Active vocabulary

contradiction	протиріччя
eventually	поступово
harmful	шкідливий
to cause	спричиняти
cancer	злоякісна пухлина (рак)
death toll	кількість жертв
vociferous debate	гучні дебати
to resume smth	відновлювати, продовжувати
nuclear power station	атомна електростанція
to dwindle	скорочуватись, вичерпуватись
fossil fuel	викопні види палива
to exaggerate smth	перебільшувати

2. Decide if the following statements are true or false:

1. World’s industry pollutes the atmosphere with useful substances.

2. A lot of environmental problems in Ukraine have been caused by economic activities.

3. The emissions promote fishing industry.

4. Poured chemicals influence the state of the sea water and the shoreline flora and fauna.

5. Nuclear energy has only a great amount of disadvantages.

3. Match the ending of the sentences.

Nuclear energy as an alternative is opposed by many because		routine shipping and from the oil people pour down drains on land.
The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 scattered		in lower concentrations it can cause cancers and other illnesses.
The reasonable solution is to combine		into rivers in such concentrations that they kill large numbers of fish overnight.
Each year, the world generates 400 billion tons of industrial waste, much of which is		conservation strategies with the increased use of solar energy.
It is not unusual for heavy summer rainstorms to wash toxic chemicals		radioactive contamination over a large part of Europe.
At high enough concentration radioactive waste can kill –		of massive devastation an accident can cause.
Over 70% of oil pollution of sea comes from		pumped untreated into river oceans and other waterways.

4. Supply the missing members of these words families. Check your answer with a dictionary.

1) polluted – pollute, pollutant, polluter, pollution

2) environmental

3) natural

4) harmful

5) dangerous

6) responsible

7) ecological

5. Complete the following dialogue with the proper verbs in the right form and role-play it: to understand, to know, to campaign, to rely, to accept, to prepare.

A: I’ve just been ______ my report concerning different organizations, protecting our environment, Greenpeace particularly.

B: Yeah, it’s interesting. What is Greenpeace and what are its main actions?

A: You know Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to protect and conserve the environment and promote peace.

B: And does it _____ donations from governments or corporations?

A: Oh, no. To maintain its independence this organization ____ on contributions from individual supporters.

B: As I understand they struggle to preserve our future. How old is this organization?

A: Greenpeace ________ against environment degradation since 1971 when a small boat of volunteers and journalists sailed into Amchitka, an area north of Alaska where the US Government was conducting underground nuclear tests.

B: And what do you _____ about Ukrainian people? Are they members of this organization?

A: Oh yeah. Greenpeace speaks for 2.8 million supporters worldwide and ____ many millions more than that to take action every day.

B: As I ______ this organization exists to expose environmental criminals and to challenge government and corporations when they fail to live up to their mandate to safeguard our environment and our future.

UNIT 7