| MAIN PART Exercise 1 Listen and repeat. What are these words in your language? Загрязнение воды, энергетические отходы, мусор, вымирающие виды, загрязнение воздуха, вырубка леса. | A | Rubbish | | | B | Water pollution | | | C | Deforestation | | | D | Air pollution | | | E | Energy waste | | | F | Endangered species | | Exercise 2 Match the sentences (1-6) to the problems (A-F) in the pictures. We should recycle things we don't need. Factory waste poisons lakes and rivers. Car exhaust fumes and factory smog poison the air. We should turn off the lights when we leave a room. Many animals are disappearing because they are losing their natural habitats. Companies cut down trees to make roads. Exercise 3 Read and translate the text. “Environmental problems” There are different kinds of environmental pollution: air pollution, water pollution, land pollution. Sadly, not all human beings realize or admit that we are the ones who cause these problems and we should be the first to stop them and protect our environment. Because of the industrial revolution the air is polluted with awful chemicals; seas and oceans are poisoned with oil spills. Many rare species of flora and fauna are threatened with extinction. We should be proud to live on our wonderful planet and understand that the consequences of pollution might be terrible and affect us and our children later. We should start recycling things made of glass, paper, plastic and aluminium. We should stop smoking and plant as many trees as we can because they can give us more oxygen. We need to drive less and use public transport in order to reduce fuel burning. We are responsible for the situation. Exercise 4 Solve the crossword. Questions 1) What happens when we'll litter water, land and the factories, cars produce many smoke? 2) We should stop this problems and ______________(v) our environment. 3) What thing pollute seas and oceans? 4) Which transport should we use to reduce fuel burning? 5) What should we start with made of glass, paper, and aluminium? 6) Which plant gives us more oxygen? 7) What should we stop to do? |