2ndes : Oprah Shines Light On Great Pacific Garbage Patch (VIDEO).flv

Oprah Shines Light On Great Pacific Garbage Patch

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VrrxMIiwgQ

Facts : fill in the blanks with words from the video

Scientists believe the …………’s…………garbage dump is in the ……………….ocean ; it is estimated it is …………the size of……..

 The great Pacific ………………pack stretches from the ………….of California all the way to…………. In some places the man-made debris is …………../ …       deep.

Marine biologists estimate that ………….% of the ……million tons of floating trash is all……………. 

In some parts of the ocean there’s already …………….times ………..plastic than plankton, which is …………../    many fish rely on……………..

Causes : Right or wrong ? Correct the mistakes

-People throw their trash directly into the rivers

-70% of plastic comes from the land

-Storms blows the trash to the sea

Make sentences using causes and consequences+causes+ or concession ( Even if/despite/however...)

A The monumental amount of plastic trash / marine mammals / cigarette lighter / the birds’stomachs/ albatros / young turtle / plankton

B  /create an ecological disaster /cost the lives of millions of sea birds/die/caught in fish net ring/Are full of plastic/managed to survive/ disappears/ swallow