Drive Wise

Transportation consumes about 25 percent of the total energy. Driving releases harmful chemicals and other air pollutants into the air. When, where, how, why and what you drive all play an important role in affecting air pollution. Here are some suggestions on how to be more environmentally friendly when you need to get somewhere.

-Drive less, especially during peak traffic periods or hot days.

-Use public transportation, walk, or ride a bike.

-Avoid idling engine over 30 seconds.

-Replace your car's air filter and oil regularly

Notes:

adult –взрослый recycle –перерабатывать

lungs –лёгкие leaky -дающий течь

choice –выбор suggestion -предложение

appliance –прибор idling -работающий вхолостую

shade –тень avoid -избегать

2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:

среднестатистический взрослый человек; в день; на открытом воздухе; более восприимчивы; болезни сердца и лёгких; привычки потребителя; энергосберегающие лампы; еда в небольших количествах; алюминиевые банки; содержать в хорошем состоянии; отправить послание; используемые вторично; вредные химические вещества; некоторые предложения; дружелюбный по отношению к окружающей среде

3. Select the statement that best expresses the main idea of the text.

a) Air pollution is a problem for all of us.

b) Although much of the pollution in our air comes from power plants, industrial sources and motor vehicles, the choices you, as an individual, make every day can increase or decrease air pollution and can protect or threaten your health.

c) The choices you make at home affect the amount of pollution outside your home as well as inside.

d) When, where, how, why and what you drive all play an important role in affecting air pollution.

4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1) Children are more sensitive to air pollution because they often have heart or lung disease.

2) Much of the pollution in our air comes from power plants, industrial sources and motor vehicles.

3) The choices everybody makes every day can increase or decrease air pollution and can protect or threaten your health.

4) We should plant trees in locations around our homes to provide shade in the winter.

5) To conserve energy and reduce production emissions, we should recycle paper, plastic, glass bottles, and aluminum cans.

6) Everything you eat has an effect on the environment.

7) When you buy products that consume less energy and last longer than others, you pollute the air.

8) Driving has no effects on the environment.

5. Retell the text.