Прочитайте текст еще раз и найдите английские экви-валенты указанных слов, словосочетаний и предложений

 

a) второкурсник, жить в гармонии, побочные продукты их деятельности, разрушение озонового слоя, первые шаги.

b) Что касается меня, то я сделал свой выбор давно.

Огромные лесные пространства вырубаются и сгорают.

В результате исчезают навсегда некоторые редкие виды животных, птиц, рыб, многие реки и озера высыхают.

5. Восстановите по памяти (на русском языке) в каком контексте упоминаются следующие словосочетания:

favorite subjects

harmful substances

horrible ecological disaster

research center

Прослушайте дикторскую запись указанных ниже предложений. Постарайтесь понять, какие слова и словосочетания в них отсутствуют. Повторите полные предложения.

1. The by-products of their activity _________ the air we _______, the water we ________, the land we _________ grain and vegetables.

2. The consequences of ________ at the atomic power station are _______ for the Belarusian nation.

3. That is why ________ to create a system of ________ should be taken.

4. In many countries ________ protection ________ and ________ are set up.

5. We are to save life on the planet not only________ of the present but also for the _______ ________.

Научитесь читать следующие вопросительные предложения, имитируя интонацию диктора. Ответьте на вопросы.

 

1. What is the source of people’s life?

2. What do the words “development of civilization” mean?

3. What has the development of civilization led to?

4. Why did some species of animals, birds, plants disappear from the earth?

5. What do you know about ecological disasters on the Earth?

6. What are the consequences of these tragedies?

7. What has been done to solve ecological problems?

8. Why is your speciality important for all generations?

Разделите текст на логические части и озаглавьте их.

Послушайте тексты и ответьте на вопросы.

А)

1. Why do we have no right to blame our ancestors for their careless attitude to nature?

2. What produces a negative effect on the biosphere?

Our ancestors considered the Earth’s resources to be boundless and endless. We have no right to blame our ancestors for their ecological ignorance: they fought to live.

Even in the 19-th century when the word “ecology” was born people continued to use nature as consumers, considering Man to be “lord and king” of nature and not the child.

In the 19-th century with the growth of science and technology human achievements in conquering nature became so great that man’s economic activities began to produce an increasingly negative effect on the biosphere.

 

Б)

1. Why didn’t the past wars affect the atmosphere?

2. What is life on the Earth impossible without?

 

In the past wars left their scars only where they were waged, and didn’t affect the atmosphere or the World Ocean. The impact of nuclear weapons is global and will affect land, air and sea environment. Nuclear explosions on the ground will cause irreversible changes in the chemical composition of the upper atmosphere. Life on the Earth is impossible without ozone. This gas, concentrated chiefly in the stratosphere (at on attitude of 10-50 kilometers) creates an “ozone shield” which protects life on the planet from the deadly impact of harsh ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.

Observations of anomalous phenomena in atmosphere and data on weather and clinic changes in the period between 1958 and 1962, when the most powerful atmospheric nuclear test were held, indicate that nuclear conflict would bring about an ecological disaster and the death of civilization on the Earth.

 

10. Перескажите текст «My Speciality».