- •Передмова
- •Unit 1. The problem of environmental protection
- •I. Memorize the pronunciation of the following words:
- •II. Read international words and give their Ukrainian equivalents:
- •III. While translating the text keep in mind the different meanings of the words:
- •IV. Word-combinations to remember:
- •The problem of environmental protection
- •I. Try to identify the part of speech of the following words according to the word-building elements:
- •II. Form the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adjectives:
- •III. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •IV. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •V. Translate into English:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •VII. Correct the statements if necessary using the phrases of agreement or disagreement:
- •X. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •XI. Read the following text about your future ocupation, try to catch the plot of it, paying attention to the active vocabulary. Environmental Studies
- •Unit 2. What all people need
- •I. Memorize the pronunciation of the following words:
- •II. Translate the following international words:
- •III. While translating the text keep in mind different meanings of the words:
- •IV. Words to remember:
- •V. Pay attention to the following “false friends of a translator”:
- •What all people need
- •VII. Correct the statements if necessary using the phrases of agreement or disagreement:
- •VIII. Answer the following questions using the phrases given below:
- •IX. Translate the given sentences:
- •X. Do you know that: Ecological Problems
- •Unit 3. Different types of pollution (part I)
- •I. Memorize the pronunciation of the following words:
- •II. Translate the following international words:
- •III. While translating the text keep in mind different meanings of the words:
- •IV. Word–combinations to remember:
- •Different types of pollution (part I)
- •I. Find out synonyms:
- •II. Translate the words; state their part of speech according to the word-building elements:
- •IV. Give English equivalents:
- •V. Complete the following sentences:
- •VI. Correct the statements if necessary using the phrases of agreement or disagreement:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate the sentences into English:
- •IX. Read the dialogue again and write down the key points of the conversation. Act the dialogue out.
- •Unit 4. Different types of pollution (part II)
- •I. Memorize the pronunciation of the following words:
- •II. Translate the following international words:
- •III. While translating the text keep in mind the different meanings of the words:
- •IV. Word–combinations to remember:
- •Different types of pollution (part II)
- •VII. Correct the statements if necessary using the phrases of agreement or disagreement:
- •VIII. Answer the following questions:
- •IX. Translate into English:
- •X. Read the following dialogue, try to act it out. The dialogue represents a radio interview between a journalist, Gerald Brook, and an environmentalist, Trevor Stern.
- •Unit 5. Trees and the deforestation problem
- •I. Memorize the pronunciation of the following words:
- •II. Translate the following international words:
- •III. While translating the text keep in mind different meanings of the words:
- •IV. Words to remember:
- •Trees and the deforestation problem
- •I. Try to identify the part of speech of the following words according to the word-building elements:
- •III. Give Ukrainian equivalents:
- •IV. Translate the following word combinations into English:
- •V. Complete the following sentences:
- •VI. Correct the statements if necessary using the phrases of agreement or disagreement:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate the sentences into English:
- •IX. Read the text below and find the best title for it.
- •X. Do you know that:
- •Unit 6. World ecological organizations
- •World ecological organizations
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •VII. Complete the following sentences:
- •VIII. Correct the statements if necessary using the phrases of agreement or disagreement:
- •IX. Answer the following questions:
- •X. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •XI. Read the dialogues and reproduce them in pairs:
- •Supplement
- •Text 2. The environment in the new millennium: the way of the world
- •Text 3. Environmental innovation
- •Text 4. Rational use of land resources
- •Text 5. Fightihg atmospheric pollution
- •Text 6. Ecology is a priority
- •Text 7. Ecological situation in ukraine
- •Text 8. To save dnipro
- •Text 9. The north pole is melting away!
- •Text 10. Climate, microclimate and forest
- •Text 11. CfCs and ozone depletion
- •Text 12. Controlling urban smog
- •Text 13. Founder of new world view
- •84646, М. Горлівка, вул. Кірова, 51
VI. Translate into English:
контролювати забруднення, обирати політичних лідерів, вивчати наслідки забруднення, переконувати уряд, друкувати журнали, загрожувати навколишньому середовищу, забруднення повітря, ядерні випробування, використовувати ненасильницькі методи протесту, не використовуючи силу, припинити діяльність, здоров’я населення, атомна електростанція, нещасний випадок, партія "зелених", зростаючий вплив.
VII. Complete the following sentences:
Environmental organizations work to help control ….
Some groups raise money to ….
Such groups use their findings to persuade government and industry to….
Green Peace is an international environmental organization. It works….
Green peace calls attention to ….
An environmental movement led by a group called Green World has worked to …..
Many Ukrainians oppose the use оf nuclear energy because ….
Countries with Green parties include ….
VIII. Correct the statements if necessary using the phrases of agreement or disagreement:
Controlling pollution depends on the efforts of governments, scientists, business and industry, agriculture, environmental organizations, and individuals.
Governments' strategy to help control pollution is to encourage companies for polluting.
Governments may also place taxes on products that are eco-friendly.
Governments also create national parks for recreation.
Parks help save endangered animals and plants, and they provide natural laboratories for scientists seeking to understand relationships of animals and plants to their environment.
Many types of environmental pollution have been easy to control because no single person or nation owns the earth's global resources – that is its money and power.
Since the 1970's representatives of many nations have met to discuss ways of limiting the pollution that affects air and water.
The UN members have never signed agreements on the prevention of global warming, the preservation of forests and endangered species.
Many industrial researchers are finding less economical ways to use fuels and other raw materials.
New automobile engines burn gasoline much more cleanly and efficiently than older engines.
IX. Answer the following questions:
1. How do ecological organization work to help control pollution?
2. What for do some groups raise money?
3. What are the ways and methods environmental organizations use to prevent or reduce pollution?
4. What is Green Peace?
5. What does Green Peace call our attention to?
6. What methods of protest does Green Peace use?
7. What are the aims of Green World?
8. Why do many Ukrainians oppose the use of nuclear energy?
9. What countries have Green parties?
X. Translate the following sentences into English:
Організації із захисту навколишнього середовища допомагають контролювати забруднення, намагаючись вплинути на законодавців та обирати на виборах таких політичних лідерів, яким не байдужі екологічні проблеми.
Деякі екологічні групи досліджують вплив забруднення на навколишнє середовище, збирають гроші, засновують фонди з метою переконати уряд та промисловців запобігти забрудненню або зменшити його.
«Грінпіс» (Зелений Світ) – це міжнародна екологічна організація.
Вони намагаються змінити урядову та промислову політику, яка загрожує світовому довкіллю або природним ресурсам.
«Грінпіс» привертає увагу до небезпек для оточуючого середовища таких процесів, як кітобійний промисел, забруднення води і повітря, видобування нафти у морі, ядерні випробування, довільне скидання радіоактивних або небезпечних відходів.
Багато українців висловлюються проти використання атомної енергії через аварію на Чорнобильській атомній станції.
«Зелені» партії мають значний вплив на політику охорони навколишнього середовища.