6. Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false correct them.

1. The forms to be taken by community must be decided after they are constructed.

2. Architects must plan where streets are to run, parks are to be laid out, and industrial facilities are to be furnished.

3. It is the architect's task to redress the balance, to realize that people exist for cities, that business and industry and science should enslave the people and not serve them.

4. During the last century hundreds of cities grew up throughout the world, and thousands of country towns expanded into great agricultural centers.

5. Architects never examine the contemporary city more closely, they only come upon forms that had counterpart in any earlier civiliza­tion.

Unit 3 Text 1

1. Read the text.

Under the influence of our developing civilization the environment has been drastically changed. These changes have given rise to a new milieu to which humanity itself, which has caused these chang­es, has not adapted. However, in order to survive and to protect the environment, we must now find a way not only to adjust to the changes in the environment, but also to compensate for the deleterious effects of our activities. By establishing close links between biologi­cal evolution and human history, we can face the challenges of a new era and create harmonious relations with the environment in order to overcome the serious environmental problems of our times.

Life has been tested in unlimited varieties for millions of years, and the most viable species have survived through the powerful selec­tion of evolution. A major direction for bio-history concerns the in­teractions between the biosphere and humankind in different histor­ical eras. It also concerns the ways that the environment has influ­enced the evolution of human civilization and has shaped our societ­ies, present and past. Environmental consciousness in the course of human history can be distinguished by a direct focus on action, the progress of mythology, the philosophical interpretation of the natu­ral world and an integrated conception of the environment.

2. Decide what title is more suitable for the text.

1. Environmental pollution.

2. Harmonious relations with the environment.

3. In­teractions between the biosphere and humankind.

4. Bio-history.

5. Integrated conception of the environment.

3. Find in the text words having the similar meaning to:

radically; harmful effects; to persist; to recognize; environment.

4. Answer the questions about the text.

1. How can we overcome the serious environmental problems of our times?

2. What has given rise to a new milieu to which humanity itself has not adapted?

3. What does a major direction for bio-history concern?

4. What must we do in order to survive and to protect the environment?

5. How can environmental consciousness in the course of human history be distinguished?

5. These are answers to the questions about the text. Write the questions.

1. These changes have given rise to a new milieu to which humanity itself has not adapted.

2. The most viable species have survived through the powerful selec­tion of evolution.

3. By establishing close links between biological evolution and human history.

4. A major direction for bio-history concerns the interactions between the biosphere and humankind in different historical eras.

5. Environmental consciousness in the course of human history.