- •Global issues global issues
- •Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •I. Oral Practice Section
- •1. Look through the following quotations and proverbs and try to outline the problems to be discussed.
- •2. Work in pairs. You’ve got some information about a number of general problems of our society. Speak of them to your partner. Replace the underlined words by the synonyms given in the box.
- •3. Match the words in the first column with their explanation in the second column.
- •4. Find all suitable nouns for each of the adjectives or participles.
- •5. Match the words and expressions from column a with a single word equivalent from column b.
- •6. Speak about the problems: a) changes to the environment, b) the shortage of clean water, c) the greenhouse effect, filling the gaps with the right words from the box.
- •7. Work in pairs. Using the following table ask your friend as many questions as possible.
- •8. Ask your friend or interlocutor.
- •9. Insert in the prepositions to complete this text. Entitle it and give its main ideas to the rest of the group.
- •9. Express your attitude to the following statements. Use suggested phrases for formulating your opinion.
- •10. You will read a piece of interview with Pr. M. Bartons, but the replies are to be matched with appropriate stimuli. So, restore the dialogue and reproduce it with your partner.
- •11. Make a short report on the importance of forests and the necessity of their protection.
- •12. Match the information with appropriate picture. Give some additional information on the items touched in the texts.
- •13. Give a talk on the topic: What can governments and everybody do to help the environment nowadays?
- •II. Writing Section
- •1. That's what Lena wrote in her project about ecological problems in her hometown. Her project is convincing. But there are eight mistakes, correct them.
- •2. Write a composition: Cars: the pros and cons. The table below will help you.
- •Supplementary reading On sustainable development
- •Global problems
- •Introduction
- •Rich / Poor Gap
- •Population
- •Conflict
- •Environment
- •Food and Water Security
- •Possible Futures
- •The importance of the rainforest
- •Terrorism
Global issues global issues
Vocabulary
A. Active Vocabulary
Nouns and Noun Phrases
|
approach |
/q'prqVC/ |
приближение, подход |
|
consequence |
/'kPnsIkwqns/ |
следствие, последствие |
|
decline |
/dI'klaIn/ |
падение, упадок |
|
destruction |
/dI'strAkSn/ |
уничтожение, разрушение |
|
disaster |
/dI'za:stq(r)/ |
бедствие |
|
disease |
/dI'zJzJz/ |
болезнь |
|
diversity |
/daI'vE:sqti/ |
различие, разнообразие |
|
exhaust |
/Ig'zO:st/ |
выхлоп, выпуск |
|
fume |
/fju:m/ |
дым, копоть |
|
impact |
/'Impxkt/ |
столкновение, воздействие |
|
litter |
/'lItq(r)/ |
сор, отбросы |
|
poison |
/'pOIzn/ |
яд, отрава |
|
release |
/rI'lI:s/ |
освобождение, выпуск |
|
threat |
/Tret/ |
угроза |
|
waste |
/weIst/ |
отходы, мусор |
Verbs and Verbal Phrases
|
affect |
/q'fekt/ |
воздействовать, влиять |
|
be aware of |
/q'weq(r)/ |
сознавать, знать |
|
cause |
/kO:z/ |
вызывать |
|
contaminate |
/kqn'txmIneIt/ |
загрязнять |
|
deplete |
/dI'pli:t/ |
истощать |
|
devastate |
/'devvqsteIt/ |
опустошать |
|
dump |
/dAmp/ |
выбрасывать на свалку |
|
implement |
/'ImplIment/ |
выполнять, осуществлять |
|
inhabit |
/In'hxbIt/ |
жить, населять |
|
preserve |
/prI'zE:v/ |
сохранять |
|
recycle |
/"ri:'saIkl/ |
перерабатывать |
Adjectives
|
entire |
/In'taIq(r)/ |
целый, полный, цельный |
|
extinct |
/Ik'stINkt/ |
потухший, вымерший |
|
harmful |
/ha:mfl/ |
вредный |
|
hazardous |
/'hxzqdqs/ |
рискованный, опасный |
|
severe |
/sI'vIq(r)/ |
суровый |
|
sustainable |
/sq'steInqbl/ |
устойчивый |
|
urban |
/'E:bqn/ |
городской |
B. Passive Vocabulary
|
acid |
/xsId/ |
кислота |
|
assistance |
/q'sIstqns/ |
помощь |
|
brink on the brink of |
/rink/ |
край на грани, на краю |
|
burden |
/bE:dn/ |
груз, бремя |
|
carbon dioxide |
/'ka:bqndaI'PksaId/ |
двуокись углерода |
|
destiny |
/'destqni/ |
судьба, удел |
|
expense at the expense of |
/Ik'spens/ |
трата, расход ценою… |
|
fall out |
/'fO:laVt/ |
выпадение радиоактивных осадков |
|
fauna |
/'fO:nq/ |
фауна |
|
flora |
/'flO:rq/ |
флора |
|
garbage |
/ga:bIdZ/ |
(кухонные) отбросы, мусор |
|
survey |
/'sE:veI/ |
обозрение, осмотр |
|
to counteract |
/"kaVntqr'xkt/ |
противодействовать |
|
to endanger |
/In'deIndZq(r)/ |
подвергать опасности |
|
to extinguish |
/ik'stINgwIS/ |
тушить, уничтожать |
|
to proclaim |
/prq'kleIm/ |
провозглашать, объявлять |
|
to remove |
/ri'mu:v/ |
передвигать, перемещать |
|
treatment |
/'tri:tmqnt/ |
обращение; обработка; лечение |