Раздаточный материал по теме "Защита окружающей среды"

The Problem of Environmental Protection

Environmental protection is the main problem facing humanity nowadays. The image of a sick planet has become firmly established in the public mind lately.

Ten years ago the word 'ecology' hardly meant anything for the majority of people, but today we can't help bearing it in our minds. It has happened because of the growing effect of the rapid industrial development of the natural world which has negative features of its own. As a matter of fact the state of environment has greatly worsened of late.

There is no doubt that soil, water and air are contaminated with toxic wastes. Over the past few years we have been constantly speaking about ozone holes, с, high level of radiation, about food contaminated with chemicals. Scientists in many countries are very much concerned about drastic changes in weather patterns. The worst drought, the mildest winter and the most devastating hurricanes have become typical in those parts of the world where they used to be a rare occurrence.

Weather patterns have been changing recently due to the global warming-up process and its major reason — the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is created by carbon dioxide emissions, released by industrial facilities and a constantly increasing number of cars. Thus it is of vital importance that the world should start cutting down the release of gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. What is the reason for people getting so much worried about the state of environment? The answer to this question is fairly simple. The thing is the deterioration of the environment is telling heavily on people.

To solve this burning problem it is necessary for people to combine efforts, to raise safety standards at all industrial facilities, to adequately process by-products of industry, to set up an international space laboratory to monitor the state of environment and set up an international centre for emergency environmental assistance. All these measures will help us in solving these important problems and prevent us from dangerous illnesses and diseases.

EXERCISES

1.Find in the text the English equivalents of these Russian word combinations

охрана (зашита) окружающей среды

человечество

укорениться

вряд ли, едва ли

большинство

почва

токсичные отходы

засуха

заражать, инфицировать

химические вещества

беспокоиться

радикальный, глубокий; резкий

опустошительный, разрушительный

происходить редко

создавать

двуокись углерода

промышленные предприятия

быть необычайно важным

сокращать

выброс газов

довольно

ухудшение

сказываться на

решать

хорошо перерабатывать

промышленные отходы

защищать, предохранять

2. Translate from English into Russian the next word combinations from the text

a sick planet

bearing it in our minds

industrial development

negative features

ozone holes

weather patterns

vital importance

the greenhouse effect

industrial facilities

dangerous illnesses

prevent

3.Make up some questions about the text using all types of questions .