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1. We need cooperation of specialists in different spheres of practical activities to solve this complex problem of nature conservation.
2. We have to give basic information on ecology to future ecologists, biologists, geologists, economists, engineers, and students of other specialties.
3. The article gives recommendations on the usage of some unusual energy resources to those who are interested in ecological problems.
4. We know that waste products of chemical enterprises are harmful for environment.
5. Scientists classify certain types of wastes that cause immediate danger to exposed individuals or environments as hazardous.
B Choose the appropriate modal verb.
1. Our country's pollution (can, should, might) be every country's problem.
2. We all (must, ought to, need to, are to) work together to safeguard our environment.
3. We (must not, can not, may not, need not) sacrifice our future well-being for short-term gains, nor pile up environmental debts, which will burden our children.
4. Where there are real threats to our planet we (may, ought to, have to, can) take great care: prevention (can, could, might) often be better and cheaper than cure.
5. To solve ecological problem only environmentalists (must, have to, need to) cooperate.
C Choose the correct preposition.
1. The programme …. rational utilization and reproduction …. natural resources is …. great importance …. nature conservation.
2. The ideas and practices that fall ….. the heading of industrial ecology are still … their infancy.
3. In all probability, only a small fraction of U.S. manufacturing companies are aware … them or have actually put them ….. practice.
4. Ocean mechanical energy is quite different …. ocean thermal energy.
5. Even though the sun affects all ocean activity, tides are driven primarily …. the gravitational pull …. the moon, and waves are driven primarily …… the winds.
Vocabulary work
| A Turn the following verbs into nouns | B Turn the following nouns into adjectives |
| utilize | limit |
| preserve | ecology |
| environ | harm |
| emit | hazard |
| invest | profession |
C Match the words with their definitions.
| 1.intensive | a. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
| 2.measures | b. characterized by intensity or a high degree |
| 3.reproduction | c. expenditure of money or effort for future benefits |
| 4.preservation | d. a process by which organisms replicate themselves, assuring continuation of their species. |
| 5.investment | e. any maneuvers made as part of progress toward a goal |
D Match the synonyms.
| decrease | company |
| energy | infinite |
| source | reduce |
| enterprise | vigor |
| unlimited | origin |
Text work
A Choose the best variant to complete the sentences.
1. In Russia the programme on nature (guarding, preservation, protection, conservation) has always been part and parcel of the development of national economy.
2. One of the (methods, mediums, means, ways) to solve both aspects of the problem is to build complex enterprises.
3. The problem of national utilization of natural resources is of greatest (significance, importance, consequence, worth, status) all over the world today.
4. To realize (steps, measures, actions, means) to be taken for nature conservation, to fulfill the programme on rational use and reproduction of natural resources, co-operation of specialists in different spheres of science and practical activities is wanted.
5. All people are interested in nature preservation as all (earthbound, natural, organic, physical) resources are national property.
