3. Определите, являются ли предложения истинными или ложными.

a) Man-made disasters such as chemical spills and industrial accidents have polluted rivers and watersheds in many countries.

b) The problem of environment crisis has assumed a global proportions.

c) Every twelve minutes one kind of animal, plant or insect dies out for ever.

d) Ecological disasters usually happen by chance.

e) Industrial and nuclear waste, chemical fertilizers and pesticides pollute rivers and seas.

4. Соедините пары.

impact бедствие

disaster нарушить

weapon невежество

disturb вредный

frequency оружие

cumulative частота

alteration принимать

assume воздействие

ignorance исчезновение

consequences совокупный

extinction изменение

harmful последствия

5. Дополните предложения, используя данные слова и словосочетания:

cigarette smoke, balance, environment, substances, climatic changes, ecological problems

a) The population growth has disturbed the delicate _____ between ecosystems on our planet.

b) Pollution of the atmosphere and of the seas have created_____ _____.

c) The problem of _____ crisis has assumed a global proportions.

d) Many ____ _____can generally be solved only at the world community level.

e) The commonest air pollution comes from the _____ _____, which pollutes public places.

f) ) Industrial enterprises emit tons of harmful ____.

8.Тема 2: Взаимодействие человека и природы

INTERACTION OF THE PERSON AND THE NATURE

1. Прочитайте текст “Interaction of the person and the nature”. Подберите заголовок к каждому абзацу. Один заголовок лишний.

a) Our ancestor’s attitude to nature

b) Immigrants

c) Connection between a man and nature

d) Influence of industrialization and globalization

e) Ecological crisis

f) Effective measures to safe nature

2. Переведите текст, используя словарь.

Interaction of the person and the nature

1) Man is constantly aware of the influence of nature in the form of the air he breathes, the water he drinks, the food he eats, and the flow of energy and information. And many of his troubles are a response to the natural processes and changes in the weather, intensified irradiation of cosmic energy, and the magnetic storms that rage around the earth. In short, we are connected with nature by "blood" ties and we cannot live outside nature.

2) The man-nature relation, the crisis of the ecological situation is a global problem. Its solution lies in the plane of rational and humane, that is to say, wise organization, both of production itself and care for mother nature, not just by individuals, enterprises or countries, but by all humanity, linked with a clear awareness of our planetary responsibility for the ecological consequences of a civilization that has reached a state of crisis. One of the ways to deal with the crisis situation in the "man-nature" system is to use such resources as solar energy, the power of winds, the riches of the seas and oceans and other, as yet unknown natural forces of the universe. But such a shift in attitude could at least abate the destructive and polluting principle in civilization.

3) We know that mother nature has given us all the things we need, i.e., food, cloth and shelter. Our ancestors were also completely depend on nature. They gave complete respect to nature. They took how much they needed and what they needed. At one time in his evolution man was a gatherer. He used the ready-made gifts of nature. This was how human existence began. Perhaps even today it would be wise to resort to this method, but on a quite different level, of course. The human being cannot restrict himself to gathering, any more than he could in primitive times.

4) But as the civilization progress, the greed's of human also cherishes. As the population increases, more destruction was done to nature. They started to cut trees for land and farming, killing animals so that they can capture the place where animal live, etc. But the thing was in limit. As the industrialization and globalization trend came, more harmful destruction is done. Now for setting industries the land is required, so forest were cut. For connecting one city to other city, mountains were drilled so as to make roads and railways. Also dams were made to generate ever increasing need of electricity. This all caused heavy load on the heart of mother nature. We are learning that there are limits to the amount of space on the earth and we must use it wisely. In the search for living space, we occasionally construct buildings in places that are not safe, and many places where we live are overcrowded. Also we sometimes plant crops in areas that are ill suited to agriculture because there is not always enough good farmland to fill our needs. As we continue to explore space, we are learning more and more about the world in which we live. Since human beings first walked the earth, they have affected each ecosystem they have inhabited.

5) We had done so much damage to nature, that now its our responsibility to prevent damage to nature. We all can follow some simple but effective measures, which is as follows: plant more and more trees, switch off lights when not needed, use CFL instead of bulbs, use public transport more and more, use cycle for traveling near distance, use solar energy and wind energy for household purpose. The bitter truth is that those human actions which violate the laws of nature, the harmony of the biosphere, threaten to bring disaster and this disaster may turn out to be universal. How apt then are the words of ancient Oriental wisdom: live closer to nature, my friends, and its eternal laws will protect you!