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Vocabulary

  1. explorer исследователь

  2. splendor великолепие

  3. comparison сравнение

  4. result in иметь результатом

  5. challenge проблема, вызов

  6. pose ставить, предлагать

  7. constitute a threat представлять угрозу

  8. exhaustion истощение

  9. coastline береговая линия

  10. afflict причинять страдание, тревожить

  11. urgent срочный, крайне необходимый

  12. improve улучшать, совершенствовать

  13. impact удар, воздействие

  14. obvious очевидный

  15. at first glance на первый взгляд

  16. per capita consumption потребление на душу населения

  17. deplete истощать, исчерпывать

  18. previous предыдущий

  19. due to благодаря, из-за

  20. gross большой, крупный

  21. misuse неправильное использование

  22. It should be mentioned Нужно упомянуть

  23. worldwide по всему миру

  24. necessity необходимость

  25. assets имущество, богатство

  26. disaster бедствие, несчастье

  27. sustainable устойчивый, сбалансированный

Word Study

1. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words:

catastrophe, pressure, public, degradation, generate, regenerate, complex, proportion, majority, transform, quarter, period, dinosaur, urban, commerce, dramatically, resident, export, practice, exploit

2. Guess the meaning of the underlined words. Translate the sentences.

1) Scientists predict that by 2050 the population will be doubled. 2) The fact is that the rate of food production fell behind the population growth. 3) Urbanization is one of the most controversial problems of modern society. 4) As population growth slows, countries can invest more in education, health care, and other spheres that help improve living standards. 5) A dynamic economy also needs slower population growth. 6) Family planning programs play a key role. 7) We risk destroying our standard of living if we don’t control population growth.

3. Translate the following word combinations:

the famous explorer; the world's eyes; undersea world; said it best; environmental damage; under increasing pressure; at the same time; with rapid population growth; the urgent need; the richest fifth; an average American’s environmental impact; between one-third and one-half of the entire land surface; the extinction of the dinosaurs; two of every three species; due to the change in climate; humanity’s gross misuse of the earth’s resources; earth’s natural assets

4. Match the word from list A with its definition in list B.

A

B

  1. explorer

  2. challenge

  1. exhaustion

  2. pollution

  1. afflict

  2. waste

  1. deplete

  2. previous

  1. disaster

    1. person who travels into or through (a country, etc.) for the purpose of learning about it

    2. terrible accident

    3. useless; thrown away because not wanted

    4. total loss of strength

    5. problem

    6. that which makes smth dirty; destroys the purity

    7. use up

    8. cause bodily or mental trouble to

    9. coming earlier in time or order

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