- •A fable for tomorrow by Rachel Carson
- •Exercises
- •1. Study the Notes.
- •2. Translate the sentences and use an underlined structure from each group in your own example:
- •3. Say it in English:
- •4. Find in the text and learn the English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations:
- •5. Retell the text using the following words and phrases:
- •7. Discussion.
- •Focus on the environment
- •In this text, young people from Britain and America discuss the environment. What is the biggest environmental problem in your area? How concerned are you about the environment?
- •Exercises
- •3. Find in the text and learn the English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations:
- •4. Find in the text sentences equivalent to the ones given below and learn them by heart:
- •5. Learn the information in italics. It’ll enable you to speak freely on the following environmental issues:
- •6. Study the following:
- •7. Complete the sentences so that they make sense:
- •8. Discussion
- •It's official: the earth is getting hotter
- •Exercises
- •2. Explain what is meant by:
- •3. Find in the text and learn the English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations:
- •5. Study the following:
- •6. Discussion
- •The arguments made by climate change sceptics
- •Acid rain
- •International agreements
- •Exercises
- •2. Explain what is meant by:
- •3. Find in the text and learn the English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations:
- •5. Rephrase the given sentences without using the underlined parts.
- •6. Discussion
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •3. Retell the article using the following:
- •The world's green lungs
- •Interview with David Attenborough
- •Rainforest
- •Exercises
- •6. Rephrase the sentences:
- •Kyoto treaty takes effect today
- •Exercises
- •1. Practise reading the words from the article. Learn their Russian equivalents.
- •2. Find in the article and learn the English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations:
- •3. Explain what is meant by:
- •5. Say what you know about:
- •6. Rephrase the sentences without using the underlined parts:
- •7. Discussion
- •Driving away from air pollution
- •Exercises
- •Cloning the endangered
- •Exercises
- •Nature’s avengers
- •Exercises
- •1. Find in the article and learn the English equivalents of the following word-combinations:
- •2. Correct the sentences:
- •3. Answer the question:
- •What on earth can I do? Rethink at home
- •Save Energy and Combat Air Pollution
- •In the Kitchen
- •Save the Rainforest
- •Waste not…
- •In the Bathroom
- •Rethink at work
- •Exercises
- •1. Practise reading the given words and word-combinations. Learn their Russian equivalents:
- •2. Discussion
- •Green consumers
- •Exercises
- •1. Practice reading the words from the article. Learn their Russian equivalents:
- •2. Find in the article and learn the English equivalents of the following word-combinations:
- •Exercises
- •Impact of Natural Hazards (vocabulary)
- •Supervolcano
- •Megatsunami – wave of destruction
- •When large animals disappear, ecosystems are hit hard
- •The gulf stream
- •Фреоновая война
- •Contents
- •Sources
Exercises
1. Practise reading the words from the texts. Learn their Russian equivalents.
A. finance, residue, charcoal, avalanche, solubility, intrusive, aesthetic, amenity, flora, fauna, archaeological, phytosanitary, versatile, atmospheric, hectare;
B. sponge, desert (Cf.: dessert), estimate (Cf.: to estimate), survey (Cf.: to survey), satellite;
C. equator, to vary, reservoir, torrent, pharmaceutical.
2. Say what you know about these places. Read the place names correctly:
the Himalayas, Bangladesh, the Sudan, the Amazonian jungle, Pakistan, Nepal, the Ganges.
3. Explain what is meant by:
(A) a versatile raw material; archaeological site; EIA; run-off (of chemicals) (Cf.: leak, leakage, spill, spillage); built-up areas;
(B) mould; plant breeder; strain.
4. Find in the texts and learn the English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations:
A. 1) находиться в ведении государства/в частном владении; 2) оптимизировать свой вклад в дело защиты окружающей среды; 3) районы с высоким уровнем промышленного загрязнения; 4) хвойные леса;
В. 1) продвинуться на 60 миль; 2) спутниковые исследования; 3) вымывать хорошую почву; 4) круговорот воды в природе; 5) огромная скорость и масштабы ч-л;
С. 1) по самым сдержанным оценкам; 2) пастбища; 3) лекарственные растения 4) обложить ч-л высоким налогом; 5) коррумпированные чиновники; 6) бедственное положение ч-л/к-л; 7) расхищать ливневые леса; 8) обеспечить собственное выживание.
Make up 1 sentence for oral translation with any of the items.
5. VOCABULARY (define the lexical items, say in what context each of them was employed and exemplify their use with your own sentences/situations)
GENERAL |
THEMATIC |
(A)
(B)
10) to derive sth from sth 11) to amount to sth 12) to live on the edge of sth |
(A)
(B)
10) environmentalist
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