Are
you a friend of the planet?
Active
Vocabulary: a container, to damage, to destroy,
to disturb, the environment, glass, grass, to keep off, nature, to plant,
plastic, to pollute, pollution, to protect, to recycle, to reduce, to reuse, to
spoil, to throw away, wildlife, air, to disappear, the Earth, a (river) bank, a
plant, wild, chemical, for this reason, however, hunt, more than that, an otter,
a specialist, in charge of, to be concerned, to find worrying, an aim, an
alligator, to cover, a national park, a naturalist, a nature reserve, aerosol,
atmosphere, deforestation, endangered animals, garbage, global warming,
greenhouse effect, a racoon, ozone layer, to waste Grammar: Passive Voice
I. Listen to the text.
DIFFICULT PROBLEMS
More people
are against cruelty to animals in sports, such as foxhunting. Some people think
that it is also cruel to use animals for scientific research. I don't think so. My
mum works in a medical laboratory. They create new medicines and then test them
on animals. Mum says it's necessary. Some animal research leads directly to the
development of important new medicines that save hundreds of lives. It's not
the same: to kill animals for sport or for life-saving research in medicine.
Research - исследование, изучение
True or False?
1.
More people are against cruelty to
animals in sport.
2.
More people think that it is also cruel
to use animals for scientific research.
3.
Jack’s mum works in a hospital.
4.
She cures animals.
5.
She creates new medicines and then
tests them on animals.
6.
Jack agrees with his mum, that it's
necessary to use animals for scientific research.
II. Read the text. Choose the
most suitable heading from the list A-F for each part (1-5) of the text. There
is one extra heading which you do not need to use.
A.Man the destroyer
B. The greenhouse effect
C. The anger of nature
D. Global warming
E. Man wants to live in harmony with nature
F. Cruelty to animals
MAN AND NATURAL WORLD
1.An important environmental
problem in the atmosphere is the greenhouse effect. Some gases in the
atmosphere work like glass in a greenhouse. They are known as "greenhouse
gases". They let heat in, but they don't let much heat out. So the
atmosphere becomes warmer. The greenhouse effect is very important; if it did
not occur at all, the temperature of the planet would be 40 degrees lower and
the oceans would freeze. But an increase in the greenhouse effect (caused by
an increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere) may
lead to global warming.
2. We tend to imagine that ancient people were "environmentally
friendly" and lived in harmony with nature. Some people (such as the
American Indians) did indeed respect and protect their environment. But there
are many examples of ancient people who destroyed the land they lived on.
The great city of Ur was destroyed by floods after its people
removed the trees on the banks of the river Euphrates to use as fuel for their
fires. Although the Bible says that the cause of floods was the anger of God, the real cause of
the flood was probably environmental damage by man.
anger гнев
flood наводнение
3. The dodo was a large bird, rather like a turkey, that lived
on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. When the first man arrived in
Mauritius in the early 16th century, they found that the dodos were very tame.
The settlers killed the dodos partly for food and partly for sport. By 1680,
less than 200 years after the first man settled on Mauritius, the last dodo was
dead. Only the expression "as dead as a dodo" lives on in the English
language.
4.People are cutting down the
rainforests, which control the world's weather. They act as the lungs of our
planet. Deforestation destroys the Earth. Our ocean and seas are polluted
because Man put chemicals and litter into them.
5. Some people cut down the forests, but some people plant and
grow trees and protect the environment. People develop new safe technologies
that don't destroy and damage the environment. People made many great discoveries
in science and technology. And they know how to protect and take care of
nature. More and more people are beginning to understand that a clean and
healthy environment is important
DIALOGUES
Read the
dialogues. Learn by heart three of them. Think of your own dialogues.
-
What does “to give a hoot” mean in Russian?
-
- Look up in the dictionary.
-
- A lot of teens think about changing the world for the
better. Let’start our own society.
-
- What society?
-
The Helpful Work Society.
-
What will we do?
-
We'll organise environment groups
and take care of animals, birds, and forests. There is a lot of work to do.
-
Are you worried about nature?
-
Silly question. Of course, I am.
-
We are going to make a protected
area for birds and other wild animals. Will you join us?
- Our lovely park behind the school is in a terrible mess.
A lot of litter is left. Trees are painted. Flowers are pulled out.
1 think it's necessary to pick up the litter and take care of
the trees.
- And our park will be a great place to meet and play
again.
-
I think we need special laws for people
who pollute.
-
What do you mean?
-
People who pollute should pay money for
their carelessness.
- We'll have an ecology class tomorrow. I am asked to make
a report.
What about?
"The Earth is damaged by people's activity." I have
got a lot of examples.
TEST
I. Word Puzzle Down
1. The word_______ means simply what is around
us. (11 letters)
Across
1.
Don't_____ wildlife. (7 letters)
2.
They are asked to___ trees. (5 letters)
3. The tropical rainforests_ about nine million square
kilometres. (5 letters)
4.
Don't leave____ . (6 letters)
5. Don't_____ garbage in water. (5 letters)
6.
Don't_____ gardens - don't break
trees. (5 letters)
7. An increase in the____ effect may lead to global warming. (10 letters)
8.
Building motor roads can__ countryside.
(6 letters)
9. Greenpeace help to___ nature. (7 letters)
10.
Don't_____ rare animals. (4 letters)
11.
Most of the____ in big cities comes from
cars and buses (9 letters)
II. Read a sentence and write another sentence with the same
meaning. Example: They speak about the problem of the environment on TV, radio,
and in the newspapers.
1. Cars pollute the air.
2. We cut down trees.
3.
Tourists often leave glass bottles in the
forest.
4.
We recycle newspapers, bottles and metal
cans.
5.Sometimes
children break rules
III. Complete the questions
below and write your own answers.
Do you think about the future of the planet?
1.
___ are some global environmental
problems?
2.
___ you like to join an environmental
group?
3. __ you
ever planted trees?
4.
___ could you reduce your use of?
5.
___ can you save energy at home?
6.
___ is it important to remember the three
R's: re-
duce, reuse, recycle?
IV. The below is what Laura
wrote in her project about ecological problems in her hometown. Her project is
convincing. But there are eight mistakes. Correct them.
There is a lot of factories and plants in the my hometown.
They throw a lot of chemicals and dirty into the air. They poison the water in
our lovely river. Fish can't to live in it. Both clean air and clean water are
necessary to our health. Our factories, plants, cars and buses need in good
filters. When they will have them?
Besides, I'm very concerned about that new roads destroy the
countryside.
I think people should find the right balance between our
natural environment, industry and the building of new roads.
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