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Functional vocabulary

accumulative adj

накапливающий (~ся)

acid rain n

кислотный дождь

acidification n

окисление

acidify v

окислять (~ся)

afflict v

беспокоить, тревожить

devoid of sth adj

лишенный чего-л.

dub v

зд.: окрестить, прозвать

insectivorous adj

насекомоядный

insidious adj

скрытый, коварный

leach out v

выщелачивать (~ся), вымываться из чего-л.

liming n

известкование, удобрение известью

ravages of sth n, pl

разрушительное действие чего-л.; вред от чего-л.

smoke stack n

дымовая труба

stark adj

полный, абсолютный

superficial adj

поверхностный

water table n

уровень грунтовых вод

Language focus

  1. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases. Translate them into Russian / Belarusian.

  • The Silent Crisis;

  • umbrella definition;

  • The Dirty Man of Europe;

  • country's water table;

  • The 30 per cent Club;

  • accumulative problem.

  1. Study the names of the following species. Add more names of birds and fish to the list.

otter n

выдра

salmon n

лосось, семга

thrush n

дрозд

trout n

форель

  1. Match the adjectives with the nouns they collocate with. Translate the phrases into Russian/ Belarusian.

insectivorous

pollutants

contributory

availability

primary

converter

food

prospect

catalytic

factor

stark

species

  1. Replace the italicised parts with the words and phrases from the text.

  1. The film shows the unpleasantly clear, harsh realities of the acidification of the forest population.

  2. The land is almost completely lacking in vegetation.

  3. Radiation is a pollutant, which causes serious harm without being noticed.

  4. The dramatic environmental tragedies that were made known at the conference pointed up the seriousness of the environmental pollution.

  5. Nitrates from agricultural fertilizers are removed from the soil by water and leached out into rivers.

  6. The local fauna and flora experienced the damage done by acid rain.

  7. Looking into the ways of lessening the effects of acid rain the book puts forward a number of carefully considered opinions.

Speech activities

  1. Give extensive answers to the following questions. To answer some of them read the supplementary text "Is Acid Rain Killing Off Wood Thrushes?"

  1. What is acid rain?

  2. When did the threat caused by acid rain enter the people's consciousness?

  3. Why is acid rain insidious in its effect?

  4. What levels of environment are damaged by acid rains?

  5. What are the sources of acid rain?

  6. How does acid rain harm the wildlife?

  7. Does acid rain afflict people?

  8. What measures should be taken to stop acid rains?