Task 2. Look up the above text and complete the following:
Environmental problems agriculture gives rise to environmental impact
have their roots in ………………………………………………………………………
the use of natural resources ……………………………………………………………………….
because
The Baltic Basin resources are plentiful
is a corner ………………………………………………………………………..
of the world where ………………………………………………………………………..
Reasons why a drainage The Baltic Basin is a good example of an
basin is a natural unit for “ecogeografical region”
the study of environment .………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………..
Grammar review
Task 1. Use the proper tense form of the verb depending on the type of condition
Even if many environmental problems (to be) ……….. the same all over the world, each area has its specific challenges to deal with.
Most likely the wild species (to lose) ………… the gene if it had no given a host a specific advantages.
If you (to be able) …………. To produce your own cacao in a small cell cultivation in the kitchen corner, the environmental impact would be smaller.
If human activities didn’t interfere with these cycles, their balance (to be disrupted) ………….. .
If these changes (to be) ……….. highly seasonal, there would be considerable differences between the two scenarios.
Task 2.Fill in the table using suffix –(c)al for adjectives and –(c)ally for adverbs. The first is done as a model.
Noun Adjective Adverb
Nature natural naturally
environment ……………………………….. ………………………………
……………………………….. ……………………………….. regionally
……………………………….. geographical ………………………………
nation ………………………………… ……………………………….
……………………………….. agricultural ……………………………….
………………………………… ………………………………….. politically
……………………………….. formal ……………………………….
continent ………………………………….. ……………………………….
……………………………… ………………………………….. globally
……………………………… industrial ……………………………….
……………………………… economic(al) ………………………………..
Collocation skills
Task 1. Find the sentences with the following collocations in the text, specify their meaning. Fill in the gaps.
Phrasal verbs: Verbs + nouns
to get a grip on to remove the iron curtain
to deal with to create a platform
to start by to provide a way
to take care of to develop community
to account for to receive pollutants
to be limited to to have much in common
to give rise to to cover the curtains
The text ……………………………………………………………………. the environmental problems of the Baltic Sea basin.
Negotiations ……………………………………………………………….. for further economic accords to be concluded.
When in 1991 the collapse of the USSR ……………………………………………………………. separating the former Soviet republics from the rest of the world, they got the possibility ………………………………………………….. .
The peoples of the Baltic region ……………………………………………………. In terms of history, language and culture.
One needs a profound understanding of the political processes taking place in the Middle East in order …………………………………………………. the situation in each country.
Each state should ……………………………………………………………… its own environmental problems in order …………………………………………………………………… to its neighbours to develop steadily.
Pollutants carried by wind and rain may finally …………………………………………………….. far-away …………………………….. .
Technological progress ………………………………………….. emerging of new branches of industry.
As the result of Chernobyl accident the polluted area ……………………………………………… Ukraine itself. (negative).
The countries of Central and Western Europe join their efforts in order ……………………………………. Long-lasting ……………………………………… in their region.
Check point
Task 1. Identify these words by their synonyms or definitions. Illustrate their use in the sentences of your own.
harmful influence
a demanding or stimulating situation, object, problem
substances containing environment
restrict, bound, idea
obligation, liability, care
need, request, demand
Task 2. Jumbled sentences. Arrange the sentences in the abstract in a logical order.
Thirdly, thousands of chemicals, foreign to the planet and its life forms, have been used extensively in the environment, some of them deliberately to poison life.
The pollution chain is the way that pollutants take from the production into the environment, over air and water.
First a dramatic reshaping of the landscape to create efficient agriculture and urban life took place.
An ecosystem might be completely disrupted if one key species are badly damaged, and prey predator relationships are changed.
Chemicals have special effects on ecosystems.
Secondly, major interference in the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and metals changing the physics and chemistry of the environment through increased nutrient flows, acidification, global warming and increased UV radiation occurred.
Man has influenced the environment in three different ways.
At the time environments that are less diverse, both as landscapes and as ecosystems, are more vulnerable to environmental impacts.
Typically ecosystems hit by pollution lose diversity and biomass.