Dialogue 3.

A: I really want to go to the beach this weekend. B: That sounds like fun. What's the weather going to be like? A: I heard that it's going to be warm this weekend. B: Is it going to be perfect beach weather? A: I believe so. B: Good. I hope it doesn't cool off this weekend. A: I know. I really want to go to the beach. B: But you know that California weather is really unpredictable. A: You're right. One minute it's hot, and then the next minute it's cold. B: I really wish the weather would just stay the same. A: I do too. That way we can have our activities planned ahead of time. B: Yeah, that would make things a lot easier.

Lesson 29. Man and Nature (Природа і людина)

Vocabulary

drought [draut]- посуха

typhoon [tai ΄fu:n] - тайфун

volcano eruption [vol ΄keinәu] [i ΄rΛp∫n]- виверження вулкану

flood [flΛd]- повінь

tsunami [tsu ΄na:mi]- цунамі

earthquake [΄ә:Өkweik] - землетрус

tornado [to: ΄neidәu]- торнадо

famine [ ΄fæmin] - голод

forest fire - лісова пожежа

a disaster - катастрофа

a frequency - частота

a hazard [ ΄hæzәd] - ризик, небезпека

a natural hazard– природна небезпека, ризик

a threat [Өret]- загроза

damage - збиток, шкода

to damage – завдавати збитки

to occur - траплятися

to respond - відповідати, реагувати

to underflood - затоплювати

to be underflooded by – бути затопленим

frequent - частий

resistant - стійкий, міцний

deforestation - вирубування лісів

to disrupt - підривати, руйнувати

an avalanche [ ΄ævәla:n∫] - лавина

a heat wave - спека

hailstorms - гроза з градом

to occur - траплятися

a highway - автомагістраль

to be washed away - бути змитим

because of mud sliding – через зсування болота

to be destroyed - бути розрушеним

agricultural holdings – сільськогосподарські ділянки землі, угіддя

with increasing frequency – із зростаючою частотою

a great deal of – велика кількість

to lead to financial, environmental and human losses – призводити

до фінансових, природних та людських втрат

a threat of a natural occurring event – загроза природній події

to be interrelated – бути взаємопов’язаним

lost lives – втрачені життя

destroyed homes – розрушені домівки

disrupted economies – зруйновані економіки

to provide real-time information – забезпечувати реальною інформацією

natural disasters – природні катастрофи

Exercise 1. Read and translate the text. Answer the questions after it:

Man and Nature

Many, many years ago a man lived in harmony with nature because industry was not much developed. Nowadays we live in rapid scientific and technological progress time. The protection of nature has become one of the most actual problems of our century. The intensive development of industry had a bad influence on the nature of the whole world. It results in air pollution. The living resources of the sea are also coming to the end.

The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 26, 1986 caused radioactive contamination of a vast area around the plant. So environmental pollution is great today. The pollution of air, oceans, seas, rivers and lakes can lead our planet to the global catastrophe.

The Earth is our home. We must take care of it. People’s duty is to keep the land, air and water clean. Not only factories pollute our nature, but people also throw tins, cans, packs, bottles and papers into the rivers, forests and lakes. So people pollute our nature every day. We must not do it. We must take care of the nature and of the animals, fishes and birds who live there. These living beings can disappear forever.

1. Why did a man live in harmony with nature many years ago?

2. What is one of the most actual problems of our century?

3. What caused radioactive contamination of a vast area of the land?

4. What can lead our planet to the global catastrophe?

5. Why must we take care of the Earth?

6. Who pollutes our nature and how?

7. Why must we take care of the nature?

Exercise 2. Finish the sentences:

1. Many, many years ago a man lived in harmony ... .

2. The protection of nature has become one of ... .

3. The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant caused ... .

4. The Earth is ... .

5. People’s duty is ... .

6. We must take care of the nature and of ... .

Exercise 3. Read and translate the text: