17 Environmental Protection Students’ Book (2013-2014) Part 1: Environmental Issues
TASK 1. Study the vocabulary given below and translate the environmental terms into your mother tongue. Make sure you know the pronunciation of the new words.
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a bottle bank |
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a dumping ground |
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a greenhouse effect |
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an acid rain |
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an environmental issue |
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battery farming |
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biodegradable
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car exhaust fumes |
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carbon |
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carbon dioxide |
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chemicals |
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chlorine |
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chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs) |
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conservation |
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contamination
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cutting down rainforests |
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damage containment |
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deforestation |
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depletion |
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dumping |
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an effect - effects
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effluent(n) |
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emission
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engine exhaust fumes |
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fossil fuels
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global warming |
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hazardous
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hydrogen |
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incineration |
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infrared rays/radiation |
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nitrogen |
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noxious |
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overfishing |
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overpopulation |
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oxygen |
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pollution
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potable water/drinking water |
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resources
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runoff of pesticides and fertilizers |
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sewage |
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sewage treatment plants |
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smoke from factories |
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solar energy |
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sulphurdioxide |
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the destruction of the ozone layer (to destroy) |
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to decompose
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to dispose (of smth)
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to recycle |
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ultraviolet rays/radiation |
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waste disposal |
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waste dumping |
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TASK 2. Fill in the mind map with the most important environmental issues the world is facing nowadays.
Environmental
issues
pollution
TASK 3. Add as many kinds of pollution as you can to the mind map below.
air
pollution
TASK 4. Fill the gaps with the last element of the compound noun or a set expression.
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the ozone … |
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an acid … |
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industrial … |
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a bottle … |
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global … |
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car exhaust … |
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a sewage treatment … |
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natural … |
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a dumping … |
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harmful … |
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‘Friends of the …’ |
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solar … |
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a greenhouse … |
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ultraviolet …/… |
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cutting down … |
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a hazardous chemical … |
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engine exhaust … |
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battery … |
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waste … |
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fossil … |
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carbon … |
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sulphur… |
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a biodegradable … |
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toxic |
TASK 5. Match the environmental vocabulary given below with their translation.
Part 1
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extermination of trees, birds and animals species |
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загрязнение окружающей среды |
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oil/gasoline spillage |
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органическое топливо |
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ineffective use of energy |
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истощение и хищническая эксплуатация запасов питьевой воды |
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CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions |
d |
скопление транспорта в часы пик |
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denudation of land |
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обезлесение, вырубка леса |
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deforestation |
f |
денудация, эрозия; оголение земли |
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pollution |
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истребление и уничтожение разновидностей птиц, животных и растений |
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fossil fuels |
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утечка, пролив нефти |
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traffic congestion |
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выброс углекислого газа (двуокиси углерода/углекислоты) |
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depletion of potable/drinkable water resources |
j |
неэффективное использование энергии |
Part 2
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production of ozone-depleting substances |
k |
беспорядочная свалка мусора |
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waste disposal |
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неудовлетворительная обработка отходов и сточных вод |
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urban improvement |
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движение за охрану природы и окружающей среды и рациональное природопользование |
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noise disturbance |
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браконьерство |
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indiscriminate dumping wastes |
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производство веществ, истощающих озоновый слой земли |
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damage containment |
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отвод нечистот/сточных вод |
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poaching |
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нарушение шумового режима |
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conservation movement |
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оздоровление городов |
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unsatisfactory waste and sewage treatment |
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удаление отходов или сточных вод; вывоз мусора/ отходов |
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sewage discharges |
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сдерживание ущерба (наносимого природе) |
TASK 6. You are going to read a letter to a magazine about a personal view on some environmental issues. Seven sentences have been removed from the letter. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7). There is one extra sentence that you do not need to use. Translate the letter into your mother tongue.