- •Global issues global issues
- •Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •I. Oral Practice Section
- •1. Look through the following quotations and proverbs and try to outline the problems to be discussed.
- •2. Work in pairs. You’ve got some information about a number of general problems of our society. Speak of them to your partner. Replace the underlined words by the synonyms given in the box.
- •3. Match the words in the first column with their explanation in the second column.
- •4. Find all suitable nouns for each of the adjectives or participles.
- •5. Match the words and expressions from column a with a single word equivalent from column b.
- •6. Speak about the problems: a) changes to the environment, b) the shortage of clean water, c) the greenhouse effect, filling the gaps with the right words from the box.
- •7. Work in pairs. Using the following table ask your friend as many questions as possible.
- •8. Ask your friend or interlocutor.
- •9. Insert in the prepositions to complete this text. Entitle it and give its main ideas to the rest of the group.
- •9. Express your attitude to the following statements. Use suggested phrases for formulating your opinion.
- •10. You will read a piece of interview with Pr. M. Bartons, but the replies are to be matched with appropriate stimuli. So, restore the dialogue and reproduce it with your partner.
- •11. Make a short report on the importance of forests and the necessity of their protection.
- •12. Match the information with appropriate picture. Give some additional information on the items touched in the texts.
- •13. Give a talk on the topic: What can governments and everybody do to help the environment nowadays?
- •II. Writing Section
- •1. That's what Lena wrote in her project about ecological problems in her hometown. Her project is convincing. But there are eight mistakes, correct them.
- •2. Write a composition: Cars: the pros and cons. The table below will help you.
- •Supplementary reading On sustainable development
- •Global problems
- •Introduction
- •Rich / Poor Gap
- •Population
- •Conflict
- •Environment
- •Food and Water Security
- •Possible Futures
- •The importance of the rainforest
- •Terrorism
7. Work in pairs. Using the following table ask your friend as many questions as possible.
Model: Why is air pollution paid to a lot of attention in mass-media?
What professions are dealing with sustainability?
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How |
is |
governments |
between litter and diseases in people? |
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do |
people |
important in our life? |
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Why |
can |
smoking |
interested in the country's sustainable development? |
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does |
recycling |
control of air pollution? |
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What |
are |
the ways |
make breathing difficult? |
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did |
air pollution |
be dangerous? |
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water |
become polluted? |
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litter |
affect your health? |
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the relationship |
to be healthy, wealthy and wise? |
8. Ask your friend or interlocutor.
Model 1: if the Chernobyl accident affected lives of many people
Did the Chernobyl accident affect lives of many people?
Model 2: what kind of pollution s/he knows
What kind of pollution do you know?
if the environmental pollution is a serious problem for many countries
what «The Red Book» of Nature is
what the main function of forests and swamps is
why many species of flora and fauna are on the brink extinction
what acid rains bring with them
what the ozone layer is
why the ozone layer is important for the Earth and living beings
what the depletion of the ozone layer is caused by
if transport poisons the environment and how
if the problem of environment can be solved by one country
what the Chernobyl accident shows to mankind with what purpose the green organizations are set up
what green organizations your friend knows
if your friend is a member of any ecological organization
if your friend knows anything about sustainable development
if Nature is the source of life on the Earth
if your friend agrees that mankind must be very careful in usage of natural resources why many people are concerned about the pure water and air
why the climate all over the world has changed
if most people today are aware that the Earth is a delicate thing
9. Insert in the prepositions to complete this text. Entitle it and give its main ideas to the rest of the group.
The idea of issues that are truly global in scale is new ____ us. It emerged late _____ the twentieth century, perhaps when humans first saw images of the Earth from space - a small blue-green planet devoid of boundaries and arbitrary political divisions. The concept is still new enough to be ridiculed or resisted by individuals and institutions that see the world _____ the traditional perspective of state sovereignty.
Regardless ___ their novelty, global issues are so important that they may literally determine the future of the human species. Global issues impact all social, environmental, economic, health, and security concerns. And those concerns are, in themselves, global issues.
At this point, there seems to be only minimal agreement among nations and policymakers ______ the scope and scale of global issues. National perceptions and interests still drive most analyses of, and responses to, them. There is, in fact, no internationally agreed _____ definition of global issues, nor is there a concerted plan of action to deal with them.
We will define global issues as issues that: have significant impacts for large numbers of people, are trans-national, are persistent, or long-acting, are interconnected.
Some of the most critical global issues confronting us ____ the beginning of the 21st century: population, the rich - poor gap, food and water security, environment, health, economy, energy, peace and conflict, governance.
What is important to remember as we explore there issues is that while they may be daunting – and at times even frightening – they also provide us ____ rare opportunities. As Israeli statesman Abba Eban said, History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. As other alternatives disappear, and as the impacts of these issues multiply, the imperative and the opportunity _____ positive change increases.