INTEGRATED ENGLISH REFERENCE NOTES - Prof. Dr. Ziya Yurttaş
INTEGRATED ENGLISH REFERENCE NOTES - Prof. Dr. Ziya Yurttaş
INTEGRATED ENGLISH REFERENCE NOTES - Prof. Dr. Ziya Yurttaş
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The World<br />
52<br />
THIRD PART<br />
READING & WRITING<br />
(Reading Comprehension and Written Expression)<br />
Geography<br />
� The world is one of the 9 planets of the solar system.<br />
� The world rotates* on its own axis once every 24 hours.<br />
� The Earth revolves* around the sun once a year.<br />
� The moon is a satellite of the earth.<br />
� The moon revolves around the earth on an orbit once a month.<br />
� The moon is a satellite of the earth.<br />
� The area of the world is about 510.000.000 km 2 (square kilometers).<br />
� The area of the world is about 600 times larger than that of Turkey.<br />
� 3/4 of the world area is covered by the sea (three fourths of the ...)<br />
� The distance between the earth and the moon is about 384.000 km. A space craft<br />
can cover this distance in less than three days.<br />
History<br />
� The history of the world dates back around 4 billion years.<br />
� We are living at a time when machines do work that men used to do.<br />
� Airplanes can cover a distance in as many hours now, as it used to take days by<br />
other means of transportation in the near past.<br />
� There are twice as many people in the world now as there were 50 years ago.<br />
� Neil Armstrong, the commander of Apollo 11, is the first man to set foot on the<br />
moon on July 21, 1969.<br />
� America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.<br />
� Telephone was invented by A. Graham Bell in 1876.<br />
� United Nations was established in 1945.<br />
Economy<br />
� The richest country in the world, in terms of per capita income, is Kuwait.<br />
� According to Malthus, the population of the world increases in geometrical ratio<br />
whereas the food production increases in arithmetical ratio. Therefore, the world<br />
is bound to face a serious crisis stemming from the shortage of food.<br />
Politics<br />
� One of the most important problems facing the mankind today is the lack of<br />
sense of justice among nations. Power is still the major factor in settling disputes.<br />
� Palestinian-Israeli dispute is the most important problem in the World Politics.<br />
� Turkey is trying to join the European Union since 1963.<br />
* Rotate: to turn on an axis<br />
* Revolve: to turn around a point
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