4. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Живя в обществе, мы можем решать проблемы сохранения своего здоровья только сообща.

2. Работающие предприятия коптят и дымят, причем некоторые газы, которые они выбрасывают в небо, могут оставаться невидимыми.

3. Отходы, которые сливают в реки, озера и другие водоемы, загрязняют воду.

4. Загрязненная вода – источник болезней.

5. Ежедневно люди выбрасывают невероятное количество мусора и хлама. Иногда этот хлам сжигается, загрязняя при этом воздух.

6. Запасов нефти и газа осталось лет на пятьдесят. Угля – побольше, а что потом?

V. Match the words:

1. medicine

2. lack

3. gasoline

4. bodies of water

5. efficient

6. community

7. harmful gases

8. blanket of smoke

9. amazing

10. ordinary

1. общество

2. поразительный

3. недостаток

4. отравляющее вещество

5. бензин

6. продуктивный

7. заурядный

8. водоемы

9. лекарства

10. пелена дыма

VI. Join the following definitions with correct answers:

1. the variety of a solid fuel

2. one of water bodies

3. illness (syn.)

4. water full of unhealthy substances

5. waste products

6. greenery

7. living creatures

8. the universe where people are able to live

9. ground

10. useless grass on the vegetable patch

1. weeds

2. garbage

3. animals, fish, insects

4. the Earth

5. coal

6. soil

7. disease

8. lake

9. bushes, grass, trees

10. polluted water

VIII. Read and translate.

DON’T BUY DRINKS IN PLASTIC BOTTLES

FACT: Americans use 2.5 mln plastic bottles every year. These bottles can’t be recycled and won’t ever degrade.

WHAT TO DO: Only buy soda and other drinks in aluminum cans or glass bottles. Buy milk or juice in cartons. Then recycle them.

USE PAPER NOT PLASTIC

FACT: It takes a whole tree to make about 500 paper grocery bags. But plastic bags are worse because they can’t be recycled, and the plastic will never decompose.

DON’T THROW OLD BATTERIES IN THE TRASH

FACT: Americans throw out 2.5 bln pounds of batteries a year. Toxic chemicals in batteries can be released into the environment, especially if they are burned.

WHAT TO DO: Save your old batteries and take them to a recycling centre.

TURN OUT THE LIGHTS AND APPLIANCES WHEN YOU ARE NOT USING THEM

FACT: The electric company burns coal to produce the energy that keeps your lights on. That burning coal gives off gases that cause the greenhouse effect and acid rain.

WHAT TO DO: Turn off the lights when you live the room, and turn off the lights in the room that you really don’t need. In the daytime, sit closer to the window to read instead of turning on a light. Turn off the TV or the stereo when you aren’t watching or listening.

IX. Decide what kind of weather is described in each situation.

Make use of the following words: hurricane, thaw, flood, blustery, foggy, snowdrift, slippery, scorching, humid, drought.

1. Big trees can be uploaded like small sticks. ____________________________

2. All airports are closed because of the deep snow. ________________________

3. You can set outside the house in the middle of winter. ____________________

4. Cars and buses skid out of control. ___________________________________

5. You can hardly breathe and wish for rainfall. ___________________________

6. Even the postman has to use boat to go around. _________________________

7. We have to sit in the shade every afternoon. ____________________________

8. It can blow a newspaper out of your hands. ____________________________

9. The sweat is pouring out of everybody. _______________________________

10. You can hardly se your hand in front of you. ___________________________

11. The ground becomes hard and all plants die. ___________________________