Практическое задание к разделу 3
Задание 1. Прочитайте, письменно переведите текст, озаглавьте его. Составьте план для пересказа, ответив на 15 вопросов по тексту (вопросы напишите самостоятельно).
People are the part of nature. As our civilization develops, people become stronger than nature.
But it`s not so simple. People learned to influence our environment. They create different household items, medicines, food… So, they pollute the atmosphere. There are even ozone holes. People are not careful. They burn forests, pollute rivers. But nature doesn`t forgive it: a lot of incurable diseases appeared. There are also typhoons, tsunamis, acid rains.
But I think nature won`t destroy all of us (though… dinosaurs disappeared). To my mind, people should think of the future because our planet is in our hands!
Until recently the planet was a large world in which human activities and the nature were in balance. The people lived in harmony with nature and didn`t pollute it.
But nowadays, environmental problems are the most burning for the modern society. The air we breath, the water we drink, the ground where we grow our food, and even the increasing noise we hear every day, that`s all contribute to health problems and a lower quality of life. People cut down trees, destroy the habitats of thousands of animals and contaminate water in rivers and seas. The increasing number of cars in towns and cities has led to the growth of the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Also, you know, that many rare animals and plants are disappearing, so I think it`s our duty to care and save animals. The problems are so serious nowadays, that they should be solved without delay.
I guess, I`m a big fan of nature and the great outdoors lover. So I`ve entered to our city environmental group, which helps to be our city more cleaner and beautiful. We must care, where we live, because we can change the world and we can make it better! If the Earth is green, it`s a healthy planet, and I want to make it green. As for me a green Earth means that water, air and soil are clean. People breath fresh air and I hope our future generations will do it too.
So, let`s leave in peace with our environment!
People have always polluted their surroundings. But until now pollution was not such a serious problem. People lived in uncrowded rural areas and did not have pollution — causing machines. With the development of crowded industrial cities which put huge amounts of pollutants into small areas, the problem has become more important.
Automobiles and other new inventions make pollution steadily worse. Since the late 1960’s people have become alarmed with the danger of pollution.
Air, water, and soil are necessary for existence of all living things. But polluted air can cause illness, and even death. Polluted water kills fish and other marine life. On polluted soil, food can not be grown. In addition environmental pollution spoils the natural beauty of our planet.
Pollution is as complicated as serious problem. Automobiles are polluting the air but they provide transportation for the people. Factories pollute the air and the water but they provide jobs for people and produce necessary goods. Fertilizers and pesticides are important for growing crops but they can ruin soil.
Thus, people would have to stop using many useful things if they wanted to end pollution immediately. Most people do not want that of course. But pollution can be reduced gradually.
Scientists and engineers can find the ways to reduce pollution from automobiles and factories. Government can pass the laws that would make enterprises take measures for reducing of pollution. Individuals and groups of people can work together to persuade enterprises to stop polluting activities.