Land pollution

People throw things away. They throw out used things. Do you throw out newspapers, boxes, plastic bags, cans, and bottles? Can you list other things? What happens to the solid wastes from your home? Does a trash truck take them away? Or do your parents take them to the dump?

Everyday, people throw away millions of tons of trash. In the past, solid waste was dumped on top of the land. This does not happen as often, anymore. But you can still see junkyards in some places. Often, they are filled with rusting cars. And sometimes, poison gases form in the ground under junkyards and garbage dumps. They pollute the land.

Wastes from factories also pollute the land. Chemicals that are left over from manufacturing may be buried in the ground. In time, the chemicals leak out of the barrels they were stored in and poison the ground. These poisons can get into water and become a danger to plants, animals, and people.

Упр. 6. Прочитайте текст еще раз и ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. Why are exhaust gases dangerous? 2. In what way do factories pollute air? 3. What is smog? 4. What cities in the world suffer страдают from smog most? 5. In what way can factory smoke be made less dangerous? 6. Give examples of solid wastes. 7. Where are solid wastes taken? 8. Why do junkyards pollute the land? 9. Do factories pollute only the air?

Упр. 7. Завершите предложения, подобрав из списка, данного ниже, подходящие по смыслу слова/словосочетания:

1. Cars, trucks and buses are … 2. … is the most dangerous pollutant. 3. A mixture of fog and smoke is called …. 4. … is anything that pollutes air, water or land. 5. Solid worthless material is called …. 6. … is a lorry that collects solid wastes and takes them away to junkyards. 7. … is substance causing death or harm if absorbed by a living thing.

(pollutant, poison, smog, trash, carbon dioxide, means of transport, trash track).

TEXT 2

Упр. 1. Отработайте произношение слов активного словаря текста II. Запомните их:

· dig (dug) v копать · hole [`houl] n яма · sanitary landfill [`sænit¶ri `lændfil] n место, где производят закапывание мусора, отходов · heat [hi:t] n теплота · billboard [`bilbÉ:d] n доска для афиш и объявлений · power line(s) [`pau¶ `lain] n электросеть, электрические провода · power plant [pla:nt] n электростанция · ugly [`Lgli] a безобразный, уродливый, некрасивый · bother [`bÉ∂¶] v причинять беспокойство · hurt [h¶:t] v (hurt) причинять боль · motocycle [`mout¶saikl] n мотоцикл · community [k¶`mju:niti] n община, сообщество · government [`gLv¶nm¶nt] n правительство · litter [`lit¶] n сор, мусор; v сорить, мусорить · obey [É`bei] v подчиняться, повиноваться · respresentative [,repri`zent¶tiv] n представитель, депутат · engine [`end in] n мотор · fuel [`fju:¶l] n топливо · whenever [wen`ev¶] cj всякий раз когда; когда бы ни

Упр. 2. Прочтите и переведите следующие интернациональные слова:

recycle [`ri:`saikl] v, recycling [ri`saiklih] n, special [`speò¶l] a, center=centre [`sent¶] n, material [m¶`ti¶ri¶l] n, natural beauty [`nætò¶r¶l], protect [pr¶`tekt] v, automobile [`É:t¶m¶bi:l] n, a

Упр. 3. Переведите предложения. Обратите внимание, что относительное местоимение what, присоединяющее придаточные подлежащие, сказуемые и дополнительные предложения, часто переводится на русский язык посредством то что:

1. This is not what I want. 2. The weather is not what it was yesterday. 3. They laughed at what he said. 4. Another kind of pollution spoils what we see. 5. What you see, breathe, smell and hear affect your life.

Упр. 4. Прочитайте и переведите текст:

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