| 2.1. Before reading the text answer the following questions.
1. Read the title of the text. Which ratings that contain phrase “… of the year” do you know? Why are these ratings popular?
2. Which planet is the planet of the year? Why?
3. The title of the text contains a stylistic device. What is it? What is it used for?
4. Read the epigraph. Where is it taken from? Do you agree with it? Why? Why not?
| 5. Try to predict the general tone of the text. Is it positive / negative / contemplative / imperative? Words of which style do you expect to come across? (elevated, substandard, bookish, colloquial, dialectal, common etc.). What makes you think so?
6. Some of the following words were used in the text. Find the odd word out and explain your choice.
1. cataclysm – casualty – disaster – incident
2. fumes – atmosphere – gases – smog
3. pesticides – chemicals – detritus – fertilizer
4. organic – poisonous – toxic – noxious
5. drought – earthquake – global warming – avalanche
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Consult the dictionary and find out what these words mean and how they are pronounced. First has been done for you.
| hydrogen [ˈ haɪdrədʒən ] _ водень ____________
bestride [______________] _________________
host [______________] ____________________
detritus [______________] _________________
pesticide [______________] ________________
aquifer [______________] _________________
consequence [______________] _____________
profligacy [______________] _______________
drought [______________] _________________
| livestock [______________] ________________
controversy [______________] ______________
dioxide [______________] _________________
sewage [______________] _________________
Caribbean [______________] _______________
gyrate [______________] __________________
repository [______________] _______________
refugee [______________] _________________
ally[______________] _____________________
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