2015-05-26
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Задание 1. Прочитайте, переведите текст и выполните задания
Environmental Problems
Environmental problems have become exceptionally acute in the country. For a long time too little attention was paid to the environment.
In effort to meet production goals the ministries stainted on measures to protect the environment from industrial pollution. As a result, about half of the water sources in the country are polluted with industrial or communal waste. In more than a hundred towns and cities with population of some fifty million, the concentration of harmful substances in the air is over ten times the admissible level.
For dozens of years the national economy focused on large projects, including giant projects in what was called the transformation of nature. Blunders were committed that caused environmental disasters.
Of the acute problems causing public concern the environment safety of nuclear and hydraulic power engineering is beginning to assume paramount importance. Public anxiety has grown particularly after the Chernobyl disaster. Another reason is the adverse effect of flatland hydropower stations on the environment.
The list of serious environmental problems could be continued.
a) Найдите в тексте выражения с прилагательным "environmental"
- проблемы окружающей среды
- экологическая катастрофа
- экологическая безопасность
b) Заполните пропуски в предложениях, используя выражения из задания a)
1. _____ have become exceptionally acute in the country.
2. _____ of nuclear and hydraulic power engineering is beginning to assume paramount importance.
3. The list of serious _____ could be continued.
4. Blunders were committed that caused _____.
c) Составьте предложения, соединив две половинки
| 1) Blunders of people can cause 2) Ozone layer 3) Polluting of water and air is 4) The increasing of ultraviolet 5) People must stop | a) is destroyed by aerosol sprays causes skin cancer and other disease. b) using aerosol sprays. c) dangerous for human beings. e) environment disasters. f) over ten times the admissible level. |
Задание 2. Заполните пропуски предложенными словами
Earthquake and Epidemic
