Экология сегодня. Макеева М.Н - 40 стр.

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in the crop areas; one to five times as many spider numbers, and one to two times as many spider species. They
also showed a significant decrease in aphid numbers.
Buying organic products is also a way to support conservation of our land. Organic products, whether
foods or fiber, are produced through a system of farming that maintains and replenishes soil fertility in an eco-
logical way. There were approximately 1.3 million acres in certified organic production in the United States in
1997. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service estimates 2.6 million acres were in
production in 2001.
As far as feeding the world, the late Donella Meadows, who served as director of the Sustainability Insti-
tute, wrote: "We already grow enough food to feed everyone; the excess simply is not distributed where it is
needed. Industrial agriculture, far from being the salvation it promises, is actually undermining the resource
base-healthy soil, clean water, and diversity of plants and animals-needed to sustain the world’s growing human
population in the long term. If anything can restore that resource base and at the same time eliminate hunger it
is organic methods."
Organic foods and products are making a healthy comeback from a by-gone era, but in more of the light of
what is healthy for Earth’s ecology and us. Moreover, the production and use of these products have become
the choice of a rapidly growing number of farmers and consumers today. It does prove that the connection be-
tween human health and our ecology are indelibly intertwined.
Words and Expressions:
fiber – волокно, волосок, фибра, нить, древесное волокно
residual – остаток, остаточный продукт
organophosphate – органический фосфат
residue – осадок, отстой
remainder – остаток, остатки
harsh – жесткий, твердый, грубый, неприятный
to boostподнимать, помогать подняться
to enhance – увеличивать, усиливать, улучшать
to restoreвозвращать в прежнее состояние
infiltrationинфильтрация, просачивание, проникновение
capacityвместимость, емкость
droughtзасуха, засушливость, нехватка дождей, сухость воздуха
intentнамерение, цель
contaminationзагрязнение, порча
preciousдрагоценный, большой ценности
rotationчередование, периодическое повторение, очередность, ротация
nutrient – питательное вещество
irradiationоблучение, химиотерапия
sewage – сточные воды, нечистоты
sludgeгустая грязь, слякоть, ил, тина
to compostготовить компост, компостировать, превращать в компост
manureнавоз, компост, удобрение
overabundanceчрезмерное изобилие, избыток, излишек
emissionвыделение, распространение
unabatedнеослабленный
algalотносящийся к водорослям, водорослевый
resilientпружинистый, упругий, эластичный
arableпахота, пашня, пахотная земля
skylarkжаворонок
invertebrateбеспозвоночное животное
arthropodsчленистоногие
aphidтля растительная
to replenish(снова) наполнять(ся), пополнять(ся)
salvation – избавление, спасение