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DEEP SEA EXPLORATION (10:32 - 14:55)
The Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) is an organization set up in 2008 to engage in ocean exploration and
education.
Focus Questions
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Why have many parts of our oceans not been explored? Is ocean exploration important?
The deep sea exploration vessels used by OET have to be very strong – why?
As well as being home to so many species, the ocean is the world's biggest museum. How?
The ocean is divided into 3 zones – what are these zones? On what basis are they divided?
What is the Mariana Trench?
The following figures are in the report – before watching the report, note down what you think they refer
to?
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70% -
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95% -
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An estimated 3 million –
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11,000 metres –
Before watching the report again, answer the questions
1. What proportion of all life on earth is the ocean home to? ………………………………...........................
2. What is the estimated value of all the sunken treasure on the ocean floor? ……………………………….............
3. What is the deepest ocean zone called? ………………………………...........................
4. What is one type of marine creature found there? ………………………………...........................
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Vocabulary
Match the words with the closest definition or synonym
arrange things in a pile
beginning, potential, showing
promise in
in addition to, as well as
know well, knowledgeable about
motivate, stimulate
quick look, view, sight
region, area
ship or large boat
solve, explain
spectacular, magnificent, astounding
spend wastefully
unexplored, unknown
very large
weird, strange, odd
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
familiar with (adj)
whopping (adj)
uncharted territory (adj)
aside from (prep)
split up into zones (n)
freaky (adj)
stack on top (v)
get a glimpse (n)
exploration vessel (n)
breathtaking (adj)
inspire (v)
budding researcher (adj)
unravel (v)
blow money on (v)
Use words from the table to complete the sentences – you may have to change the form of the word
familiar
glimpse
1.
whopping
zones
vessel
budding
………………………………............. being
uncharted
aside from
stack
breathtaking
unravel
blow
inspire
freaky
the largest economy in the world, the U.S. still has the most powerful
military of any country.
2. Because of the surrounding pack ice, a specially designed ice breaker ……………………………….............was
used to transport researchers to and from the Antarctic.
3. Facebook has a ……………………………….............1.7 billion users worldwide.
4. Many people in the U.S. feel that the country would be heading into ……………………………….............waters
if Donald Trump were elected President. They don’t know what might happen.
5. Police said they were still searching for clues to help ……………………………….............the mystery of the
woman’s disappearance.
6. Russia is a huge country and currently has 11 different time ………………………………..............
7. The ……………………………….............writer had emailed her favourite author with a few questions about how
to get a book published. She was very excited to receive a lengthy reply.
8. The man had won $5 thousand and planned to use it to go on a holiday. But within a month he had
……………………………….............it all on expensive restaurants and clothes.
9. The successful author said he was ……………………………….............to become a writer by a wonderful
English teacher he had at school. He even dedicated his first book to her.
10. The view of the city and surrounding landscape from the top of one of the world’s tallest buildings
was ………………………………..............
11. The woman had a ……………………………….............of travel books on her desk which she was using to
research a 12 month around the word trip.
12. Tim had studied for a year in China so he was very ……………………………….............with Chinese culture.
13. When fans caught a ……………………………….............of Taylor Swift leaving the hotel and getting into a
waiting car, they began screaming.
14. When she was on a plane in Germany, Lisa sat next to a woman who looked exactly like her. The air
crew assumed they were twins. It was very ………………………………..............
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Answers
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70% - How much of the planet is covered by oceans
95% - How much of the ocean floor that is still
unexplored
An estimated 3 million – Approximate number of
shipwrecks on the ocean floor
11,000 metres – The deepest part of the ocean
arrange things in a pile
beginning, potential, showing promise in
in addition to, as well as
know well, knowledgeable about
motivate, stimulate
quick look, view, sight
region, area
ship or large boat
solve, explain
spectacular, magnificent, astounding
spend wastefully
unexplored, unknown
very large
weird, strange, odd
1.
2.
3.
4.
more than half
about $80 billion
the Midnight zone
the giant squid
stack
budding
aside from
familiar
inspire
glimpse
zones
vessel
unravel
breathtaking
blow
uncharted
whopping
freaky
1. Aside from being the largest economy in the world, the U.S. still has the most powerful military of
any country.
2. Because of the surrounding pack ice, a specially designed ice breaker vessel was used to transport
researchers to and from the Antarctic.
3. Facebook has a whopping 1.7 billion users worldwide.
4. Many people in the U.S. feel that the country would be heading into uncharted waters if Donald
Trump were elected President. They don’t know what might happen.
5. Police said they were still searching for clues to help unravel the mystery of the woman’s
disappearance.
6. Russia is a huge country and currently has 11 different time zones.
7. The budding writer had emailed her favourite author with a few questions about how to get a book
published. She was very excited to receive a lengthy reply.
8. The man had won $5 thousand and planned to use it to go on a holiday. But within a month he had
blown it all on expensive restaurants and clothes.
9. The successful author said he was inspired to become a writer by a wonderful English teacher he
had at school. He even dedicated his first book to her.
10. The view of the city and surrounding landscape from the top of one of the world’s tallest buildings
was breathtaking.
11. The woman had a stack of travel books on her desk which she was using to research a 12 month
around the word trip.
12. Tim had studied for a year in China so he was very familiar with Chinese culture.
13. When fans caught a glimpse of Taylor Swift leaving the hotel and getting into a waiting car, they
began screaming.
14. When she was on a plane in Germany, Lisa sat next to a woman who looked exactly like her. The air
crew assumed they were twins. It was very freaky.