The Pacific    2. The Atlantic            3. The Arctic        4. The Indian

Text A.This Ocean is the second largest ocean on Earth, but it is only half the size of the biggest one. Its coastal waters include the North, Baltic, and Mediterranean seas in the east, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean and Sargasso seas in the west.

Text B. The main part of the North Pole is the frozen Ocean. The land areas include the northernmost parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. The polar ice cap also extends over Greenland. To the south of the ocean lie the regions, which are almost as cold in winter but have warmer summers. The coldest region is northeast Siberia.

Text C. The third largest of the world’s oceans, it washes the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. Most of the ocean and its many, mainly small, rocky or coral islands have a tropical climate, free from extremes of temperature. The main winds affecting climate are the dry and wet seasonal monsoons, and westerly winds which can bring violent storms. The ocean has been an important trade route since ancient times. The island groups were first settled by people from India, Arabia, and Africa.

Text D.This ocean is the largest and deepest in the world, covering a third of the Earth’s surface. The deepest point of the ocean is the Mariana Trench, over 36,100 feet (11,000 meters) down. It has thousands of islands. Some are the tops of volcanic mountains. Others are coral reefs, many resting on the peaks of submarine mountains.

Exercise 6. Listen to the 1^st part of the story about “The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition” twice and find the right end of each sentence: