Notes to the Text
1. good will – добрая воля
2. standpoint – точка зрения
3. community – сообщество
4. as a whole – в целом
5. much remains to be done – еще многое предстоит (остается) сделать
Vocabulary
to achieve
– достигать
advance
– продвижение вперед,
успех, прогресс
area
– область
to bring about
– вызывать
to carry out
– проводить,
выполнять
to change
– менять(ся), изменять(ся)
change
–
изменение, перемена
considerable
– значительный
to deal with
– иметь дело с
effort
–
усилие
evident
–
очевидный
growth
–
рост
however
– однако, тем не менее
to increase
– увеличиваться
level
– уровень
purpose
–
цель, назначение
to reach
– достигать
to realize
– понимать, отчетливо
представлять
to remain
– оставаться
scale
–
масштаб, размер
several
–
несколько
similar
–
подобный, схожий
to solve
– решать
still
– все еще, однако
success
–
успех
therefore
–
поэтому
way
–
путь, дорога; способ
joint effort
– совместные усилия
to take measures
– принимать меры
throughout the world
– по всему
миру
Упражнения
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Упражнение 1.
Найдите:
а) антонимы:
slowly, old, at present, small, quickly, in the past, new, large;
б) синонимы:
tremendous, epoch, realize, several, work, progress, great, field, era,
understand, make it possible, different, achieve, some, advance, enable, area,
various, reach, essential, job, important.
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Упражнение 2.
Составьте предложения.
а)
b)
1. At present one of the most
1. are becoming seriously
important problems for mankind
polluted by industry.
2. The rivers, seas and oceans
2. are successfully being
carried out on a global scale.
3. That purifying air, water and
3. it is possible to eliminate
soil is changing from a national
air and water pollution by
to a global problem
planned actions of human
society as a whole.
4. Therefore, it is necessary
4. is evident to all.
5. Scientists expect that
5. to take measures to
safeguard natural resources
and the environment
on a global scale.
6. Large-scale experiments in
6. is that air and water
this area
pollution is reaching very
large proportions.
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Упражнение 3.
Ответьте на вопросы, используя слова и словосоче-
тания в скобках.
1. What problem is becoming a global problem? (the problem of air and
water pollution). 2. What makes it possible to eliminate air and water pollution?
(scientific knowledge and technological advance, good will and large
investments). 3. What are scientists in industrially developed countries currently
working on? (the theory of interaction of the atmospheric and oceanic global
processes). 4. What factors are slowly changing the global climate and water
balance? (the growth of population, industrialization and use of resources).
5. What actions are necessary to take to deal successfully with the problem of
protecting the environment throughout the world? (planning, developing
international programs to study ecological data, joint efforts of scientists and
special public organizations).
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Упражнение 4.
Найдите предложения с глаголом-сказуемым в
Present Continuous, переведите.
1. Water and air are becoming more and more polluted. 2. At present
computers are more widely used in the sphere of education. 3. Where were you
at six o'clock? We were studying in the reading-room. 4. There are government
and public organizations that are analysing data on land, forest and air. 5. New
courses of education such as management are being organized in many insti-
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tutes. 6. What will you be doing in the laboratory tomorrow morning? We shall
be watching the operation of a new device. 7. Measures are being taken to save
the Lake Baikal. 8. The situation at the Lake Baikal is remaining very serious.
9. Much attention is being paid at present to the development of international
scientific contacts. 10. Science is becoming a leading factor in the progress of
mankind.
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Упражнение 5.
Ответьте на вопросы.
1. What is this text about?
2. What is ecology?
3. How does water (air) become polluted?
4. Why is the problem of water pollution becoming a global problem?
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Упражнение 6.
Speak about:
1. The problem of pollution and ecology is one of the most important
problems for mankind.
2. Ecological problems in your home town.
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Упражнение 7.
Подберите к каждому слову в а) соответствующее
значение из b).
а)
b)
1) protect
1) do not feel well
2) serious
2) for all people
3) suffer
3) keep safe from smth.
4) interaction
4) protection
5) essential
5) needing attention
6) imperative
6) important
7) public
7) necessary, most important
8) safeguarding
8) action on each other
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