- •Home Part 2 Before Watching
- •1. Study the following words and word combinations. Use them to complete the spaces in the sentences below.
- •2. Before you watch the video think what problems could be raised in it. Note them down. While Watching
- •1. According to this episode agriculture was the first great revolution. Decide which of the numbers given is correct.
- •2. In this episode the invention of agriculture is discussed. Decide whether these statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •3. Watch the episode again. Then look at these sentences and circle the correct information.
- •After Watching Look at language
- •1. Write out the equivalents in pairs. Then make sentences with some of them.
- •2. Form derivatives of the words given below filling them into the proper boxes.
- •3. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Follow-up Activities
- •Memory Test. How do you remember? Try these questions.
- •Sum up what you have learnt about he changes that look place on the Earth and write an essay.
- •Episode 1
- •Before Watching
- •Before you watch episode 1 study the following words and word combinations.
- •While Watching
- •While watching the episode again mark the following statements as true or false. Tick the ones that are correct.
- •After Watching Language Work
- •Form derivatives of the words given below filling them into the proper boxes.
- •Match the words in column a with the words in column b to form a phrase that makes sense.
- •Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Follow-up Activities
- •How do you remember? Try these questions.
- •Sum up what you have learnt about the problem of deforestation in some parts of the world.
- •Find the key words of Episode 1 in the puzzle. There are 6 of them.
2. Form derivatives of the words given below filling them into the proper boxes.
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Noun
Verb
Adjective
consume
possession
combine
protective
education
productive
devote
occupation
develop
3. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. За последние 60 лет население земли почти утроилось.
2. Сегодня свыше половины населения мира живет в городах.
3. Плохой урожай и голод ушли в далекое прошлое.
4. Токсичные пестициды попадают в воздух, почву, растения, реки и океаны.
5. Три четверти видов растений, которые создавались фермерами в течение тысячелетий, уничтожены.
6. Большая часть зерна в Америке не используется для того, чтобы прокормить людей.
7. Во всех развитых странах зерно превращается в биотопливо.
8. Америка первой использовала революционную власть «черного золота».
9. Даже сегодня большинство людей живет на берегах рек и озер.
10. Большой урон продолжительности жизни наносит тяжелый физический труд.
Follow-up Activities
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Memory Test. How do you remember? Try these questions.
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When did humans settle down? Thanks to what?
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Where did they choose to live? Why?
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Where does the majority of humankind live today?
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How many people live as humankind did 6,000 years ago?
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Due to what is life expectancy short?
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What turned our history on end?
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What did the agricultural revolution result in?
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What did it give birth go?
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What is the world’s most widespread occupation now?
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What freed humans from their toil on the land?
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What kind of symbol is New York?
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What is the biggest headache now?
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Sum up what you have learnt about he changes that look place on the Earth and write an essay.
Part 4
Episode 1
Before Watching
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Before you watch episode 1 study the following words and word combinations.
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canopy (n) |
полог, навес; зд. крона (деревьев) |
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alleviate (v) |
облегчать, смягчать |
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corner-stone (n) |
краеугольный камень |
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remedy (n) |
средство от болезни, лекарство |
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give way to (v) |
уступать, поддаваться, сдавать |
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cattle (n) |
крупный рогатый скот |
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poultry (n) |
домашняя птица |
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bond n. (v) |
связь, узы; связывать |
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cater to (v) |
угождать |
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paper pulp (n) |
бумажная масса |
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consume (v) |
потреблять |
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exhaust (v) |
истощать |
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superfluous (adj) |
излишний, чрезмерный, ненужный |
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charcoal (n) |
древесный уголь |
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dash (n) |
глубокая рана, разрез |
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chop down (v) |
срубать |
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lumber (n) |
пиломатериалы |
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dwindle (v) |
уменьшаться, сокращаться, истощаться |
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famine (n) |
голод |
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primary forest (n) |
первобытный (первоначальный лес) |
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resort (n) |
прибежище, надежда |
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Make sure you remember the meaning of the following words, word combinations and international words.
humidity, carbon, habitat, cure, reduce, soybean, primary forest, palm oil, deforestation, biodiversity, to exploit the resources, to survive, substance, species
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Before you watch episode 1 look at the thematic group of words and discuss what problems could be raised in it. Note them down.
forest – to provide – to store – biodiversity – to be reduced – rainforest – the Amazon – the rate of deforestation – disappear – to be replaced by – Borneo – Easter Island – to exploit the resources – to survive