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Exercise 5. Find Russian equivalents for the following words or word combinations from the text
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| · smog · industrialized country · to suffer · pea-souper · description · to reach the worst point · to last for several days · to estimate · water pollution · to protect · to pass a law · heating of homes · open coal fires · to symbolize · image · to be out of date · to cause an increase · air pollution · air quality · reduction | · greenhouse gas · pressing global need · to reduce the energy consumption · a national issue · oil reserves · nuclear power station · environmental friendliness · to emit · construction · disposal · waste · ‘green’ energy sources · solar power · tidal power · wave power · wind power · common feature · to ruin the countryside · to be opposed to · offshore |
Exercise 6. Correct the following statements. When expressing disagreement make sure you begin your answers with such commonly accepted phrases. Do not repeat them.
I do not agree that …, I disagree that…, in my opinion, to my mind, as far as I remember, as far as I know, the text reads the opposite; it’s not true, it’s not right, vice versa, it’s quite the opposite, according to …
1. It was in Britain that the word ‘smog’ was first used.
2. The situation in London reached its worst point in the middle of the last century.
3. There was a particularly thick fog that lasted for several days at the end of last year.
4. Water pollution wasn’t a problem.
5. The image created by Hollywood to symbolize London is out of date.
6. In 1970s it was still impossible to catch fish in the Thames.
7. The reduction of greenhouse gases has become a pressing global need.
8. The new nuclear power stations can help but they are extremely unpopular.
9. Solar power is very popular in Great Britain.
10. Local tourist boards oppose to the construction of wind farms though they perfectly fit the landscape.
11. Wind farms are built offshore.
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