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5. Translate into English:

      1. Шкода, що люди не піклуються про навколишнє середовище.

      2. Сергій, ти що-небудь знаєш про забруднення навколишнього середовища у Великій Британії? – На жаль, ні. Якби тільки ти мені розповів, я був вдячний тобі.

      3. З розвитком густонаселених промислових міст, у яких величезні кількості відходів викидалися на великі площі, проблема довкілля стала значно серйознішою.

      4. Автомобілі забруднюють довкілля, але дають людям можливість пересуватися з комфортом.

  1. Добрива й пестициди важливі для сільського господарства, проте вони можуть руйнувати ґрунт.

  2. Шкода, що вчені та інженери не можуть знайти шляхи зменшення шкідливих викидів від автомобілів та фабрик.

  3. Шкода, що Україну та її народ спіткала найжахливіша екологічна катастрофа – Чорнобильська трагедія.

  4. Тропічні ліси – це справжні смарагди, які прикрашають наш світ рідкою красою та природними дивами.

  5. Коли вчені говорять про глобальне потепління, вони мають на увазі середнє збільшення температури на землі, що в свою чергу приводить до змін у кліматі.

IV Communicative skills.

1. Read the dialogues and reproduce them:

1)

Interviewer: We have all seen posters by the Government urging us to plant trees. Aren’t there enough of them? How many trees do we need and does it matter which kinds we plant? There are some of the questions I am going to ask Mr Harold Godfrey who is an adviser on trees to the Greater London Council.

Godfrey: If only I could answer your first question. First, the Government’s plans are not concerned with planting trees to provide wood for industry. The trees we’re talking about are the trees for towns with no industrial purpose.

Interviewer: All of us agree, I’m sure, that trees are beautiful and make our towns more attractive. Do they help in any other ways?

Godfrey: Of course they do. One tree provides enough oxygen for one person. They reduce pollution and they even make towns less noisy.

to urge – примушувати

the Greater London Council – Лондонський муніципалітет

to concern with – займатися чимось

2)

Interviewer: What do you think are the worst kinds of pollution?

Steve: The noise and the exhaust of cars. It should be compulsory to have filters on exhausts.

Julie: I think the noise of airports is much worse. I live on Battersea Bridge Road which is one of the noisiest roads and it doesn’t bother me. I don’t really notice it.

Interviewer: What do you think of clearing city centres of traffic and cleaning the air of big cities? How could that be accomplished?

Steve: City centres should be left only for pedestrians and all traffic should be banned. As to the enterprises which pour smoke out of their chimneys they should be moved out. They endanger the health of people.

...it doesn’t bother me – це мене не хвилює

How could that be accomplished? – Як цього можна досягти?

to ban – забороняти

chimney – димохід

V Rendering.

1. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary: Ecological Problems

Since ancient times Nature has served Man, being the source of his life. For thousands of years people lived in harmony with environment and it seemed to them that natural riches were unlimited. But with the development of civilization man’s interference in nature began to increase.

Large cities with thousands of smoky industrial enterprises appear all over the world today. The by-products of their activity pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink, the land we grow grain and vegetables on.

Every year world industry pollutes the atmosphere with about 1 million tones of dust and other harmful substances. Many cities suffer from smog. Vast forests are cut and burnt in fire. Their disappearance upsets the oxygen balance. As a result some rare species of animals, birds, fish and plants disappear forever, a number of rivers and lakes dry up.

The pollution of air and the world’s ocean, destruction of the ozone layer is the result of man’s careless interaction with nature, a sign of the ecological crises.

Environment protection is of a universal concern. That is why serious measures to create a system of ecological security should be taken.

Some progress has been already made in this direction. As many as 159 countries – members of the UNO – have set up environmental protection agencies. Numerous conferences have been held by these agencies to discuss problems facing ecologically poor regions including the Aral Sea, the South Urals, Kuzbass, Donbas and Chernobyl. The international organisation Greenpeace is also doing much to preserve the environment.

But these are only the initial steps and they must be carried onward to protect nature, to save life on the planet not only for the sake of the present but also for the future generations.

If we continue to exploit the Earth in the way we have been doing, the planet will soon be destroyed. Do you agree?

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