1. Translate into Russian. Comment on 1), 2), 3).

1. We are concerned about the ecological situation in some areas of our country.

2. Many people express concern over drugs, (he homeless, and poverty.

3. There is a lot of public concern about the changes in our system of education.

4. The results of the negotiations are causing a widespread concern.

5. Fishermen have voiced their concern oversea pollution lately.

1. The article is concerned with the utilisation of natural resources and use of alternative sources of energy.

6. It doesn't concern rne!

7. As far as I'm concerned the issue is reaily very important.

2. Answer the questions:

1. What are the major concerns of young people?

2. What are the primary concerns of parents?

3. What are the main concerns of authorities (local, central etc.)?

to run out 1. Translate into Russian. Say whether some sentences are true for you.

1. The staff were not paid because 4) We are running out of time, the college had run out of money. 5) Our supplies have run out.

1. My contract runs out next year. 6) I've run oul of money.

2. My pen has run out of ink.

1. Answer the question:

Are people really concerned about Ihe prospect of running out of natural resources'.'

to do harm (good), (o do well Add a beginning:

... I'm sure it'll do him good.

• ... it won't do you any harm.

• ... I'm sure he'll do well.

to waste, waste of, waste

1. Study the words thai are frequently used with the verb to waste:

to waste lime/money/effort/resources

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burn v — сжигать trap v — улавливать melt v ~ тлять

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2. Make up your own sentences with the above word combinations. Then change the sentences using waste of time/money/tffort/resources.

3. Study the words that are frequently used with waste meaning «отходы* and say how people can get rid оГ them:

domestic/indust rial/nuclear/radioactive/toxic waste

to treat (Miiih/snib). to treat smb for an illness, poorly-treated, untreated

1. Answer the questions:

1. Should the teacher treat all students alike? Give your reasons.

1. Should grandparents and elderly people be treated with respect and with kindness?

2. How do you feel when people treat you like a child?

3. How should visitors and guests be treated?

2. We have to admit that the ecological situation in the world causes con­ cern. Is it caused by poor treatment of industrial wastes?

2. Translate into English:

1. Они относятся к нему, как к сыну.

2. К таким вещам надо относиться серьезно.

3. К гостям и посетителям надо относиться вежливо и внимательно.

to have some (much, little, no) effect on, to have a good effect on

1. Study the illustrative sentences. Say whether some of them are (rue for you.

1. This new medicine will have a good effect on you.

2. The teacher complained that his words had no effect on his pupils.

3. I spent a month at the seaside but it didn't have any effect on my health.

2. Translate into Russian.

1. Scientists are studying the effect of acid rains on the environment.

2. Changes in your lifestyle will have an effect on your health.

3. Our arguments had no effect on him.

4. Last summer we suffered from the effect of heat.

3. Answer the questions:

1. What devastating effects do human activities have on the environment?

2. How can the effects be eliminated?

Ex- 9. a) Open the brackets and put the verbs in the proper tense, b) Do you agree with the assessment of the situation?

The sun never... (to be good) for people. Now it... (to become) dangerous. The ozone layer that helps to protect us from the rays of the sun ... (to be damaged) by the pollution in the air.

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I. The World We Live In

The most dangerous pollutants are gases from cars. They ... (to destroy) the ozone layer. Since the disintegration of (he USSR the number of privately owned cars in Moscow ... (to increase) enormously. People ... (tosuffer) from lung illnesses and heart problems.

Words and word combination you may need

damage v — причинять вред

ozone layer — озоновый слой raj n — луч

Ex. 10. a) Open the brackets pulling the verbs in the correct form, b) What is being done in Great Britain to reduce pollution?

When oil and coal... (to be burned) pollutants... (to be released}. These pollutants trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere. As a resull the Earth's temper­ature ... (to rise) for the last few decades. Wanner temperatures ... (to cause) the melting of snow and polar ice. If the trend ... (ib continue) the sea level... (to rise). The sea will threaten the life of people.

The burning of coal, gas and oil also ... (to create) acid rain. Acid rain ... (to damage) forests and life in rivers and lakes.

Great Britain ... (to be) in the forefront of pollution control. It... (to intro­duce) a new policy, the first of its kind in Europe. It... (to take) an integrated approach to controlling air, land and water pollution. It ... (to look) at how pollutants interact instead of treating them separately. They ... (to take) pol­lutants from the polluting stream and turn them into solid waste. They ... (to dean) the polluting slream through ways with the lowest impact on the envi­ronment.