Make up situations using the English phrases given in exersice 38.

40. Choose among the words in parentheses the one that corresponds to the text above to complete the sentences:

1. Today the ___ between man and nature are great.

(a. agreements; b. relations; c. contradictions)

2. With the development of ___ man's interference in nature began to increase.

(a. globalization; b. civilization; c. evolution)

3. The pollution of the environment ___ man's health greatly.

(a. affects; b. effects; c. reacts)

4. Ecological ___ of the people leads to the further destruction of nature and worsens the living conditions for all living beings.

(a. knowledge; b. comprehension; c. ignorance)

5. People ___ nature by building huge cities, cutting woods, excavating mountains and digging mines.

(a. have destroyed; b. have created; c. have formed)

6. The goal of mankind is ___ destroying the planet we live on first of all.

(a. to stop; b. to begin; c. to continue)

41. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:

environment human definition branch organisms

Ecology is usually considered a 1 ___ of biology, the general science that studies living 2 ___. Ecology is a multi-disciplinary science. Because of its focus on the higher levels of the organization of life on earth and on the interrelations between organisms and their 3 ___, ecology draws heavily on many other branches of science, especially geology and geography, meteorology, chemistry, and physics. Agriculture, fisheries, forestry, medicine and urban development are among 4 ___ activities that would fall within explanation of the 5 ___ of ecology: «where organisms are found, how many occur there, and why».

Check your answers on p. 279.

42. Find as many words concerning the problem of ecology as you can:

N	E	C	O	L	O	G	Y	K	E	D	M
W	P	N	R	S	Y	P	P	E	H	U	O
E	O	E	V	U	H	Z	O	O	P	M	Z
A	L	W	I	I	X	O	P	I	E	P	O
P	L	S	A	M	R	P	R	B	S	I	N
O	U	V	A	D	I	O	A	T	X	O	E
N	T	A	K	F	R	L	N	O	A	N	N
E	I	G	K	W	E	L	A	M	T	G	I
N	O	D	M	A	X	U	S	Y	E	R	E
W	N	N	S	S	I	T	T	S	B	N	Q
W	T	X	I	U	D	E	E	A	Y	O	T
G	A	Y	S	L	R	Q	H	V	P	A	F
D	V	S	G	Q	O	V	L	E	W	S	B
E	D	C	T	D	H	L	I	P	V	U	Y
E	A	O	R	E	J	D	V	V	Q	L	I
R	V	A	C	A	U	S	E	Q	E	R	Q
Q	P	S	Y	N	I	W	M	K	O	D	E

CONVERSATIONAL PRACTICE

43. Speak about ecological situation in Russia using the Active Vocabulary and the expressions below:

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