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pressing ones are traffic jams and air pollution. On hot, sunny days
air pollution in cities in many Western countries gets very bad. Many
people suffer from asthma and other breathing problems more often
than before. In Britain, about 10,000 people die every year because of
car fumes.
Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly
injured each year, and we are quietly sitting back letting it happen. It has
been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his
car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the
motor-car often brings out a man’s worst qualities. People who are
normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are
behind a wheel. They can be ill-mannered, aggressive and selfish.
The surprising thing is that society smiles on the motorist and seems
to encourage his behaviour. Traffic in big cities is too heavy, towns are
made, ugly by huge car parks, the countryside is spoiled by road
networks.
Environmental experts all agree that the only way to stop this is to
reduce the number of cars on the roads. How can we do that? First of all,
we should change our mentality and not to think of a car as a status
symbol. Next, we should change our lifestyle and walk or use bicycles for
shorter journeys. If we don't change our attitude to a car, it can turn into a
monster which will destroy everything.
2.4 Закончите следующие предложения.
1. Many people have cars and many dream of the
day________________ .
2. Many big cities face lots of problems _____________ .
3. Of course, it is convenient to have a car, but ___________ .
4. The most pressing problems caused by cars are _____________ .
5. Many people suffer from ______________ more often than before.
6. Thousands of people the world over ________________ each year.
7. Environmental experts all agree that the only way to stop this is
_______.
8. It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering
wheel, his car becomes the extension _____________.
9. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become
____________ when they are behind a wheel.
10. The surprising thing is that society _______________________.
11. First of all, we should change ________________ and not to think of
a car as a status symbol.
12. If we don’t change our attitude to a car, ___________________.

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