Ecological Problems

Active words

Nature

source

environment

interference

interaction

to increase

by-product

power-station

to contaminate

to cause damage

to pollute

to breathe

harmful

careless

substance

to upset

oxygen

to prevent

to dry up

rare

animal

destruction

disaster

damage

consequence

explosion

protection

concern

security

research

centre

to save

measure

to take

measures

to take care of

danger

dangerous

to endanger – подвергать опасности

dump – свалка, бросать, сбрасывать

noise

destruction

shortage

poison

soil

surface, subsurface

vital

to response

to respond – реагировать

prediction

pattern – образец, система, структура, характер, модель

evaporation – испарение

to recharge – пополнять, подпитывать

regardless

to contribute

to alter

to simulate – имитировать, симулировать

groundwater – глубинные подземные воды

pattern – модель

uptake – поглощение

transpiration – испарение

growth rates – темпы роста

liability – источник неприятностей

1. Pronounce the words:

nature, natural, danger, dangerous, shortage, recharge, damage, horrible damage, cause damage, prevent damage, oxygen, oxygen balance, upset oxygen balance, measure, serious measures, preventive measures, to take measures.

2. Give the derivatives:

to predict; nature; to alter; care; danger; source; to contribute; to protect; to pollute; to interfere; to destroy; to contaminate; short; secure; to evaporate; breathless; soil; harm; to response; globe.

3. Match the words from two columns to make phrases:

to save damage

to recharge water resources

to upset ocean

to interfere people’s lives

to pollute animals

to contaminate serious measures

to cause in nature

to take environment

to endanger harmful substances

to poison ozone layer

to dump oxygen balance

to destroy subsoil water

4. Choose the correct word for each group of adjectives:

problem; substance; protection; danger; environment

ecological mineral

vital useful

serious radioactive

dangerous harmful

natural dangerous

secure radioactive

natural serious

fragile increasing

beautiful nuclear

friendly

environmental

animal

careful

health