Английский язык. Барабанова Н.Е - 16 стр.

     3. This scientist was the first to publish the data showing a dangerous            5. Air pollution is a very serious problem. In Cairo just breathing the
situation in the area.                                                             air is life threatening - equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day.
     4. The participants of the conference assembled to discuss the key            The same holds true for Mexico City and 600 cities of the Commonwealth
problems of environmental protection.                                              countries.
                                                                                        6.Industrial enterprises emit tons of harmful substances. These
    VI. Прочтите и устно переведите с 1 по 8 абзацы. Перепишите и                  emissions have disastrous consequences for our planet. They are the main
письменно переведите I, 2, 3 и 8 абзацы.                                           reason for the greenhouse effect and acid rains.
                                                                                        7.An even greater environmental threat are nuclear power stations. We
                                                                                   all know how tragic the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster are.
                                                                                        8.People are beginning to realise that environmental problems are not
                           Пояснения к тексту                                      somebody else's. They join and support various international organizations and
1) environmental protection - защита окружающей среды                              green parties. If governments wake up to what is happening - perhaps we'll be able
2) uninhabitable - непригодный для жилья                                           to avoid the disaster that threatens the natural world and all of us with it.
3) overpopulation - перенаселение                                                     VII. Прочтите 6-й абзац текста и ответьте письменно на вопрос:
4) ozone depletion - истощение озонного слоя                                       What is the main reason for the greenhouse effect and acid rains?
5) greenhouse effect - парниковый эффект
6) on the brink of extinction - на грани исчезновения
7) to become extinct - угасать, вымирать.
                                                                                                                     ВАРИАНТ 2
                     ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                           Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в каждом из них
     1.The poisoning of the world's land, air, and water is the fastest-           видо-временную форму и залог глагола - сказуемого (см. образец).
spreading disease of civilization. It probably produces fewer headlines than       Переведите предложения на русский язык.
wars, earthquakes and floods, but it is potentially one of history's greatest           1.Atmosphere and water pollution have to be controlled.
dangers to human life on earth. If present trends continue for the next                 2.The Man's influence on the climate is studied by the scientists.
several decades, our planet will become uninhabitable.                                  3.When the problem of earthquakes had been discussed by the members
     2.Overpopulation, pollution and energy consumption have created such           of the committee they began to elaborate the program of earthquakes'
planet-wide problems as massive deforestation, ozone depletion, acid rains          forecast.
and the global warming that is believed to be caused by the greenhouse                  4.Conlrol of pollution is being paid much attention to by international
effect.
     3.The seas are in danger. They are filled with poison: industrial and             П. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на
nuclear waste, chemical fertilisers and pesticides. The Mediterranean is           русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения слов it, that, one.
already nearly dead; the North Sea is following. The Aral Sea is on the brink          1 .It is proved that air, water and ground are poisoned daily on our
of extinction. If nothing is done about it, one day nothing will be able to live   planet.
in the seas.                                                                           2.One should take an active part in protecting our nature in every
     4.Every ten minutes one kind of animal, plant or insect dies out for ever.    possible
If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have        3.It's environmental protection that becomes one of the burning
become extinct very soon.                                                          questions on the planet nowadays.