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Прочитайте и устно переведите текст на русский язык. SOME PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
- Until recently man has dealt mainly with various
- It is well known that since the early days of his existence man has been destroying the nature surrounding him. We cannot deny that environment pollution is the most dangerous side effect of human activity. It is causing global changes in the environment and deterioration2) of the biosphere. The scientists who are now tackling3) the problem of environment protection represents such areas of knowledge as biology, ecology, chemistry, geography, physics, economics, and the
- The sharp increase in water pollution is alarming. The pollutants come mainly from municipal and industrial wastes. It is common knowledge that water pollution contributes greatly to an increase in the sickness rate among the A large majority of these cases are caused by the lack of clean water.
- As for air pollution it should be emphasized that in big cities it results from combustion processes. Many houses, cars, buses, factories, power stations send directly into the open air the wastes of combustion process. One of Europe’s and North America’s most serious pollution problems is “acid rain”4). This happens when factories send gases and chemicals into the air. There they mix, and the mixture is carried for hundreds of miles by the wind and finally falls back to earth. This “acid rain” 3) kills fish and
- Today, many scientists and world leaders realize that the Earth is in danger. We need cleaner, healthier planet. Millions of ordinary people – both young and old – understand this, too. Some of them belong to the so-called “Green” or earth-friendly organizations in countries all over the
Notes
- side effects – побочные эффекты
- deterioration – ухудшение;
- to tackle the problem – заниматься проблемой
- “acid rain” – кислотные дожди
Упр. 1. Переведите следующие словосочетания на русский язык.
Side effects of production; global changes; so much importance is attached to the problem of environment protection; sharp increase in water pollution; municipal and industrial wastes; combustion processes;Упр. 2. Переведите следующие словосочетания на анг- лийский язык.
Человеческая деятельность; вызывать глобальные изменения; представлять различные области знаний; отходы процесса сгорания; бытовые и промышленные отходы; недостаток чистой воды.Упр. 3. Ответьте на вопросы.
- What is becoming of great importance?
- When did the process of destroying nature begin?
- What is the most dangerous side effect of human activity?
- What areas of knowledge deal with the problem of environment protection?
- What can air pollution cause?
- What does water pollution contribute to?
- What does air pollution result from?
Упр. 4. Заполните пропуски предлогами и наречиями, где необходимо.
To achieve _ the level knowledge; to solve the problem; is becoming great importance; to attach importance the problems; to cause changes _ the environment; the sharp increase _ water pollution; cases sickness are caused the lack clean water.Упр. 5. Раскройте скобки, употребив глагол в нужной грамматической форме.
- The earth (to become) warmer than it (to be) for a thousand years. By the middle of the next century it (to be) warmer that it (to be) before the Ice
- The man-made agent (фактор) of climatic changes is the carbon dioxide that (to pour out) of the world’s
- The great ice-caps of Greenland and Antarctic (to raise) sea-levels. The average sea-level already (to rise) a foot since the turn of the
- About 200 years ago people (to begin) to burn fossil
- Turbines (to design) to take as much energy from the moving water as
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