Lesson 29

21. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words given at the end of the sentence.

1) What can we do to reduce the ___________ of the atmosphere?	a) population
2) The change in the climate has produced __________ floods.	b) protection
3) Many rare species are threatened with ____________.	c) disastrous
4) Many of the gases produced by factories are ________ to our health.	d) pollution
5) Many countries must try and control the growth of the ________.	e) rainforests
6) The ____________ of the environment is everyone’s responsibility.	f) extinction
7) 40 percent of the world’s ________ have disappeared in the last 80 years	g) atmosphere
8) People don’t just pollute the _________, they pollute themselves too, with cigarettes, junk food, alcohol, illegal drugs.	h) harmful

22. Translate the following word combinations:

забруднювати землю (повітря, воду); вказувати на проблему; займатися екологією (захистом природи); чисте повітря (вода); зменшувати виброси (сміття, забруднення); економити гроші, зберігати енергію, рятувати життя; вимерлі тварини (рослини, риби); вимерлий вид; погрожувати життю (тваринам, рослинам); вид квітів (рослин, тварин, комах); знищувати армію (надію, планету).

23. Name the environmental problems we are having now.

24. Dialogue building. Make up your own dialogues or describe the situations in which the following words can be used:

1) dry leaves/ black tomatoes/ acid rain;

2) fish/ river/ oil pollution/ die/ stop;

3) picnic/ rubbish/ bury/ clean/ recycle;

4) to lie in the sun/ to get sunburnt/ beautiful/ skin cancer/ ultraviolet radiation/ shade;

5) to hunt/ fur/ rare species.

25. Read the story and name four good reasons why we must protect wildlife.

It is not just animals that are in danger. So are plants. The world had over nine million km. of forest. This is a lot of trees, and also a lot of different species of trees. But they are disappearing fast. Every day we use paper and cardboard, both made from wood. We use different kind of wood in furniture and in other ways. Every year over 100 000sq. km. of forests are cleared for different uses, and a lot of forests are so badly damaged that they will be hardly be able to recover. If we go on like this, by the time you are as old as your grandparents are now all the forests on the earth can be destroyed. This includes rainforests in South America, Africa and Asia.

The huge forests help to control the world’s weather, and to produce much of the oxygen in the air. There are many illnesses, which we still cannot cure. There are old ones like cancer and new ones like AIDS. It may be that the medicine we need will be discovered in wild plants in savannas, deserts or rainforests. If we destroy these places, we will never find the cure.

So you see, that is not just children who need a healthy space to live and grow. If we want our lives to be healthy and interesting, a lot of other creatures and plants need growing space too.

cardboard – картон to cure [kjuə] – лікувати

rainforests – тропіки cancer [´kænsə] – рак

oxygen [´ɔksidʒən] – кисень space [spies] – простір

26. Translate the sentences into a) Ukrainian; b) English (Consult § 30)

a) 1. He should have done the exercise. 2. They could have done this work. 3. If Peter worked hard, he would pass his examinations. 4. If he had left at ten, he would have caught the train. 5. I should have done this exercise. 6. If Nick knew English, I should speak English with him.

b) 1. Якби зараз була зима, ми ходили б на лижах. 2. Якби вона подзвонила мені вчора, я б принесла б книжку. 3. Ми би читали англійські книжки в оригіналі, якби знали англійську мову. 4. Якби ви прийшли вчора о сьомій годині, ви б мене застали б удома. 5. Їм слід було б прочитати цю книжку.