Last Chance

XI. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

X. Answer the following questions.

IX. Match the definitions from the list and the words from the frame below.

- reaction of sulphur and nitrogen oxides with water droplets

- the natural or social conditions in which people live

- treating used substances so that they are fit to use again

- the natural home of a plant or animal

- the layer of soil that is permanently frozen

- hot, wet forest in tropical areas where rainfall is heavy and there is no dry season

- animals (and plants) which live in a wild state

- the layer which protects the Earth from the sun’s destructive UV rays

- gone forever

1. What are the main ecological problems? 2. What sources of air and water can you name? 3. What damage do acid rains bring? 4. Why are the ozone “holes” dangerous for the life on the Earth? 5. Why is tropical rain forest a natural recycler, provider and protector for our planet? 6. Why did some species of animals, birds, plants disappear from the Earth? 7. How has the human race upset the nature balance? 8. What can you say about ecological situation in Belarus?

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1. Человечество процветало в окружающей его среде. 2. Одна из самых угрожающих форм загрязнения воздуха – это кислотный дождь. 3. Защитный слой Земли, озоновый, предохраняет Землю от разрушительных ультрафиолетовых лучей. 4. Кислотный дождь разрушает леса во многих странах. 5. Большое количество видов животных, птиц, рыб и растений находятся под угрозой вымирания, а некоторые редкие виды исчезли навсегда. 6. У нас есть только несколько лет, чтобы попытаться вернуть все вспять.

What You Can Do to Help!

Here are some ways in which you, your friends and your family can begin trying to save the Earth right now:

- try not to waste energy;

- before you throw anything away, stop and think. Might someone else have a use for it?

- if you have a choice, avoid buying packaged goods;

- don’t waste paper;

- before you buy anything, ask yourself if you really need it;

- never drop litter;

- protect wild life, wild plants and trees;

- put out food for wild creatures in winter;

- safeguard water supplies;

- don’t buy anything that involves cruelty to animals;

- help to clean up your local environment;

- try to reduce noise pollution;

- buy organic products wherever possible;

- join conservation organizations;

- keep yourself informed about environmental issues;

- explore nature in the right way;

- use the law of nature in your life.

I. Learn how to read years:

Years ending in “00” are said with “hundred”: 1900: nineteen hundred, but note, 2000: the year two thousand.

Read the years mentioned in the text: 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500.

II. Guess the meaning of the words and explain their meaning:

a time machine the universe a space ship

III. Make up derivatives:

pollutant - загрязняющий агент

verb -

participle I -

participle II -

noun –

IV. Match the words with their synonym or definitions:

1. to dump a. garbage

2. dangerous b. rich

3. a chemical c. to get rid of, to throw away

4. waste d. overcrowding

5. to cut down e. to begin suddenly and violently

6. liquid f. a substance neither a solid nor a gas

7. to warn [wo:n] g. hard to find, not common

8. scarce [`skeəs] h. a substance used in or produces by chemistry

9. to break out i. able or likely to cause harm or loss

10. wealthy j. to bring down by cutting

11. overpopulation k. to tell of smth bad that may happen

V. This is a science fiction story about a woman from the year 2500. She is talking to the leaders of the United Nations. Read the story and find out: Why did she come to speak to them?