Put 2-3 questions to this text.

UNIT V

Environmental Problems and their Solution

Part 1

Words to remember:

Accident – авария

To destroy – разрушать

Department - отдел

Dozen – дюжина

Environmental – экологический

Interaction - взаимодействие

Jointly - совместно

Numerous - многочисленный

To overcome – преодолеть

Representative – представитель

To save – сберегать

Soil – почва

Track – след, колея

To unite – объединять

Vast – обширный

EXERCISES:

1.Match word combinations:

oil leakage	представители власти
air pollution	новичок
cross-country vehicles	школа-интернат
forced sending	загрязнение воздуха
applied ethics	утечка нефти
public agents	вездеходы
boarding school	вынужденная отправка
newcomer	прикладная этика

2.Fill in the table with the text words having the following prefixes and postfixes. Translate them:

Dis -	De -	In -	less
To disturb …	…	…	…

Read the text. Put the abstracts into logical order.

1. In the end of the 1980’s the majority of the problems became subjects of intense discussions. In 1987 and 1988 the Department of applied ethics of Tyumen Industrial Institute (now Oil and Gas University) organized Samotlor Practical Conferences to unite public agents, researchers and active population. The objective of these conferences was to jointly develop scenarios of overcoming crisis tendencies in the social life of northern population. Active representatives of aboriginal population of the north started working on saving traditional culture and methods of natural resources use.

2. Environmental problem was closely connected with the problem of the aboriginal population of the north. Destruction of its traditional way of life based on harmonic interaction with environment, forced sending of children to boarding schools, communication with newcomer workers and builders of insufficient standard of culture stimulated fast degradation of aboriginal population.

3. Intensive development of oil and gas fields originated colossal environmental problems. Numerous pipeline accidents, oil leakage and air pollution disturbed or destroyed flora and fauna on the vast territories. Dozens of rivers and lakes became dead due to thoughtless activities of oil and gas production companies. Thousands of kilometres of tundra soil was disturbed by the tracks of cross-country vehicles.

4.Skim the text. Specify and translate the words in bold:

Part 2

Words to remember:

Amount – количество

To appear – появляться

To carry out – осуществлять

Enormous – громадный

To estimate – оценивать

To hold – держать

Hydrocarbons – углеводороды

Joint stock – совместный

Liquid - жидкий

Offshore - морской

Primary – первичный

Private – частный

Peninsula – полуостров

To process – перерабатывать

To remain – оставаться

Share – часть, доля

Storeroom – кладовая

To take into account – учитывать

Tax – налог

Undoubtedly – несомненно

EXERCISES:

1. Find the forms of the words in the text. Guess their meaning:

To develop, to participate, to store, to foresee, to transport  

3.Read the text:

One more peculiar feature of post-Soviet Tyumen north was active participation of private oil and gas producing companies in its development. In 1989 the Ministry of Gas Industry of the USSR was reorganized into a state gas concern GAZPROM. In 1992 it became a joint stock company. Presently JSC Gazprom is the world biggest gas company. It carries out geological studies, production, transportation, storage, processing and sales of gas. The state holds the control of the Company. In the 1990’s a number of major private oil companies appeared including Surgutneftegas, LUKoil, Slavneft, YUKOS, Sibneft, Tyumen Oil Company and others. They work on the territory of Tyumen north.

Undoubtedly in foreseeable future the territory of Tyumen north shall remain the richest storeroom of the national energy resources. Total oil production of Yugra region is 57% of total Russian oil production and 7,2% of total world oil production. The district keeps the second place by the amount of taxes paid to the federal budget.

Yamal produces about 90% of natural gas in Russia (almost a quarter of world production) and about 15% of Russian oil and gas condensate. Totally it produces about a half of primary energy resources of Russia. Enormous share of natural resources of Yamal still waits for industrial development.

One of the global long-term projects is development of gas resources of the peninsula and Kara Sea offshore. 11 gas fields and 15 oil and gas condensate fields are discovered here. Potential reserves taking into account offshore gas are estimated at more than 50 billion cubic meters; liquid hydrocarbons – more than 5 billion tons.

4.Make up a story about West Siberia development using the pictures below:

UNIT VI

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