- •17 Environmental Protection Students’ Book (2013-2014) Part 1: Environmental Issues
- •The Future of the Earth
- •Quiz: How Green is Your Life?
- •Questionnaire Answer each question with your hand on your heart by choosing an option a) never; b) sometimes; c) always
- •Add Up Your Score
- •Your Green Score
- •Task 11. You will hear an interview with a man called Daren Howarth, who works as a carbon coach. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences. You can use 1-3 words in each gap. The carbon coach
- •Conservation of Rainforests
- •Part 2: Natural disasters
- •Task 18. Decide what type of disaster is being described.
- •The 2008 Flood in Ukraine
- •The worst drought in 1,000 years
- •Choose one of the following topics:
- •Text 1: climate changes
- •Text 2: living in the modern world
- •Text 3: air pollution - acid rain and the dying forests
- •Text 4: deforestation
- •Text 5: water pollution and the waste problem
- •Text 6: destruction of the ozone layer and greenhouse effect
- •Text 7: the slow death of nuclear power
- •Text 8: complacent public blamed for worsening drought.
- •Britain’s thirsty homes
- •Text 9: the tragedy of the floods in florence
- •Text 10: it is interesting to know
- •Hole in the Sky
- •Deadly Fog
- •Name that Storm
- •Ball of Fire
Task 11. You will hear an interview with a man called Daren Howarth, who works as a carbon coach. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences. You can use 1-3 words in each gap. The carbon coach
Daren says that a carbon coach works full-time as a consultant with various clients and gives them advice about how to achieve __________ (9).
Before becoming a carbon coach, Daren trained to be an ecologist because he has always been interested in __________ (10) and the environment.
When assessing a family's carbon footprint4, Daren looks first at their__________ (11). Daren uses what's called a __________ (12) to see how much electricity things use.
Daren points out that the government will help pay for __________ (13). Daren feels that using __________ (14) of the old type is the worst waste of energy he sees.
Daren helped to __________ (15) a band's carbon footprint at their concerts as well as on its CDs.
Daren mentions a new type of green home called an Earthship that creates its own energy, __________ (16) itself, collects its own water and deals with its own waste.
The new green home uses both the sun and __________ (17) to produce electricity.
According to Daren the only disadvantage of the new green home is that people will have to __________ (18) and keep an eye on changes in the weather.
TASK 12. Decide if the statements below are true or false. Enlarge on the true statements and correct the false ones. Use Internet resources to give exhaustive explanations. Be ready to read out your answers in class, know the pronunciation and translation of all the new words.
CFCs protect the ozone layer.
‘Greens’ believe in conservation.
A hole in the ozone layer could increase skin cancer.
Cutting down tropical rainforests increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Plastic cannot be recycled.
Aerosols that you use in your household can damage the ozone layer.
The aim of ‘Friends of the Earth’ is depletion of the ozone layer.
Ozone in the stratosphere screens us from most of the sun’s harmful radiation.
Ozone absorbs 9 % of the lethal ultraviolet rays reaching the earth’s atmosphere.
One of the reasons for the increase in water pollution is overpopulation.
Pollution contributes to the greenhouse effect.
Plastic is biodegradable.
TASK 13. Match the environmental terms given below with their definitions.
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chlorofluorocarbon |
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the protection of natural things such as animals, plants, forests etc, to prevent them being spoiled or destroyed |
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endangered species
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a thin flat quantity of gases in the sky that prevents harmful radiation from the sun from reaching the Earth |
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pollution |
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a general increase in world temperatures caused by increased amounts of carbon dioxide around the Earth |
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exhaust fumes |
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a kind of harmful precipitation which can damage the environment and is caused by chemicals in the air, for example from cars or factories |
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fossil fuels |
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an organic compound, produced as avolatilederivative ofmethaneandethane, commonly known by the brand name Freon |
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poaching |
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energy that is obtained from the Sun's light and heat, used to provide homes and businesses with electricity, hot water, heating etc |
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depletion |
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the harmful effect on the environment of by-products of human activity, principally industrial and agricultural processes, for example noise, smoke, car emissions, chemical effluents in seas and rivers, pesticides, sewage, and household waste |
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acid rain |
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gas emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline/petrol, diesel fuel, fuel oil or coal |
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extinct species |
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the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area |
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sewage |
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reduction of the amount of something that is present or available (negative context) |
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ozone layer |
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a group of animals or plants that may soon no longer exist |
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deforestation |
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a group of animals or plants that have completely disappeared from the planet |
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conservation |
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a substance that can be burned to get heat or energy and that is produced by very gradual decaying of animals or plants over millions of years |
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global warming |
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the mixture of waste from the human body and used water that is carried away from houses by pipes under the ground |
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solar energy |
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illegally catching or shooting animals, birds, or fish, especially on private land without permission |
TASK 14. Translate the sentences below into your mother tongue.
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A variety of environmental problems now affect our entire world. As globalization continues and the earth's natural processes transform local problems into international issues, few societies are being left untouched by major environmental problems. |
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The current environmental issues in Ukraine are inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. |
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The current environmental issues in the United Kingdom are sulphur dioxide emissions from power plants; the pollution of some rivers by agricultural wastes; the pollution of coastal waters because of large-scale disposal of sewage at sea. |
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The current environmental issues in the United States are air pollution resulting in acid rain; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; very limited natural fresh water resources in much of the western part of the country. |
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The United States of America is the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. |
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The general public must become aware of the ecological advantages of biodegradable substances over products which decompose either very slowly or not at all. |
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The increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases block the escape of infrared radiation from the earth into the space. |
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TASK 15. You will hear an interview with a conservationist who has built a cable car in the rainforest. For questions 24 – 30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).