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Unit 2
Cars and environment
2.1 Вам предлагается прочитать текст ARE CARS DRIVING
US CRAZY? Перед чтением ответьте на вопросы
1 Are there many cars in the streets of your city?
2 Is car a convenient means of transport?
3 What problems are connected with cars?
2.2 Подберите русские эквиваленты к следующим словам.
reason
to give a
lift
current
status
symbol
to strangle
impact
pressing
подвести на
машине
знак статуса
душить
настоятельный,
срочный
сильное
воздействие,
влияние
причина, аргумент
текущий, данный
traffic jam
asthma
to injure
extension
to bring out
unrecognizable
mentality
продолжение
производить,
выявлять,
обнаруживать
неузнаваемый
астма
ум,
умонастроение
дорожная
пробка
причинять
травму
2.3 Прочтите и дайте свой ответ на вопрос,
сформулированный в заглавии.
ARE CARS DRIVING US CRAZY?
Many people have cars and many dream of the day when they
learn to drive and have their own car. There are plenty of reasons
why. They will be able to go out where they like and to give their
friends a lift. Cars are also a big status symbol. If somebody has a
big, fast car, he or she must be successful.
Of course, it is convenient to have a car, but what price do we
all pay for it? Can’t it be so that the mass-produced car, which was
born at the beginning of the current century, will strangle us in the
next?
Just consider the awful impact that the car has had on modern
life. Many big cities face lots of problems caused by cars. The most

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