VIP Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

coastal city – by the sea

risk – chance of danger

ex. What risks are involved if you live in a coastal city?

claim – to say that something is true although you have not proven it

ex. She claimed that her house was broken into.

ex. The Japanese claimed that the ship carried gold.

not enough sth to go around – not enough for everybody

malfunction – fail to work properly

Grammar

sea level rises/falls 

go/sink underwater

Recently, I watching a documentary about “Sinking City”.

Recently, I watched a documentary called “Sinking City”.

In the next century, when it flooding half of the New York will be in the water.

In the next century, half of New York will be underwater/half of New York will flood because of global warming.

Sea level is getting higher and higher

The sea level is rising.

It’s about some ships that are in the bottom of the sea and how people take them out of the sea.

It’s about some ships that sunk to the bottom of the sea and how people uncovered them from the sea.

Many species will extinct because of global warming.

Many species of animals will become extinct because of global warming.

If it explodes, the whole city will get inside the water.

If it explodes, the whole city will sink underwater.

Some of the reason is that they are damaged in a beautiful place. If we don’t remove it, the beautiful place will be damaged.

One reason is that they are located at a beautiful place. If we don’t remove it, these beautiful places will be damaged.

Another reason is that, the ships sunk on a cruising line and it made the water shallow. This causes the big ships to get stuck. 

There wasn’t enough time for everyone to get on the life boats.

One of the controlling system is not very good.

One of the controlling systems malfunctioned.

The oil floated into the water

The oil spilled/poured/got into the water.