1. The World’s Largest Dump
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The World’s Largest Dump

2. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch(GPGP) is a collection of trash (which[that] is) located in the central North Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.

3. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
It has grown ten times
its original size every decade since 1950.
~배 크기

4. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
Today it is estimated to be seven times larger than the Korean Peninsula.
~라고 추정된다
…배 더 ~한

5. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
About 90% of it is composed of plastics, while chemicals and other garbage account for the rest of it. it is
~인데 반해
account
차지하다
for

6. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
Researchers believe that the trash drifted through the ocean and got stuck in the area because there is not much wind.
drifted
got stuck
Get + 형용사: …되다

7. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
Despite its enormous size and density, it is almost impossible to observe the patch by satellite.
~에도 불구하고 it
to observe

8. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
This is because the particles of trash are too small to be detected.
the particles
이것은 ~이기 때문이다
are
too + 형용사 + to-v :
…하기에 너무 ~한

9. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
To make matters worse, they are mostly floating below the surface of the ocean.
설상가상으로
=the particles of trash

10. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
Since the huge stretch of floating garbage was discovered in 1997, the GPGP has been frequently mentioned as an example of a growing environmental disaster.
…한 이래로
현재완료 수동태 (계속 언급되어 왔다)

11. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
Since the huge stretch of floating garbage was discovered in 1997, the GPGP has been frequently mentioned as an example of a growing environmental disaster.
…한 이래로
현재완료 수동태 (계속 언급되어 왔다)

12. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
The biggest problem is [that sea animals confuse the garbage with food and eat it]. C S V
Confuse A with B : A와 B를 혼동하다

13. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch problem is so large and hopeless that it seems as if there is nothing [(that) we can do about it].
So+형용사+that : 매우 …해서 ~하다
…처럼, 같이
=the Great Pacific Garbage Patch problem

14. Supplementary Reading. The World’s Largest Dump
However, producing less trash and disposing of waste properly can be a small but effective start.
As the old saying goes, better late than never. S V