In the text find the words which mean the following. Make up sentences with these words

a) a country that agrees to help / support another country in a war ________________________________________

b) coming or following one after the other _____________

c) to think carefully / seriously about a problem ________

d) disaster, mishap _______________________________

e) face someone in a threatening way ________________

f) a place in which large quantities of something are stored ___________________________

g) to remain alive or exist for a long time ____________

h) frightening or worrying _________________________

i) to stop moving ________________________________

g) plunder or pillage ______________________________

k) to remain ____________________________________

l) to start or make something start burning _____________

m) a sign or warning that smth is going to happen _______

n) to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate ______

o) an increase over a period of time __________________

p) foreboding or foreshadowing evil _________________

q) the time when something began or first appeared _____

r) in progress ____________________________________

3.6. Fill in the missing consonants to make words used in the text. Translate these words. Use them to complete the sentences to the right.

#	word	translation
	_e_ _o_ia_io_
	i_ _e_i_e_
	_a_ua_ _y
	_y_a_i_ _
	_o_iou_
	o_i_ou_
	_e_ _ e_io_
	_ _ ou _ _ _
	_e_ _ i_u_
	_o_ _i _ _ue_
	_ _ _i_e
	o_o_e
	_e_a_e
	_u_ _e_ _i_e

1. The Public Forests had been saved from __________ at the end of the nineteenth century. 2. Already __________ from overfishing, the species breeds only in the Mediterranean Sea and the gulf. 3. There has been a drought for two _____ years. 4. I think it's too early to tell exactly what the __________ count will be. 5. Poaching, infectious diseases, prey __________, and habitat loss from logging have taken down Amur tigers. 6. Then, in the late 18th century, we started burning __________ in appreciable quantities. 7. I recall Scott's habit of casually slipping __________ news into the midst of an otherwise innocent conversation. 8. You will recall Ser Marchiotti who prided himself on his great collection of _______ plants. 9. As the days of __________ continued, magic in the community faded.      

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3.7. In the text the author mentions a lot of different cataclysms. Write them out and divide into two groups depending on the factor causing them. Natural catastrophe Anthropogenic / man-made catastrophe

3.8. What are the common ways of industrial pollution? Mention them using vocabulary from the text. Use introductory words and phrases to report the facts from the text (reportedly, as far as the text goes, it says that, the author mentions that, according to the text, the author warns us of, etc.) e.g. Smokestacks reportedly disgorge noxious gases into the atmosphere.

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