1、,North Sea Oil,北海油田,North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid oil and natural gas, produced from oil reservoirs beneath the North Sea. In the oil industry, the term “North Sea“ often includes areas such as the Norwegian Sea and the area known as “West of Shetland“, “the Atlantic
2、Frontier“ or “the Atlantic Margin“ that is not geographically part of the North Sea. Oil was first discovered under the bed of the North Sea in 1970 and production began in 1975. Commercial extraction of oil on the shores of the North Sea dates back to 1851, when James Young retorted oil from torban
3、ite mined in the Midland Valley of Scotland.,Arab-Israeli war,阿以战争,The 1948 ArabIsraeli War or the First ArabIsraeli War was known as the most classical war in the history. The united Arab Republic was formed in 1958.Israel faced the menace of the united of the south and the north. 1964, Arab agreed
4、 that they would change the trend of the Jordan river, to make sure that Israel can not use the river. From 1966, the Israel was attacked by Jordan and Lebanon. The Arab union signed a contract which means to totally destroy Israel. 1967, America strongly support Israel in money and weapons. But, So
5、viet Unions support to the Arab is limited. So, Israel had the power to launch the attack.,Six day war,The results of the war: the Arab countries was badly hunt, many people died in the war. Israeli occupied many lands, including the Jerusalem, west bank. One million Pakistanis was driven away from
6、their home.,PO 半岛东方航运公司,The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dates from the early 19th century. The company was headquartered in London, in the United Kingdom.,In 1815 Brodie, McGhee, Wilcox opened a sh
7、ipping agency and brokers office in Lime Street, London, and employed Arthur Anderson as clerk. Anderson was made a partner in 1822. In 1826 Wilcox and Anderson were appointed London agents for the Dublin and London Steam Packet Company, an aggressive and highly successful steam packet company that
8、ran between the two cities in its name. This connection brought together the three founders of P & O-Wilcox, Anderson, and Richard Bourne, a man of great financial acumen.,The third world principally consists of the developing world, former colonies of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. With the end o
9、f the Cold War and the increased economic competitiveness of some developing countries, the term has lost its analytic clarity.,Third World第三世界,The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO (with the United States, Western European nati
10、ons and their allies representing the First World), or the Communist Bloc (with the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and their allies representing the Second World). This terminology provided a way of broadly categorizing the nations of the Earth into three groups based on social, political, and economic
11、divisions. The Third World was normally seen to include many countries with colonial pasts in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. It was also sometimes taken as synonymous with countries in the Non-Aligned Movement. The Third World has also been connected to the world economic division as “periphery“ c
12、ountries in the world system that is dominated by the “core“ countries.,UNCTAD 联合国贸易及发展会议,United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, set up in 1964. UNCTAD is concerned with the fundamental problems affecting the trade of developing countries. It has its headquarters in Geneva.,Iron Curtain
13、 铁幕,Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. On either side of the Iron Curtain, states developed their own international economic and military alliances. It was first used by
14、Churchill in his speech at Fulton, Missouri, 5 March 1946:“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”,EEC 欧洲经济共同体,European Economic Community, established by treaty signed at Rome Mar. 25,1957, effective Jan. 1, 1958. EEC headquarters are in Brussels and it comprises a Council of Ministers, an executive Commission, and the Assembly and Court of Justice. It is the forerunner of the European Union.,Thats all, thank you!,
