- •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
Be sure you know the vocabulary:
Vocabulary
1) curious— допитливий
2) a creator — творець
3) divine — божественний
4) research — дослідницький
5) findings — висновки
6) to prove— доводити, засвідчувати
7) a human being— людська істота
8) to evolve — еволюціонувати
9) an ancestor — предок
10) a process — процес
11) species — вид (рід)
12) to adapt — пристосуватися
13) environment — довкілля
14) genetic — генетичний
15) background — інформація
16) a cell — клітина (біол.)
17) acid — кислота
18) a gene — ген
19) whereabouts — місцезнаходження
20) tremendous — величезний
21) a chromosome — хромосома
22) an ovum — яйцеклітина
23) female — жіночий
24) male — чоловічий
25 )to fertilize — запліднювати
26) beneficial — сприятливий
27) to inherit — успадкувати
28)a genetic mutation — генетична мутація
29) to occur— траплятися, мати місце
30) to survive — виживати
31) selection — відбір
1 Choose the best answer.
1 He is a ... person, he always asks questions.
a) tremendous b) beneficial c) divine d)curious
2 The three species evolved from a single....
a) process b) ancestor c) genetic mutation d) ovum
3 These . .. influence the colour of the eyes.
a) genes b) cells c) ova d) acids
4 The . . . of this tradition are unknown.
a) origins b) selections c) findings d) environments
5 Flowers are often ... by bees as they gather nectar.
a) survived b) inherited c) proved d) fertilized
6 Fresh air is ... for your health.
a) fertilizing b) beneficial c) research d) tremendous
7 Can you give me more ... on the companies' financial position.
a) process b) background c) whereabouts d) selection
2 Give the English equivalents to the following words:
1) пристосуватись до довкілля___________________
2) природний відбір ____________________________
3) дослідницький центр _________________________
4) генетична мутація____________________________
5) жіночий ____________________________________
6)чоловічий __________________________________
7) божественний _______________________________
8) творець всесвіту _____________________________
9) успадкувати найкращі якості___________________
10) траплятися ________________________________
3 Give the Ukrainian equivalents to the following words:
a) information __________________________________
b) acid ________________________________________
c) ovum_______________________________________
d) to survive ___________________________________
e) whereabouts _________________________________
f) tremendous __________________________________
g) chromosome ________________________________
h) to fertilize __________________________________
i) cell ________________________________________
4 Discussion questions.
1 Do you believe that God created the Universe?
2 Do you agree with Darwin's theory? Justify your answer.
3 Is the gradual development of the human being the main achievement of evolution? Justify your answer.
Translate the text orally: