11 Form. Attention!
Homework for Tuesday, 12.02.19: learn the rules how to use the Participle; read and translate the text:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The protection of environment has
become one of the most burning problems of our century.
Large cities with thousands of smoky
industrial enterprises appear all over the world today. The by-products of
their activity pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink, the soil we grow
grain and vegetables. Every year the world industry pollutes the atmosphere
with about 1000 million tons of dust and other harmful substances. Many cities
suffer from smog. Vast forests are cut. Their disappearance upsets the oxygen
balance. As a result some rare species of animals, birds, fish and plants
disappear forever, a number of rivers and lakes dry up.
The pollution of air and the world's
ocean, destruction of the ozone layer is the result of man's careless
interaction with nature, a sign of ecological crisis.
The most horrible ecological disaster befell
Ukraine and its people in the result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear
power station in April 1986. A great damage has been done to Ukraine's
agriculture, forests and people's health.
Environmental protection is a global
problem. That is why the most serious measures to create a universal system of
ecological security should be taken. The activity of various environmental
organizations helps to improve the situation. Among them are the Greenpeace and
The Green Party.
If we are unable to learn to use the
environment carefully and to protect it from destructive man's activities, very
soon we'll have no world to live in.
Words:
environment [in'vaɪər(ə)nmənt] — навколишнє
середовище (оточення)
by-product ['baɪ,prɔdʌkt] — побічний
(проміжний) продукт
to pollute [pə'lu:t] — забруднювати
harmful substances ['ha:mful 'sʌbst(ə)nsɪs] —
шкідливі речовини
to upset [ʌp'set] — порушувати
species ['spi:ʃɪz] — біол. види
destruction [dɪs'trʌkʃ(ə)n] — руйнація;
руйнування
careless ['kɛəlɪs] interaction [,ɪntər'ækʃ(ə)n]
— недбала взаємодія
to befall [bi'fɔ:l] (befell, befallen) —
траплятися, ставатися
to take measures [meʒəz] — вживати заходів
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