2. Repeat the words after the teacher associated, safeguard, estuary, aforesaid, quay, withdraw, inquiry, hectares, measure, wildfowl, en route, vital, survival, phases, schemes

3. Read and translate the international words

conservation, migrate, project, capital, potentially, public, result, migrating, hectares, compensate, phase, effect

4. Translate the verbs, give 3 forms of the irregular ones

lead, reach, safeguard, report, apply, develop, become, consist, cost, propose, design, accommodate, agree, withdraw, undertake, provide, result in, migrate, commit, create, replace, damage, compensate, enable, continue, estimate, feed, roost, pass, survive, involve, collaborate, construct, ensure, affect

5. Give the derivatives of the words, translate them

agree, previous, river, develop, water, said, current, life, potential, length, cost, create, grass, compensate, survive, close, construct,

6. Give Russian equivalents

leading conservation organizations, reached an agreement, to safeguard the estuary, one of key habitats, migrating birds, Revision Order, to develop riverside berths, adjacent to terminal, aforesaid quay, to accommodate larger container vessels, projected capital cost, to withdraw objections, to provide new wildlife habitat, costly public inquiry, result in a loss, inter-tidal mudflats used by migrating birds, creation of mudflat and salt marsh, to replace habitats, waders and wildfowl, filling station, feed and roost, en route, vital to the survival, to collaborate closely, adverse effects on the environment, meet the needs

7. Find answers to the questions in the above article

1. What agreement has ABP reached with the leading UK conservation оrganizations?

2. On what river does ABP plan to develop new berths?

3. Why do they want to develop new berths?

4. Why did conservation bodies agree to withdraw their objections?

5. Did they reach an agreement after long and costly public discussions?

6. How many hectars of mudflats will be lost for migrating birds?

7. How many hectars is the compensatory measure?

8. Why did ABP create new mudflat, salt marsh and grassland?

9. Why do the birds need the Humber Estuary?

10. What will happen if there is no place for birds to feed and roost?

8. Insert the proper word (choose from the words given below)

1. ABP and conservation оrganizations have reached an agreement to … the future of the Humber Estuary.

2. ABP has applied for Harbour Revision Orders to … two riverside berths on the Humber.

3. The Immingham Outer Harbour development will con­sist of four deepwater ro-ro berths … to Humber International Terminal.

4. The … quay is the proposed riverside berth development near Alexandra Dock in Hull.

5. Leading conservation bodies have now agreed to … their objections.

6. ABP has un­dertaken to provide new … habitat.

7. The deal has been … without the need for a potentially lengthy and costly public inquiry.

8. The proposed developments would … in a loss of inter-tidal mudflats.

9. About 31 hectares of inter-tidal mudflats are currently used by … birds.

10. ABP has committed to the crea­tion of 57 hectares of … and salt marsh.

11. Grass­land on the Humber Estuary will replace habitats that will be dam­aged .. to new port develop­ments.

12. This compensatory meas­ure should enable waders and … to continue to use the estuary as a “filling station” on their migrations.

13. Over 175,000 water birds … and roost on the Humber Estuary.

14. Even more pass through the estuary … to southern Europe and Af­rica.

15. The Humber Estuary, with its exten­sive mudflats and salt marshes, is … to the survival of these birds.

16. The conservation bodies will con­tinue to … closely with ABP.

17. They will ensure that the de­velopments minimize … ef­fects on the environment.

(adjacent, adverse, aforesaid, collaborate, develop, due, en route, feed, migrating, mudflat, reached, result, safeguard, vital, wildfowl, wildlife, withdraw)