Discuss the problem “Protection of water”, make up the dialogue using the text and your own information

Lesson 78

1. Read and translate the following international words:

illusion n, perpetual a, declare v, fundamental a, unique a, ocean n, monograph n, volcano n, rarity n, satisfaction n, circulation n.

2. Read and remember the following words:

tackle – енергійно братися за що-небудь

sparkle – виблискувати, випромінювати

wind – витися

shield – захист, щит

entrails – надра

aggravate – погіршувати, збільшувати, посилювати

regain – знову придбати, набути

fitness – придатність, відповідність

Name the stems of the words from which were formed the following nouns and translate them.

Requirement, aggravation, conclusion, unevenness, diversity, development, distribution, impurity, consumption.

4. Check your knowledge and understanding the following wods with the help of terminological dictionary:

balance, famine, resources, glacier, watermark, distribution, impurity.

5. Find the Ukrainian equivalents the following word-combinations:

A: fresh water consumption, world water balance, earth’s entrails, annual fresh water discharge, renewable fresh water resources, tight water balance, unlike other natural resources, in daily industrial life;

B: у повсякденному промисловому житті, надра землі, на відміну від інших природних ресурсів, споживання чистої води, щорічний стік чистої води, світова рівновага води, поновлювані запаси чистої води, жорсткий водний баланс

6. Read the text and give its main idea in two-three sentences:

WATER FAMINE: REALITY OR ILLUSION?

The steady growth of fresh water concumption hasraised the question how water is there on earth?A modern study of the world water balance was required.

A group of scientists tackled the job. Their fundamental work has summed up and generalized data about the scale of use of world’s water resources and rise of concumption up to the year 2000. The monograph World Water Balance and Water Resources of the earth, which is unique in hydrological literature has been reprinted in english and Spanish by decision of UNESCO. Distinguished Hydrologists consider that the study is at least 40 years ahead of the level of world hydrological science.