- •Оглавление
- •Введение
- •Unit 1. The Concept of Biosphere
- •1. Discuss these questions with your partner.
- •3. Skim the text. The biosphere
- •4. Decide if the following statements are true or false.
- •5. Read the text again and answer the following questions.
- •Read the text about the great Russian scientist and comment on his contribution to the development of science.
- •Vladimir Vernadsky
- •8. Choose the correct answer.
- •9. Listen to the class discussion about uranium. Then decide if the following statements are true or false.
- •10. Say it in English:
- •Unit 2. Ecology
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Read the text about the science of ecology and give the definitions to the following: ecology, environment, animal behavior, environmental biology, natural selection, ecosystem,
- •4. Read the information about earth sciences paying attention on the disciplines mentioned bellow.
- •6. Read the text bellow and say why there is a great demand in experts in the field of ecology in our region.
- •7. Read a magazine article about ecologists who have written books. For questions 1-15, choose from the people ( a-d)
- •8. How has each person in the text helped to protect the environment? Unit 3 Ecological problems
- •1. Read the following explanations and translate the underlined words into Russian.
- •3. Read and translate the text using a dictionary. Environmental problems
- •4. Find English equivalents for the following words and phrases in text.
- •5. Match the following words with their synonyms from the opposite column.
- •6. Correct the following statements using the information from the text.
- •7. Answer the following questions using the information from the text. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •9. Read the information about the influence of human activities on the environment. Here are some examples of environmental problems and solutions to talk about them.
- •14. Choose the best suitable subject for the articles.
- •15. Open the brackets using the proper tense forms.
- •Unit 4 Applying for a job.
- •4. Make combinations using the words from the three columns (consult dictionary if needed) and the questions given below.
- •5. Find out and explain the difference among the phrases.
- •7. Choose a statement or a question from the listed above as a theme for your essay.
- •8. Read the title and opening quotation from an article giving careers advice on finding your ideal job. What advice and information do you think the article will give on the following questions?
- •9. Read the article and check your answers in exercise8. Finding your ideal job - its all about… you
- •Firstly, what do you want work to do for you?
- •10. Explain the meaning of these expressions from the article.
- •11. Decide which answer (а, в, с or d) best fits each space. Choosing a job
- •Unit 1. Covering letter and cv
- •Studying the sample
- •2. Read his covering letter and his cv (Curriculum Vitae), and put the missing words in gaps 1-12.
- •Curriculum Vitae
- •Steps to better writing
- •6. Read Susanna's covering letter, find 12 mistakes in what she has written, and rewrite the letter.
- •Writing your application
- •7.Write a letter to a science museum applying for a part-time job (100-140 words). Using Adrian's cv as a model, write your own cv.
- •Use these notes to help you.
- •Характерные черты официального письма
- •Unit 2.
- •Interview
- •1. Discuss the questions with your partner.
- •2. Read the text and questions below. Job interviews
- •3. Scan the text and mark the correct letter а, в, с or d for each question.
- •4. Listen to the first part of an interview with Rob Yeung, a business psychologist, talking about how to succeed at job interviews. Answer the questions.
- •5. Listen to the second part of the interview. Answer the questions.
- •6. Work in pairs. If you were recruiting someone for your own job (or a job that you know well) what interview questions and tests or tasks would you set? What would be the ideal answers?
- •Scoring
- •15 Or more
- •7 Or fewer
14. Choose the best suitable subject for the articles.
A. Global warming - real or imagined?
B. Wildlife habitats disappearing
C. One planet is not enough
D. Hope for forests?
E. US puts economy first
F. Water - a global crisis
1.
... There are 6 billion people in the world today. The richest 1.5 billion use 75% of all the world's resources. To give the other 4.5 billion people who live in poverty a better life, we will need the resources of another four or five planets. But we have only one, and 1.5 billion of us have already destroyed a large part of it.
2.
... Forests are essential to life. They give us clean air and plants for medicines, and contain over half the world's animals, birds, and plants. Humans destroy an area of forest the size of Greece every year. If we don't stop this destruction, it will be too late. There are some signs of hope, but we will have to work very hard if we want to save the planet.... .
3.
... Scientists have predicted that global warming will destroy 80% of the 115 most important wildlife habitats. If we don't save these habitats, 20% of the world's birds, animals, and plants will disappear for ever
4.
... Some people say we can't be sure global warming is really happening. They say they'll worry about it when we are sure. But it will be too late to do anything about it when we are sure. It won't be possible to save the planet if we don't take action now....
5.
... Today a billion people in the world don't have clean drinking water. If we don't improve our use of water, this number will rise to four billion by the year 2025. It seems incredible, but we have to live on less than 1 % of the world's water because 97% of the water on our planet is seawater, 2% is ice, and we can use only part of the 1% underground. That is what we have to survive on....
6.
... The USA produces 25% of the gases that cause global warming and says this
percentage will increase by 43% in the next 20 years. It says we can do little to change the situation. If the USA works with other countries to reduce global warming, we'll be able to limit the damage. If it doesn't, we won't, and our planet won't survive…
15. Open the brackets using the proper tense forms.
The world warms up
If we … (do) nothing to stop global warming, we … (see) big changes in the future. If world temperatures ... (continue) to rise, as scientists have predicted, there …. (be) less snow and some countries…. (lose) their skiing industry. We …. (have) hotter, drier summers and more wind and rain in winter.
Rising sea levels
Three hundred top American scientists have predicted that sea levels .... (rise) by between 50 and 100 centimetres over the next century. If their predictions …. (be) correct, half the US population who live in coastal areas… (lose) their homes.
World's capitals at risk
Scientists believe that temperatures in Greenland … (increase) more than in other parts of the world. If this .... (happen), the ice will melt completely and sea levels ….. (rise) by about seven metres. They say this ….. (put) most of the world's capitals under water.
Your summer holidays are bad for the planet
We all enjoy travelling and air travel is getting cheaper, Thai's good news for holidaymakers but bad news for the environment because aircraft emissions increase global warming. There has been a huge increase in air travel in recent years. If this increase……(continue), the damage …..(get) worse.
Water wars
In the future, people ….. (not fight) wars over oil, or religion, or politics, but over water. Nearly 40% of the world's population depends on rivers from which two or more countries gefctheir water. Many of these countries want to develop their agriculture and industry. If they ….. (not have) enough water, they …… (fight) wars to get it because without water they … (not survive).
16. Discuss these questions with your partner.
What do you know about climate change?
How do you imagine plants and animals are affected by global climates becoming warmer?
17. Listen to part of a TV programme about climate change. Then decide if the following statements are true or false.
The report suggests there are reasons for hope as well as worry.
In the past, ice ages and droughts killed off all life,
Temperatures are rising at five degrees every century.
Some plants and animals move as climates become warmer.
There are mountain animals that will die if temperatures rise.