Sport in our life 4 балла

People all over the world do sports. They go in for skiing, skating, tennis, swimming, volleyball, football, body-building, etc.

As for me, I like sports too because it makes us strong, healthy and optimistic. It teaches us how to lose as well as to win. I’m fond of .. . (swimming, dancing….)

– последнее предложение – мне нравится заниматься … назови чем, в скобках пару примеров.

Nature Protection № 4

Computers project that between now and the year of 2030 we are going to have an increase of the average temperature between 1,5—4,5 degrees C. Sea levels would rise by several meters, flooding coastal areas and ruining vast areas of farmland. Huge areas would become uninhabitable. Water contamination could lead to shortages of safe drinking water. It looks like the end of civilization on the Earth.

For hundreds of thousands of years the human has lived in harmony with Earth's environment. But now, at the beginning of the 21^st century, we are at a crucial turning point. There is no doubt that soil, water and air are contaminated with toxic wastes. Over the past few years we have been constantly speaking about ozone holes, high level of radiation, about food contaminated with chemicals. Scientists in many countries are very much concerned about changes in weather. These are the consequences of the development of civilization. We are to stop it by joint efforts of all the people of the world.

The range of environmental issues is wide. The worst of them are atmosphere and climate changes, ozone depletion, freshwater resources, deforestation, and biological diversity.

Measures to Be Taken

What is the reason for people getting so much worried about the state of environment? The answer to this question is fairly simple. People are paying for pollution with their health.

To my mind, we are obliged to remove factories and plants from cities, use modern technologies, redesign and modify purifying systems for cleaning harmful substances, protect and increase the greenery and broaden ecological education.

Some progress has been already made in this direction. 159 countries-members of the UNO have set up environmental protection agencies. They hold conferences discussing ecological problems, set up environmental research centers and take practical urgent measures to avoid ecological catastrophe. There are numerous public organizations such as Greenpeace, WWA that are doing much to conserve environment.

The 5^th of June is proclaimed the World Environmental Day by the UNO and is celebrated every year.

And the most important thing is that we must review our wasteful, careless ways, we must consume less, recycle more, conserve wildlife and nature, act according to the dictum «think locally, think globally, act locally». What can we do for the environment EVERY DAY?

• SAY NO TO PLASTIC BAGS WHENEVER POSSIBLE (it could save someone’s life! And it’s taken 500 years to break down when buried)

• FIT AT LEAST ONE ENERGY-SAVING LIGHT BULB (they use just one quarter of the electricity that the ordinary kind do)

• TURN OFF UNNECESSARY LIGHTS

• PUT YOUR GUM IN THE BIN

• RECYCLE YOUR BOOKS

• USE A GLASS INSTEAD OF TAP RUNNING WHEN YOU CLEAN YOUR TEETH (it could save 10 liters of water every night and evening)

• WASH VEGETABLES AND SALAD IN A BOWL

REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE. These are three great ways YOU can eliminate waste and protect your environment as well as prevent us from dangerous illnesses and diseases.