Students from Proficiency One, visit the following sites!!!

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0770092.html

http://www.wolframalpha.com
Here, type in patos lagoon and see what it´s got about it.

http://scienceray.com/biology/ecology/the-worlds-largest-bodies-of-water/

Check any doubts you have about what the following are throgh google, images:
reed, river mouth, river bed, port or harbour, canals, cliff, gorge, cove.

Second step.
On your textbook there is a text about Lake Mead (you pronounce Míd, mead is a honey wine).
Visit this website about it and check the following information:
Where is Lake Mead?
What facilities are there?
What are the natural and man-made wonders mentioned?
What is the opposite of ashore or landing?
A word similar to VAGA, referring to the jobs menu
Find the phrasal verb "take in", what does it mean?

http://www.lakemeadcruises.com/

On page 18 of your textbook there is a text about Maverick´s. Before you read about it, study the parts of the waves:

Find more about it on

http://www.maverickssurf.com/