etmek

23
dramatically önemli derecede 51
take on üstlenmek,işe almak

24
accident kaza 52
train eğitmek

25
inhabitant oturan kişi,sakin 53
give birth to doğurmak

26
wonderful şahane, çok güzel 54
household ev halkı, hane

27
danger tehlike,risk 55
source kaynak,köken

28
national ulusal 56
middle ortada,vasat

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prepare hazırlamak,hazırlanmak 69

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dried kurumuş 70

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flat düz,havasız,sıkıcı 71

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roof çatı,tavan 72

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hut kulübe, baraka 73

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keep out hariç tutmak 74

63
cool serin,soğuk 75

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swimming yüzme 76

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fishing balıkçılık 77

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hunt avlamak, aramak 78

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among arasında 79

68
prepare hazırlamak,hazırlanmak 80

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