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S.V. Kameko, Ye.P. Ivanova, O.N. Gorshkova

Ex. 1. Read and memorize the following words:

Ex. 2. Read the following international words and word combinations and try to guess their meaning:

form (n), vital problem, nature (n), natural gas, interaction (n), human race, protect (v), protection (n), effect (n), ozone [¢ouzoun], molecule [¢mÉlikju:l], energy resources [ri¢sÉ:siz], polar [¢p¶ul¶] (a), result (n), global (a), catastrophe [k¶¢tæstr¶fi] (n), ultra-violet (UV) [¢Lltr¶¢vai¶lit] rays, industrial product, industrialisatioin [in¸dLstri¶l¶i¢zeiò¶n] (n), air conditioner, chemicals [¢kemik¶lz] (n), attack (v), risk (n), eye cataract [¢kæt¶rækt], immune system, plankton (n), atmosphere [¢ætm¶sfi¶] (n), metal (n), tropical (a), climatic (a), ecosystem (n), acre [eik¶] (n), unique [ju:¢ni:k] (a), balance (n).

Ex. 3. Train reading the names of the chemical elements:

Acid [¢æsid] – 1) (n) кислота; 2) (a) кислотный, кислый; carbon [¢ka:b¶n]–(n) углерод; chlorofluorocarbons [¢klÉ:r¶¢flu¶r¶¢ka:b¶nz] – хлорфторуглероды; nitrogen [¢naitr¶d (¶)n] (n) – азот; oxide [¢Éksaid] (n) – окись, окисел; oxygen [¢Éksid (¶)n] (n) – кислород; sulphur [¢sLlf¶] (n) – сера.

Ex. 4. Read the following geographical names correctly:

Europe [¢ju¶r¶p], Vermont [v¶:¢m¶nt], Ohio [ou¢haiou], West Germany [¢d ¶:m¶ni], Greece [gri:s], Chechoslovakia [¸tòek¶sl¶¢væki¶], Sweden [swi:dn], Belgium [¢beld ¶m], Holland [¢hÉl¶nd], Amazonia [æm¶¢zÉni¶], South/East Asia [¢eiò¶], West/Central Africa [¢æfrik¶], Antarctica [ænt¢a:ktik¶].

Ex. 5. Read and translate the following words of the same root. Determine the part of speech they belong to. Memorize them:

Protect, protector, protection, protective;

destroy, destroyer, destruction, destructive;

contribute, contributor, contribution, contributory;

predict, predictor, prediction, predictive, predicted;

reduce, reduction, reducible, reduced;

pollute, pollution, pollutant; environ, environment, environmental, environmentally;

forest, deforest, deforestation.

Ex. 6. Read and translate the following word combinations:

Environmental endangered

Air extinct

Water rare species

Land existing

Soil pollution surviving

Noise

Chemical

Radio-active

serious illness

an average rise in temperature

catastrophe for wildlife

to cause skin and eye problems

much damage

one forth of all species on Earth to vanish the destruction of the ozone layer

Ex. 7. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions:

To be at a crucial turning point; to give somebody plenty to worry about; the greenhouse effect; the extinction of animals and plant species; the patterns of the weather; food packaging; to contribute to global warming; to result from the release; to be badly affected; to wash metals into drinking water; tropical rain forest; to be a natural recycler; provider and protector; rainfall; at an alarming rate; man’s careless bitats; the energy trap; (non)-renewable fuels; energy needs; to add to the pollution.

Ex. 8. Read the following text and: a) discuss the environmental situation in the world; b) say what the burning problems of nature preservation are and which of them are vital for your region.