Exercise 1. Answer the following questions. Be ready to persist your opinion.

1. Do you think the problems of environmental pollution are the problems of a certain country or the whole world?

2. What environmental problems do we have in this country?

3. What areas are the most contaminated in this country?

4. Is the problem of environmental pollution the problem of big cities only?

5. What do you think you personally pollute the environment with?

6. What things would you be able to refuse to save the Earth?

7. What can humanity do to teach children to protect and to take care of the nature?

8. If all environmental problems were solved would everything be better than it is now? Or will it cause other problems?

Exercise 2. Read the statements and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

1. ______ is the release of chemicals and particles into the atmosphere.

A. Depletion of the ozone layer C. Air pollution

B. Second-hand smoke D. Toxic wastes

2. Well-known contaminants include ______.

A. untreated sewage C. nuclear weapons

B. herbicides and pesticides D. waste material

3. The atmosphere of the Earth and the depths of the oceans ______.

A. are poisoned with toxic wastes C. are disappearing

B. depend on human’s actions D. are disbalanced

4. ______ is a reaction of the atmosphere to the air pollution.

A. Green-house effect C. Collective suicide

B. Smog D. Acid rain

5. If ______ continues it will damage all living organisms on our planet.

A. environmental pollution C. releases of radioactive materials

B. the depletion of the ozone layer D. carbon dioxide emission

6. Recently the ______ have gained widespread support.

A. volunteers C. environmental movements

B. efforts to reduce pollution D. purifying systems

7. People also worry about the danger resulting from massive releases of radioactive materials from ______.

A. toxic wastes C. nuclear power plants

B. fertilizers and gases D. nuclear weapons

8. ______are being developed to reduce pollution from automobile engines.

A. Fossil fuels C. Pollution-free engines

B. Numerous chemicals D. Purifying systems

Exercise 3. Work in groups of 3 or 4. Think over the following statements. Which of them do you agree with and which ones do you disagree with? Discuss your opinion with your group-mates. Report the results of your discussion to the rest of the group.

1. Today the pollution has become a universal problem.

2. The survival of our civilization depends on the ability of mankind to find a way out.

3. The task of protecting the nature is of primary importance now.

4. People depend on the environment more than environment depends on people.

5. The solution of the problem of environment pollution requires the co-operation of all nations.

Exercise 4. Summarize Texts 1, 2 and 3 according to the following points. Enrich your reports with some additional information of your own.

1) the causes of environmental pollution;

2) the consequences of environmental pollution;

3) the necessity of environmental protection;

4) the environmental movements and their campaigns;

5) humanity is a part of the biosphere.

Exercise 5. Compare and contrast. Arrange discussions and round-table talks on the following:

- comfort or healthy life;

- innovations or clean planet;

- megacities or ecologically clean zones;

- fast food or healthy food;

- natural fur and leather or substitutions;

- an entertaining complex or a forest-park zone;

- a zoo or a protected woodland.

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