OUR
ENVIRONMENT
1.Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
THROW AWAY LESS RUBBISH
Many countries bury and forget millions of tons … (1) rubbish
every year. But we don’t have to throw … 2) all our waste paper, glass, metal
and plastic. We … (3) also burn or recycle a lot of it. Here are three… (4) to
beat the throw-away society. All of them are cleaner and cheaper … (5) rubbish.
In Denmark, for example, it’s illegal to sell drinks … (6)
cans. And it’s not just governments which can produce less … (7). It’s ordinary
people, too. For example, anyone can decide to … (8) products with as little
packaging as possible; use and… (9) away fewer carrier bags; waste less paper.
Turn Rubbish … (10) energy by burning it. This is a good
idea because it saves fossil … (11); means burying less rubbish; cuts pollution
, because energy… (12) rubbish is cleaner and cheaper than energy from fossil
fuels.
USE RUBBISH
AGAIN
… (13) lot of what we throw away is still useful. … (14)
possible, in fact, to recycle 80% … (15) domestic rubbish.
Recycling saves trees, energy, money, cuts … (16).
It may be interesting to know that the average … (17) in Los
Angeles throws away 7 kilos of rubbish … (18) day, while the average person in
the Third World throws … (19) only 1 kilo every day. Britain throws away 7
million tones … (20) paper every year. That’s the same as 80 million trees.
Britain … (21) 8,5 billion cans per year. That’s enough to go … (22) the moon
and back.
In one year, a European family … (23) two children throws
away 50 kilos of paper (that’s six trees), 60 kilos of metal and 45 kilos of
plastic.
The problem is that … (24) example recycling saves energy , so
less CO2 is released. Less CO2 means cleaner air.
2. Think of some interesting ways of recycling each of these
-old
newspapers
-old plastic bottles
-a drink can
-an old sweater.
3. Answer the questions:
How can each of us contribute to keeping the environment
cleaner and healthier?
Do you always pick up your litter after a picnic?
What can everyone do for cleanliness and beauty of the city
in which he lives?
4. Underline the correct word in the following sentences
THE NUCLEAR POWER
DATA-BANK
1) The fuel (which/what) nuclear power stations use is a rare
metal-uranium.
2) One ton of uranium can produce as (many/much) energy as
20 000 tons of coal.
3) Nuclear power (doesn’t/don’t) pollute the atmosphere like
fossil fuels.
4) But it (does/is) produce waste.
5) This (stays/leaves) radioactive for thousands of years and
is very dangerous.
6) At the moment most stations bury (their/there) waste deep
under ground , at sea, or send their waste to (another/other) countries.
7) Nuclear experts (say/tell) it’s safe to bury radioactive waste, other
scientists think it will seriously (pollute/destroy) the sea or the Earth one
day.
8) The (accident /incident) at Chernobyl (sent/send) a cloud
of radioactive pollution (over/above) Scandinavia and Western Europe.
9) This pollution travelled for more (then/than) 1000
kilometres.
10) As a result, farmers (must/had to) kill millions of pigs,
sheep and cows.
11) But the accident (hadn’t /didn’t) just affect animals-it
affected people, too.
Doctors (waited /expected) to see 25 000 extra cancers
before the year 2000 because of Chernobyl.
12) (Since/From) Chernobyl, many countries have stopped
building new nuclear power stations.
13) Green organizations all over the world are
(against/opposite) nuclear energy. In their (opinion /mind) it’s dirty,
unhealthy and dangerous.
- Write a summary of the text.
- Say what damage people have done to nature by treating
their environment so carelessly, and what people can do to improve ecological
situation in your place .
5.
Exchanging Personal
Information.
YOUR ENVIRONMENT
Think and say if you change your own environment for the
better or for the worse
1)
We speak about water
shortages.
What did you use water for last week?
Did you waste any?
Do you often take hot baths?
Do you often wash clothes?
How much water do you spend on washing?
2. Water
pollution is becoming quite bad.
Have you ever thrown anything into a river or a lake? If
so, what? Why?
Have you ever washed your bicycle or car in a river or a
lake? How dirty did it make the water?
3. People use a lot of washing powder.
Have you ever done it? Does your family do it?
Do you think it does harm to our rivers and seas?
4. Burning makes air pollution worse.
Have you ever burnt rubbish or dry leaves?
5. Has your family got a car?
How often do you use it?
Does it work well? Why is it important to look after it, to
repair it in time?
6. One of the environmental problems is a shortage of
food.
Does your family buy much food?
Do you sometimes throw it away?
How much of it do you waste?
Why is it important for the environment not to waste
food?
6. Speaking. Complete the questions with the appropriate
words from the list and ask your partner to answer them.
1) Is … the source of peoples life?
2) Has man’s … in nature increased with the development of
civilization ?What has led to it?
3) Why did some species of animals, birds, plants … from the
Earth?
4) What is the result of man’s … interaction with nature?
5) What are the… of the Chornobyl ecological disaster ?
6) Is international cooperation necessary to create a system
of …security?
a)consequences b)nature c)disappear d)interference
e)ecological f)careless
- Use the following phrases when asking for opinion.
Do you think that …?
What do you think/feel about …?
Why do you think that …?
What makes you feel that …?
I have another question.
-When answering the questions use the following:
This is a good/an interesting question.
I’d like to think about that for a while, if you don’t mind.
Your question is very difficult to answer.
It’s a difficult question, and I can’t answer it right now.
As far as … is concerned…
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