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Vocabulary

Acid (n) rain;

Acidity (n) – conditions;

Arable (adj) fields/farms/cultivation;

Aftereffect (n) unpleasant/disastrous _;

By-product (n) – of gas-burning;

Coal-fired (adj) – stations:

Choke (v) to _ on fumes

CFC (n)

Contaminate (v) to_ drinking waters by chemicals

Contamination (n) radioactive _;

Conservationist (n) wildlife _;

Dwindle (v) _ natural resources;

Deplete (v) to _ the ozone layer;

Dispose (v) to _ industrial waste;

Dump (v) to _ sewage/rubbish;

Disperse (v) to _ treated sewage;

Deforestation (n)

Exhaust (n, v) _ fumes/emissions;

Emit (v) to _ pollutants;

Emitter(n)

Emittent(n)

Emission (n) _ control laws; _ of carbon dioxide;

Effluent (n) industrial _; _ tretment system

Extinct (adj) _ species of animals;

Extinction (n) to threaten with _; to be on the edge of _;

Eco-friendly policy;

Environmental-conscious;

Environmental-educated (adj)

Fall out (n) radioactive _;

Fossi (n) a _ fuel;

Fertilizer chemical/organic _;

Famine (n) _relief; severe _;

Fume (n) petrol/exhaust/ poisonous/sulphurous _;

Flora (n) unique _ of Australia;

Fauna (n) to conserve _;

Garbage (n) _ collection/ disposal/can;

Hazardous (adj) _ conditions/wastes/chemicals;

Inhaler (n)

Leukemia (n)

Leak (n, v) a _ in the gas pipe/ oil tank;

Leakage (n) a gas/ oil _; _ of toxic waste;

Leakage (n) a gas/oil _; _ of toxic waste;

Leach (v) to _ nitrates/pesticides from the soil;

Litter (v, n) to drop/chuck _; a _ bin;

Lead-free (adj) _ petrol;

Pollute (v) _ed air/water/soil;

Pollution (n) to release pollution into the atmosphere;

Pump (v)

Purify (v) to _ of bacteria; water _ tablets;

Purification (n) a water _ plant;

Pesticide (n) to spray crops with _ s;

Recycle (v) to _ packaging/newspaper;

Recyclable (adj) _ material/bags;

Reclamation (n) the _ of scrap material;

Seep (v)

Sewage (v) _ sludge/farm/works; _ treatment/disposal; untreated _;

Slick (n) oil _;

Spillage (n) chemical _;

Sue (v) to _ smb for damages;

Tackle (v) to _ the problem of pollution;

Vanquish (v)

Viable (adj) _solutions/suggestions;

Waste (n, v) nuclear/toxic _;

Waste-paper basket/waste bin;

Phrases:

It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

To cause smth. (long-term changes);

To affect smth. (the environment);

To take action against smth.;

To upset smth. (the balance);

To close smth. (NPs) down;

To adapt to smth.(environment);

To be preoccupied with smth. (economic growth);

To face smth.(the fresh water supply problem);

To breach smth. (safety levels);

To have an impact on smth. (climatic patterns)

Nuclear accident at Chernobyl;

Noise disturbance;

Air pollution;

Car exhaust;

Disaster prevention programmes;

Anti-pollution equipment;

The natural habitat;