3. Write the questions to the text and discuss it in the class.

4. Match a new word with its definition.

1. the greenhouse effect	1. intended to be used only once and then thrown away
2. To reduce	to take something in, especially gradually
3. disposable	3. to make (something) less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price
4. carpooling	4. the process by which a plant uses energy from the light of the sun to produce its own food from water and carbon dioxide
5. photosynthesis	5. the gas produced when animal or vegetable matter is burned, or when animals breathe out.
6. carbon dioxide	6. an arrangement in which a group of people take turns driving each other or their children to and from work or school
7. to absorb	7. to collect and treat rubbish in order to produce useful materials which can be used again
8.recycle	8. the gradual warming of the Earth's surface caused by an increase in pollution and gases in the air

5. Fill in missed letters:

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6. Write your ides and suggestions about what you can do to reduce global warming:

7. Read and translate the text and then proceed to the tasks.

Top 10 Worst Polluted Sites Serve as Examples of Widespread Problems Russia leads the list of eight nations, with three of the 10 worst polluted sites. Other sites were chosen because they are examples of problems found in many places around the world. For example, Haina, Dominican Republic has severe lead contamination—a problem that is common in many poor countries. Linfen, China is just one of several Chinese cities choking on industrial air pollution. And Ranipet, India is a nasty example of serious groundwater pollution by heavy metals.

The Top 10worst polluted places in the world are:

1. Chernobyl, Ukraine

2. Dzerzhinsk, Russia

3. Haina, Dominican Republic

4. Kabwe, Zambia

5. La Oroya, Peru

6. Linfen, China

7. Maiuu Suu, Kyrgyzstan

8. Norilsk, Russia

9. Ranipet, India

10. Rudnaya Pristan/Dalnegorsk, Russia

8. Answer the following questions:

a) Do you want to change now the place of living?

b) How can you improve the situation?

c) Would you like to do more research in Chernobyl?

d) Find out 10 facts about Chernobyl disaster.

9. Make up a dialogue using all new words and phrases from this module:

10. Read and translate new words and the text: Freshwater Becoming More Scarce.

sufficient water	достатня кількість води
glaciers	льодовики
polar ice caps	полярні льодові верхні пласти
decrease	зменшуватись
to melt	танути
to mingle	змішатися
to contaminate	забруднювати
to dump	скидати
raw sewage	неочищені стічні води
consumption	споживання

The United Nations estimates that by 2050 more than two billion people in 48 countries will lack sufficient water. Approximately 97 percent to 98 percent of the water on planet Earth is saltwater (the estimates vary slightly depending on the source). Much of the remaining freshwater is frozen in glaciers or the polar ice caps. Lakes, rivers and groundwater account for about 1 percent of the world’s potentially usable freshwater.

If global warming continues to melt glaciers in the polar regions, as expected, the supply of freshwater may actually decrease. First, freshwater from the melting glaciers will mingle with saltwater in the oceans and become too salty to drink. Second, the increased ocean volume will cause sea levels to rise, contaminating freshwater sources along coastal regions with seawater. Complicating matters even further is that 95 percent of the world’s cities continue to dump raw sewage into rivers and other freshwater supplies, making them unsafe for human consumption.