Практичне заняття №29
The environmental protection.
People all over the world are worried about what is happening to the envirenment . Newspapers and magazines write about air pollution and water pollution. They write about air pollution , land pollution and water pollution. They write that the Earth is our home and and all people must take care of it . We must do everything possible to save the nature,to make our rivers and air clean. The importance of this task pointed out by scientists. The branch of science that deals with the relation of living things to their envirintment is called ecology. From the point of view of ecology the mankind should first of all lessen pollution.
Forest areas and nature parks are of great importance for people's health. It's necessary to create nature parks.There are a lot of such parks in Ukraine .We have only to protect them to see that they multiply.
Considerable progress was made during the second half of the 21 century: forests are planted or replanted , millions of hectares of new forests are planted each year.
Groups like “Greenpiece”have already helped to stop whale hunting.Now they want to stop fur-hunting,too. Like many other organization they believe in “animal rights”.
The closed cycle use of water by industry was put into practice. Each factory purifies and re-uses the save water , instead of taking more from rivers or lakes. Most of the factories in the gas, iron , and steel industries now operate closed cycle water system.
Nature has it's rights and it is the duty of man to respect and defend these rights.
Active vocabulary
1. environment довкілля
2. pollution забруднення
3. to take care of піклуватися
4. to point out вказувати
5. branch галузь
6. lessen зменшувати
7. multiply примножувати
8. considerable значний
9. to plant вирощувати
10. whale hunting охота на кита
11. closed cycle use замкнутий цикл використання
12. to purify очищати
13. to defend захищати
14. to respect поважати
Text-based exercises
Exercise 1
Знайдіть англійські еквіваленти,опираючись на інформацію тексту.
По всьому світу,забруднення землі,наш дім, можливе, важливість, вчені, мати справу з, створити, на протязі, права тварин, використовувати повторно, обов'язок людини.
Exercise 2
Cyмістіть колонки .
1. people a)to respect
2. the branch of b) rights
3. great c) all over the world
4. water d))industry
5. to save e)the nature
6. animal f)science
7. the duty of man g)importance
8. steel h)pollution
Exercise 3
Знайдіть речення з заданими словами, перекладіть їх та поставьте запитання.
Earth, possible , progress, Greenpeace, re-uses
Exercise 4
Закінчіть речення ,вибравши відповідний варіант відповіді.
1. People have produced new machines to make their life easier.....
a) but all these activities did not result in air and water pollution.
b) but all these activities result in air and water pollution.
c) but all these activities do not affect the balance of nature.
2.A lot of ships crossing the oceans , especcially those that carry oil , put their wastes into water. As a result....
a)they destroy the ozone layer.
b) they destroy forests which are dying from acid rains.
c) they pollute water and many fish and birds die.
3) People are conserned about the air and the water used by everyone because they understand that their activities ….
a) inprove and make their life healthier
b ) improve machines and do not affect the balance of nature.
c) result in air and water pollution and affect the balance of nature
4) The wastes of cars and plants pollute the atmosphere.....
a) but do not destroy the ozone layer and forests.
b) and destroy the ozone layer and forests
c)but do not affect the balance of nature.
Exercise 5
Перекладіть речення на тему “Захист довкілля”.
1)The poisoning of the world's land, air and water is the fastest-spreading desease of civilisation.
2) Overpopulation ,pollution have created such planet-wide problems as massive deforestation , ozone deplition, acid rains and the global warming.
3) The seas are in danger , they are filled with poison.
4) Tons of harmful substances have disastrous consequences for our planet.
5)Every ten minutes one kind of animal , plant or insect dies out for ever.
Exercise 6
Дайте відповіді на запитання.
1) Where can we read about pollution?
2) Why must we care about the Earth?
3) What is ecology?
4) What is great importance for people's health?
5) What does Greenpeace do?
6) What must factories do to help nature?
Exercise 7
Перекладіть на англійську, користуючись вивченою лексикою.
1.Один з шляхів врятувати довкілля це зменшити забруднення повітря.
2.Люди намагаються зупинити вирубку лісів.
3. Фабрики не повинні брати воду з озер та річок ,а очищати її.
4. Природа має права і ми повинні поважати їх.
5.Забруднення води,повітря та земель-це важлива проблема .
6. Треба зупинити полювання на китів.
Exercise 8
Розкажіть про збереження довкілля ,використовуючи план:
Mankind is worried about pollution of the nature.
Ecology as a science.
Different ways of saving environment.
The duty of mankind is to save the nature.