11. Find the synonyms to the words from the text:

a) sufficient	ingestion, intake
b) consumption	fall, diminish
c) to decrease	enough
d) to dump	to pollute
e) contaminate	throw away
f) usable	disease or disorder
g) complication	available

12. Answer the questions:

a) How many billion of people will lack the sufficient water? Why?

b) What is the percentage of the salt water on the planet Earth?

c) How many percents of the world’s potentially usable freshwater do lakes, rivers and groundwater account?

d) If global warming continues to melt glaciers in the polar regions, as expected, the supply of freshwater may actually decrease. Why?

e) Do you believe that drinking water will more expensive that oil and gas in the nearest future?

f) How many liters of water do you use everyday? Do you waste or save water?

13. Complete the sentences.

1. Eating ___meat and ___ fruits, grains and vegetables can help the environment more than you may realize.2. Eating meat, eggs and dairy products contributes heavily toglobal warming, because raising animals ____food produces many more greenhouse gas emissions than growing plants. 3. A 2006 report by the University of Chicago found that adopting a vegan diet does ________ to reduce global warming than switching to a hybrid car.

4. Raising animals____ food also uses enormous amounts ____land, water, grain and fuel. 5. Every year in the United States alone, 80 percent _____all agricultural land, half ­­­­­­­_____all water resources, 70 percent of all grain, and one-third of all fossil fuels are used to raise animals ___food. 6. Making a salad doesn’t take any ______time than cooking a hamburger and it’s better ___ you—and for the environment.

14. Translate and explain what these words mean:

1. greenhouse gas emissions

2. global warming

3. vegan diet

4. enormous amounts

5. fossil fuels

6. grain

7. hybrid car

15. Discuss these questions in a group:

1. Is it hard for you to eat only vegetables and fruits?

2. How often do you cook meat, eggs and fish?

3. Will you cook less after reading this article?

4. Would you develop farming in Ukraine after reading this information?

5. How much time do you spend for cooking every day?

6. Do you remember any celebrities who are keeping to a vegan diet?

16. Read and translate new words and the text:What’s For Dinner? Genetically. Modified Foods

Staples	основні продукти харчування
to repel	чинити опір
insect-repelling gene	ген який допомогая боротися з комахами
agricultural yield	врожайность сільськогосподарських культур
Lesion	поразка
digestive tracts	травний тракт
transgenic potatoes	трансгенна картопля
flavor retention	збереження смаку
Legacy	спадщина
bar	стандарт
Approval	затвердження
hybridized species	гібрідізіровани види
to delay	затримувати
mass release	масовий випуск
Environmental	екологічні
Contamination	забруднення
Canola	рапс

First made available in the U.S. during the mid-1990s, genetically modified foods have become staples of American agriculture, though most consumers are unaware of this. According to the non-profit Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, the majority of corn, soy and cotton grown by American farmers today are from seeds genetically engineered to repel pests without the need for spraying pesticides or herbicides. Genetically modified versions of canola, squash and papaya are also coming on strong in the U.S. With so many scientific controversies; the jury is still out regarding the potential health effects of genetically modified food products. But while conclusive results have been hard to come by, some of the few studies conducted on animals fed diets consisting of genetically modified foods have generated some disturbing results: In one study, potatoes engineered to contain an insect-repelling gene to improve agricultural yield caused intestinal damage in the test subjects--some lab mice. While the mice did not die from eating the genetically modified food, lesions that formed in their digestive tracts gave researchers pause enough to recommend more thorough testing of the “transgenic potatoes” before marketing them to humans. In another study, mice were fed so-called “Flavr Savr” Tomatoes--tomatoes developed in the early 90s by Calgene that were “optimized for flavor retention.” Similar lesions arose in the intestines of the mice, causing reviewers from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to conclude that “the data fall short of ‘a demonstration of safety,'” adding, “unresolved questions still remain.” Yet later, yielding to the pressure of industry lobbyists, the FDA not only approved the Flavr Savr for mass human consumption, but also claimed that all safety issues had been satisfactorily resolved. But when the Flavr Savr hit store shelves consumers were not particularly impressed with its taste. Also, farmers were coping with disease problems and low yields, the very problems the technology sought to address in the first place. Eventually the Flavr Savr - or “Franken tomato,” as some cynics dubbed it - was abandoned altogether.

The Flavr Savr legacy lives on, however. Many environmental advocates feel that the FDA’s nod on the Flavr Savr set the bar particularly low for approval of other genetically modified foods that may or may not cause health problems. Further, it remains to be seen what effects these hybridized species might have on the environment at large, reason enough to delay the mass release of genetically modified foods into the market until more is known.

Meanwhile, European countries have remained steadfast against allowing genetically modified crops to be grown on their own farms for fear of widespread environmental contamination. And whether or not to allow genetically modified food imports into Europe is a matter of great debate right now within the European Union.