Environment Protection. Машутина Е.А. - 8 стр.

     nuclear        a - beautiful
                    b - foggy
                    с - radioactive
     to poison      a - to water
                    b - to pollute
                    с - to destroy
     4 Answer the questions
     Why has the problem of industrial waste disposal become urgent?
     a) because of political situation
     b) because of new government
     c) because of growth of the population What public commission was set up?
     a) "Regional Economy"
     b) "Green Peace"
     c) "Center of Excellence"
     5 Insert the prepositions
     Some factories dump wastes ____ lakes.
     a) inside
     b) behind
     c) into
     Russia is cooperating _____ the USA, Canada.
     a) together
     b) with
     c) out

     2.4 Make up your own dialogues discussing ecological problems

     2.5 Make up a plan of this text

     2.6 Retell this text according to your own plan


     3 Text 2 Evolution of the Global Environment

      The history of the earth as a planet still contains many secrets, and considerable
controversy surrounds, aspects of its formation and early development. As far as man
is concerned, it is the evolution of the atmosphere and the hydrosphere, which is of
particular interest since both are quite essential to life, as we know it. Without these
thin surface films, the earth would be exposed to wide temperature extremes, the land
would be bombarded by lethal radiation, and it would not contain the water and gases
necessary for biological activity.
      It now seems to be generally accepted that the primitive earth had virtually no
atmosphere or hydrosphere, and that both have accumulated gradually during
geological time as a result of the escape of water vapour, carbon dioxide nitrogen and
other substances, from intrusive and extrusive rocks within the earth's interior. By
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