四川建筑职业技术学院 授课教案 more accidents and losses take place in this part than in other areas of the world's oceans regardless of: without worrying about or taking account of e.g. They decorated the house regardless of the cost All our proposals were rejected, regardless of their merits occur: to take place; happen e.g. The tragedy occurred only minutes after takeoff. The rule may save your life when an emergency occur cf. occur to: (of an idea)to come to(someone's) mind e.g. This name just did not occur to my memory It suddenly occurred to him that this was something he should never do IⅤ Summary of the Text Five bombers from a US Naval Air Station on a routine training flight over the atlantic Ocean, east of Florida inexplicably disappeared together with the planes sent to look for them on the 5th December, 1945. The US navy nuclear submarine Scorpion disappeared without explanation in May 1968. The Marie Celeste, an American cargo boat was found in 1872 off the coast of Portugal in perfect order but with no crew on board. More than 50 ships and 20 planes ave mysteriously disappeared there. What on earth has caused these losses? Magnetic forces? Underwater volcanic action? Or the lost continent of atlantis? No one knows though we have so many theories and speculations about the area, it is more likely that there is nothing special about It V. Text-related Information 1. The Bermuda Triangle: also called the Devils Triangle. is a section of the North atlantic Ocean off southeast Florida, with a triangle-shaped area covering about 3 900 000 sq. kin in total, formed by drawing an imaginary line between the island of Bermuda, the coast of southern Florida and Puerto rico 2. Bermuda: a British colony including over 300 coral islands in the N. Atlantic, 965 km. east of the southern USA Main island: Bermuda. Naval and air bases were leased (1941)to the Usa 3. Puerto Rico: the easternmost island of the Great Anflles, comprising with Vieques, Culebra and Monals, a territory of the USA 4. Florida: a state formed by a low-lying peninsula at the southeastern tip of the USA四 川 建 筑 职 业 技 术 学 院 授 课 教 案 more accidents and losses take place in this part than in other areas of the world's oceans. regardless of: without worrying about or taking account of e.g. They decorated the house regardless of the cost. All our proposals were rejected, regardless of their merits. occur: to take place; happen e.g. The tragedy occurred only minutes after takeoff. The rule may save your life when an emergency occurs. cf. occur to: (of an idea) to come to (someone's) mind e.g. This name just did not occur to my memory. It suddenly occurred to him that this was something he should never do. IV. Summary of the Text Five bombers from a US Naval Air Station on a routine training flight over the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida inexplicably disappeared together with the planes sent to look for them on the 5th December, 1945. The US navy nuclear submarine Scorpion disappeared without explanation in May 1968. The Marie Celeste, an American cargo boat was found in 1872 off the coast of Portugal in perfect order but with no crew on board. More than 50 ships and 20 planes have mysteriously disappeared there. What on earth has caused these losses? Magnetic forces? Underwater volcanic action? Or the lost continent of Atlantis? No one knows. Though we have so many theories and speculations about the area, it is more likely that there is nothing special about it. V. Text-related Information 1, The Bermuda Triangle: also called the Devil's Triangle, is a section of the North Atlantic Ocean off southeast Florida, with a triangle-shaped area covering about 3 900 000 sq. kin. in total, formed by drawing an imaginary line between the island of Bermuda, the coast of southern Florida, and Puerto Rico. 2. Bermuda: a British colony including over 300 coral islands in the N. Atlantic, 965 km. east of the southern USA. Main island: Bermuda. Naval and air bases were leased (1941) to the USA for 99 years. 3. Puerto Rico: the easternmost island of the Great Anflles, comprising with Vieques, Culebra and Monals, a territory of the USA. 4. Florida: a state formed by a low-lying peninsula at the southeastern tip of the USA