Английский язык. Болсуновская Л.М - 16 стр.

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settle growing populations have led many nations to introduce
deforestation programs.
Although a useful short-term solution to economic problems,
deforestation has disastrous consequences. Deforestation can decrease soil
quality and create erosion problems, reducing rich forests to wastelands.
The destruction of the tropical rain forests in Brazil threatens to alter the
world's climate and contribute to the greenhouse effect.
Deforestation recently led to a major disaster in Thailand. The Thai
government's 30-year policy of encouraging logging resulted in the loss of
fully half the nation's forests. A violent rainstorm that hit one of the
deforested regions in November 1988 created flash floods on the bare,
muddy hillsides. These floods killed 400 people and left thousands more
injured and homeless.
If the forests had remained to absorb the downpour, floods would not
have threatened the valley's residents. By ignoring the consequences of
their actions, Thai officials and loggers not only destroyed a vital resource
but also created a disaster. Experts say the destructive floods have set the
region's economy back 20 years.
1) Соотнесите русские и английские словосочетания:
1. to introduce deforestation programs
2. short-term solution
3. to contribute to the green house
effect
4. to threaten
5. to set back
a) краткосрочное решение
b) отбросить назад
c) вводить в действие программы
по борьбе с исчезновением
лесов
d) содействовать развитию
парникового эффекта
e) угрожать, представлять угрозу
2) Найдите в каждом ряду слово, противоположное по значению
первому слову ряда.
1.artificial a) man-made b) natural c) extraordinary d) unnatural
2. press a) encourage b) make c) force d) compel
3. demand a) necessity b) need c) requirement d) want
4. remain a)go away b) stay c) rest d) leave
5. useful a) helpful; b) effective c) useless d) good

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