- •Навчальний посібник
- •Why we should feel responsible for future generations
- •Vocabulary
- •Before you Read Reading Without Understanding the Meaning of Every Word
- •Ecology or Egology? The Role of the Individual in the Environmental Crisis
- •Analyzing Topic Sentences
- •Find the topic sentence in each paragraph.
- •Be sure you know the vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Choose the best answer.
- •2 Give the English equivalents to the following words:
- •3 Give the Ukrainian equivalents to the following words:
- •4 Discussion questions.
- •The Environment and Homo Sapiens
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Checking comprehension.
- •2 Match the words below with the following definitions:
- •Pollution
- •The Nuclear Disaster at Chernobyl
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Comprehension Questions:
- •2 Match the words below with the following definitions:
- •3 Choose the right answer:
- •Pollution and What We Can Do About It
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Checking comprehension.
- •2 Find the English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •4 Think of some interesting ways of recycling each of these:
- •5 Comment on the following words by Professor Gerald Darrell of the University of California. Do you agree with these words? Justify your answer.
- •Prereading Task Reading for a Specific Purpose
- •Ecological Issues of Canada
- •Comprehension Check
- •Vocabulary
- •Using New Words
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Comprehension Questions:
- •2 Match the following words and definitions:
- •3 Choose the right answer:
- •Saving the World’s Tropical Rain Forests.
- •Vocabulary
- •Speaking
- •Translate the text orally: Ecological Solutions to Flooding and Water Supply Problems in Woodlands
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Comprehension Questions:
- •2 Match the following words and definitions:
- •3 Choose the right answer:
- •Population Explosion
- •Extinction
- •Global Warming
- •A brief history of the future
- •Read the article and find out what Stephen Hawking’s predictions for the areas in 3 are.
- •Work with a partner and answer these questions:
- •Look at these extracts from the text. Use prepositions to complete the sentences.
- •Check your answers with the text.
- •Use the expressions in italics and the prepositions from 4 to complete these sentences.
- •Compare your answers with a partner. Are any of the sentences true for you or your country?
- •1 Complete the article using the following phrases.
- •Think of five more predictions for the future of the world. Work in groups and decide which predictions are:
- •How would you like to see the world change in the future? Write five sentences using the prompts:
- •Work in small groups and share your ideas. Which are the most common, interesting or unusual ideas? references
Vocabulary
to feel obligated-почувати себе відповідальним
preserve-заповідник
to be responsible-відчувати відповідальність
predecessor-пращур
to affect-впливати
generation-покоління
profoundly-глибоко
ailing-хворий
extinction-вимирання
perception-сприйняття
unique-унікальний
to resolve a problem- вирішувати проблему
priority-пріоритет
to manifest-виявляти; проявляти
mental capacity-розумова здібність
famine-голодомор
species-біологічний вид
hospitable-гостинний
survival-виживання
consciously- свідомо
1 Comprehension Questions:
What are the four basic considerations for understanding our relationship to the world?
What will future generations be like?
Why is our survival as a species more important than our individual survival?
Why do we have an obligation to future generations?
2 Match the following words and definitions:
to value to have an effect on one another, another person or thing
to interact to decide the price or worth of something
to claim to cause something to become larger
to enlarge to cause something to move in small movements; small movements
to ripple to demand recognition of the fact that one is, owns or has a right to something
3 Choose the right answer:
1. Why will future generations be essentially the same as we are?
a) they will manifest the same basic needs for food;
b) they will provide the basic means to sustain life;
c) they will be present in the memory of others;
d) they will risk their own lives.
What do parents spend their energies to?
to live for their offspring; b) to reproduce and care for their young;
c) to share life with others; d) to protect their young.
4 Put four types of questions to each sentence.
The rivers are contaminated with industrial and agricultural wastes.
The woods were full of mushrooms, berries and different kinds of game.
5 Find the English equivalents of the following words:
зусилля, засіб, підтримувати, нащадок, додавати, відокремлювати, спогад, рішення, суспільство, причина.
6 Define the tense forms of the verbs and put them into the Infinitive. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
We face a number of issues that will affect future generations.
Even after we die, the effects of life continue.
Future generations will be essentially the same as we are.
7 Discussion Points. Do you agree or disagree to the following statements? Specify your answer and give your reasons.
We face a number of issues that will affect future generations. What are they?
We owe the future “enough and as good” as we received from the past.
Propose a few more basic considerations for understanding our relationship to the world.
Before you Read Reading Without Understanding the Meaning of Every Word
1. Look over the text quickly, paying attention to the first sentences of each paragraph and trying to get a general idea of the contents of each one.
2. Read the text for the main ideas. Skip over words and phrases you don’t understand. Do not slow yourself down by looking words up in a dictionary.
3. Do the exercise called Recalling Information (it follows the text). If you have trouble with it, read the text again. Two or three quick readings are better for understanding than one slow one.