1 Report these orders

1. The chef said to me, ‘Put the cake in the oven.’ 2. Colin said to Dave, ‘Please hold this book.’ 3. He said to her, ‘Close the door, please.’ 4. The policeman said to the thieves, ‘Put your hands up!’ 5. The man said to the waiter, ‘Can you bring me some water, please?’ 6. Jane said to Peter, ‘Please tell me this story.’ 7. ‘Bring me a cup of black coffee,’ she said to the waiter. 9. ‘Don’t smoke in this room,’ Mary said to Alex. 10. He said, ‘Shall we go out for dinner?’ 11. Mike said, ‘How about going to the cinema?’ 12. She said, ‘Let’s watch the game on TV.’ 13. ‘Switch on the light, please,’ he said to us. 14. ‘Shall we have a break?’ he said to his friends. 15. She said, ‘Let’s do this exercise together’.

2 Report these orders

1. ‘Don't play with a dog’, Peter’s sister told him. 2. ‘Don't play with fire’, said the man. 3. ‘Don’t forget to lock the door,’ Sam told his brother. 4. ‘Call me in the evening,’ Jim asked Susan. 5. ‘Don’t listen to this liar,’ Mary said to Jim. 6. ‘Shall we go bowling this evening?’ suggested Mark. 7. ‘Don’t play near the road,’ Mike’s father told him. 8. ‘Stay for lunch, Sarah,’ Mrs. Stamp said. 9. ‘Please, please, let me borrow your bicycle,’ Martin begged. 10. ‘Don’t touch the oven,’ mother said to her little daughter.

3 Report these orders

1. ‘Please, give me your dictionary,’ Mary said to me. 2. ‘Don't forget to send the e-mail,’ Mike said to me. 3. ‘Let’s go to the park, Molly,’ Helen said. 4 ‘Don’t take the jam from the fridge,’ she said to her daughter. 5. Nora said, ‘Help me with the luggage, please, Nick.’ 6. The teacher said, ‘Open your books and read the text.’ 7. Eddy said, ‘Tell us about your adventure, Mike.’ 8. Mr Green said to the waiter, ‘Bring us the bill, please.’ 9. The policeman said to the driver, ‘Show me your driving licence, please.’ 10. ‘Shall we have a picnic?’ he said to his friends. 11. Martin said, ‘Mum, make me a cheese sandwich, please.’ 12. ‘Let’s go to Spain next year,’ he said.

12 Ecological Problems

Since ancient times Nature has served people, being the source of their life. For thousands of years people lived in harmony with environment and it seemed to them that natural riches were unlimited. But with the development of civilization man's interference in nature began to increase. Large cities with thousands of smoky industrial enterprises have appeared all over the world. The by-products of their activity pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink, the land we grow grain and vegetables on.

Every year world industry pollutes the atmosphere with about 1,000 million tons of dust and other harmful substances. Many cities suffer from smog. Vast forests are cut and burnt in fire. Their disappearance affects the oxygen balance. As a result some rare species of animals, birds, fish and plants disappear forever, a number of rivers and lakes dry up. The pollution of air and the world's ocean, destruction of the ozone layer is the result of man's careless interaction with nature, a sign of the ecological crises.

The most horrible ecological disaster befell Ukraine and its people after the Chernobyl tragedy in April 1986. About 18 percent of the territory of Byelarus was also polluted with radioactive substances. A great damage has been done to the agriculture, forests and people's health. The consequences of this explosion at the atomic power-station are tragic for the Ukrainian, Byelarussian and other nations.

Environmental protection is of a universal concern. That is why serious measures to create a system of ecological security should be taken. Some progress has been already made in this direction. As many as 159 countries - members of the UNO - have set up environmental protection agencies. Numerous conferences have been held by these agencies to discuss problems facing ecologically poor regions including the Aral Sea, the South Urals, Kuzbass, Donbass, Semipalatinsk and Chernobyl. An international environmental research centre has been set up on Lake Baikal. The international organization Greenpeace is also doing much to save the nature

1 Fill in the gaps with the following words: an avalanche, a blizzard, an earthquake, a wildfire, floods, a tsunami, a heat wave, a tornado, a drought, hailstorms

1) …… is one of the names of cyclonic storm that forms over the oceans. It is caused by evaporated water that comes from the ocean. Typhoon is another name for it.

2) …… are rain drops that have formed together into ice.

3) …… are the result of prolonged rainfall from a storm, rapid melting of large amounts of snow, or rivers which rise up their levels of water.

4) …… is a phenomenon that results from a sudden release of stored energy that radiates seismic waves. It shows itself by a shaking of the ground.

5) …… is a slide of a large snow (or rock) mass down a mountainside. It is one of the major dangers faced in the mountains in winter.

6) …… is a wave of water caused by the displacement of a body of water. It can be caused by undersea earthquakes or by meteorological phenomena.

7) …… is a hazard characterized by heat which is considered extreme and unusual in the area in which it occurs.

8) …… is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow.

9) …… is an uncontrolled fire burning in wildland areas. Common causes include lightning and drought but they may also be started by human carelessness.

10) …… is an abnormally dry period when there is not enough water to support water needs.