good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. the title of my speech today is "crossing the sea" . an english poet by the name of rudyard kipling once wrote in this poem "we and they" :
all the people like us are we
and everyone else is they
we live over the sea
while they live over the way
we eat pork and beef with cow horn-handled knives
they who gobble their rice off a leaf
are horrified out of their lives.
when these lines first caught my eyes, i was shocked--how could two people remain so isolated and ignorant of each other in the past? today's society, of course, is an entirely different picture. those people who used to eat with gobble their rice might be as well have taken to fish and chips.
indeed, just take china as example; our modern life has been influenced by western style of living in so many ways that it's no longer surprising to see teenagers going crazy about rock-and-roll, whole families dining out at mcdonald's and even rather elderly people dressed in apple jeans.
however, these are only some expressions of the cultural changes taking place in our society today. what is really going on is a subtle but significant restructuring of the nation's mentality. just look around.
how many college graduates are ready to compete aggressively for every job opportunity, whereas not long ago they were asked just to sit idle and wait for whatever was to be assigned to them by the government?
how many young people are now eager to seek for an independent life whereas only two decades ago they would rely totally on their parents to arrange for their future? ask anyone who participates in today's speech contest. who has not come with a will to fight and who has not come determined to achieve self-fulfillment in winning the game? and i'm quite certain that if confucius had lived to see today's china, he would have been horrified to see young lovers k
优质解答pollution in the ocean is a major problem that is affecting the ocean and the rest of the earth,ution in the ocean directly affects ocean organisms and indirectly affects human health and spills,toxic wastes,and dumping of other harmful materials are all major sources of pollution in the le should learn more about these because if people know more about pollution in the ocean,then they will know more about how to stop pollution.
what are toxic wastes?
toxic wastes are poisonous materials that are being dumped into the harm many plants and animals in the ocean and have a huge impact on our c waste is the most harmful form of pollution to sea life and toxic waste harms an organism,it can quickly be passed along the food chain and may eventually end up being our the food chain,one toxic organism gets eaten by another,larger animal,which gets eaten by another animal,and can end up being our c waste gets into seas and oceans by the leaking of landfills,dumps,mines,and chemicals and heavy metals from factories can have a very harmful effect on marine life and humans.
many fishermen believe that the toxic chemicals in the ocean are killing much of the fish of the most harmful chemicals in the ocean is can cause many health can damage the brain,kidneys,and reproductive can also cause birth defects for has been shown to cause low iq scores,slow growth,and hearing problems for small e and car paint and manufacturing lead batteries,fishing lures,certain parts of bullets,some ceramic ware,water pipes,and fixtures all give off lead.
many things found in the ocean may cause seafood to be dangerous to human effect on humans from contaminated seafood may include birth defects and nervous system cal waste found in the ocean is being tested to see if swimmers have a chance of developing hepatitis or r waste has been known to cause viral and bacterial type of pollution can be stopped by watching what pollution we are letting into the le are trying to decrease the amount of waste in the oceans by recycling as much garbage as they can so there is a smaller amount of very harmful materials in the ocean.
boating pollution prevention tips
whenever someone takes their boat onto the water for a ride,it is creating pollution that can be very harmful to the sea ing pollution is the pollution that comes from the boat’s engine when it is running,and it pollutes the water,killing animals with the chemicals in the exhaust from the engine gives off excess gasoline,which pollutes the waters and ends up killing the order to make as little pollution as possible,what everyone can do to help is:
only turn a boat engine on all the way when you need to.
don’t take your boat out into the water if you don’t need to.
be sure to store and transport gasoline in places where there isn’t any direct sunlight because the gasoline will evaporate,and all of the gases that have been evaporated will pollute the air.
every year,buy new or cleaner marine engines for your boats.
garbage dumping
garbage dumping is the dumping of harmful materials into the ocean like human waste,ground-up garbage,water from bathing,and of the waste that has been dumped into the ocean in the early 1990’s is still there main cause of garbage dumping occurs when sewage pipes share their space with storm water fall causes the sewage pipes to overflow and the sewage waste mixes with the storm water drain,which flows into another water source such as a lake or r that,the garbage pollutes the ocean,kills plants and animals in the water (for example,the plastic rings that are around pop cans can get around an animal’s neck,causing it to suffocate),and makes the water dirty.
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