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The answer should be easy. English is a universal language (global language in case we are not the only creature who can speak.) The world has changed. We can no longer live alone in our country anymore. If you want to learn the world you need to learn English....
With IT, we can open ourselves to the world and the only way we can connect to the world is to the universal language. If you are a business man you would have to learn English to expand your business to oversea.If you are students you would have to learn English for your own bright future or, at least, pass the exam.
If you are an employee you would have to learn English for the benefit of your career.
Even if you are just a street walker you still want to learn English to understand what's going on in the world....
No matter whom you are. Learn English is very important. You can't avoid it and do not avoid it before you getting too far behind.
Індивідуальне читання за фахом: текст “Acid Rains”.
Every year more plants and animals disappear never to be seen again. Strangely, it is the most intelligent but most thoughtless animal that is causing most of the problems - man. Nature is very carefully balanced and if this balance is disturbed, animals can disappear very fast. Every day, thousands of species of animals get closer to extinction.
In many lakes the fish are dying. Fishermen are worried because every year there are fewer fish, and some lakes have no fish at all. Scientists are beginning to get worried too. What is killing the fish?
The problem is acid rain. Acid rain is a kind of air pollution. It is caused by factories that burn coal or oil or gas. These factories send smoke high into the air. The wind often carries the smoke far from the factories. Some of the harmful substances in the smoke come down with the rain hundreds of miles away.
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The rain in many places isn't natural and clean any more. It's full of acid chemicals. Acid water hurts when it gets into your eyes. It also kills the plants and animals that usually live in lake water. That is why the fish are dying in lakes.
But scientists are finding other effects of acid rain. In some large areas trees are dying. Not just one tree here and there, but whole forests. At first scientists couldn't understand why. There were no bugs or diseases in these trees. The weather was not dry. But now they think that the rain was the cause. Some kinds of trees cannot live in the soil that is very acidic. Now scientists begin to study the effects of acid rain on larger animals. If even deer are hurt by the rain, what about people? It's a very important question for us all.
4. Виконання перевірочного тесту
1. Complete the sentences with the only correct ending.
1). This passage is about_____________
A. fishing. C. air pollution.
B. acid rain. D. destructive human activity.
2). Every year thousands of species of animals_______________
A. are hunted for their meat and skins. C. starve to death.
B. migrate to other places. D. die out.
3). Acid rain is caused by
A. natural gas. C. acidic lake water.
B. the ozone layer destruction. D. waste of industrial enterprises;
4). Factory smoke____________
A. stays over the factories. C. can travel hundreds of miles.
B. usually clean now. D: turns into air.
5). Scientists think acid rain____________
A. is killing people. C. helps kill bugs.
B. killing trees. D. lessens pollution.
2. Choose the correct answer.
Which of the following is true?
A. Dead fish in the lakes is the only problem.
B. If we don't make an attempt to stop acid rains we may never see some animals again.
C. Scientists are sure that acid rains are not harmful for mankind.
3. What was not mentioned in the text?
A. Fish are unable to live in the water containing acidic chemicals.
B. Coal, gas or oil form dangerous combinations after being burnt.
C. Scientists are sure that if some larger animals can be affected by acid
rains, people may be in great danger.
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D. Acid rain is capable of destructingsome rocks and stones
Робота над текстом за професійним спрямуванням:
Chernobyl Catastrophe
On the 26 of April 1986 a catastrophe broke out 12 kilometers off the Belarusian border. It was the major break-down of the power unit at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. It is the most severe catastrophe throughout the entire world history of the atomic energy use by its scale, complexity and long-term consequences. As the result of the explosion of the failed reactor a huge amount of radioactive substances was released into the atmosphere. Later on they left the large fall-out "spots" on the ground surface. 23% of the territory of Belarus, 4.8% of the territory of the Ukraine and 0.5% of the territory of Russia were contaminated. The radiation situation was determined by radionuclide with the period of half-decay from 8 days till 24390 years.
After the Chernobyl accident Belarus has become the zone of the ecological disaster. The situation got worse because radioactive contamination coincided with the formerly existing zones of high chemical pollution. 260.000 hectares of agricultural lands are forbidden to use for farming purposes. Thousands of hectares of forests are contaminated with radioactive elements. The Chernobyl catastrophe has affected the destinies of millions of people. The radioactive contamination of the ecosystems has created the conditions for making it impossible to conduct the agricultural production and manage forestry in the normal way for many decades. In order to decrease the influence of radiation on the people considerable work was done during the post-accident period. Measures were taken to evacuate the people from the most dangerous districts, to provide for their medical check-up and treatment. Various measures were almost carried out - radioactive decontamination, agricultural treatment of soil, provision of clean food. However, these measures are not enough yet. And international co-operation in this field serves the interests of the entire mankind.
Індивідуальне читання за фахом текст “The Disappearing Rain Forest”
At the end of this lesson another hectare of the world's forests will be destroyed forever. Why is this happening? There are two reasons - land and wood. In many countries the trees have been cut down because the land was needed for animals or crops. In other parts of the world the trees are cut down because their wood is wanted. This wood is used by the local people for firewood. Or it is exported to Japan, Europe and North America. 'There it is used for buildings or it is made into furniture.
Unfortunately, in most places the trees won't be replaced. The soil in
the forests is very thin, but it is protected by the trees. When the trees are cut down, the soil is washed away by the rain or blown away by the wind. Soon nothing can be grown on it. The forest becomes a desert. Then more land will be needed and more trees will be cut down.
When the forest is destroyed, it isn't only the trees that are lost, the homes
of millions of animals and plants are destroyed, too. At the moment there
are between five and ten million species of animals and plants on the Earth. By the year 2000, one million of these will be extinct - that's one species every hour. All kinds of species are in danger - fish, reptiles, birds, mammals, insects and shellfish - as well as thousands of plants.
Who is to blame for this disaster? The answer is simple: all of us. There are just too many people in the world. The world's population is now over one billion people. Of course, it's very easy to blame the local people. We don't chop down trees. They do. But the products are bought by people like you and me – the hi-fi with its teak loudspeakers, or the nice mahogany chairs. Why are the forests being destroyed? Just look around. You're probably sitting on it or listening to it.
Answer the questions:
1. Why are the forests being destroyed? 2. Who is to blame? 3. What other problem does the destruction of the forest cause? 4. Why won’t new forests be planted? 5. What is this text about and what do you know about the problem?
