- •Unit 1 ‘The Environment’
- •1. Complete the questionnaire below about your everyday activities. Analyze your answers and decide if you can call yourself a friend of planet Earth.
- •2. Share your analysis with the class to find out who is the most planet-friendly student in your group. Explain your choice.
- •The environment
- •It is not uncommon today to see people picking up and recycling trash left in public recreation areas.
- •Unit 2 ‘Ecological Problems’
- •1. Student a and Student в: your texts deal with air pollution.
- •Air Pollution
- •Water Pollution
- •1. Complete the table with the derivatives of the following words:
- •2. Match the words in Column a and Column b to form collocations. In several cases more than one variant is possible.
- •3. Now use the expressions from Exercise 2 to complete the following sentences. Pay attention to the form of the verb.
- •4. Use the texts and consult a collocations dictionary to complete the word maps below with collocations for the words ‘pollution’, ‘harm’ and ‘waste’.
- •5. Fill in the gaps in the text with suitable words: Top 5 Environmental Issues in Australia
- •Storm clouds on the horizon
- •1. Match the sentences a-c with pictures 1-3.
- •2. Complete the sentences using the future perfect or future continuous.
- •3. Complete the dialogue with verbs in the future continuous or future perfect.
- •1. Work with a partner and discuss the following question.
- •2. Read What can you do to help? about what you can do to help prevent climate change. Talk to a partner or in small groups.
- •What can you do to help? The top tips
- •Unit 3 ‘Working out solutions’
- •1. Answer the following questions about the article.
- •2. Arguments for and against using nuclear power
- •1. Explain or paraphrase the word(s) in italics in the following sentences.
- •2. Match the collocations from paragraphs 4 and 5.
- •3. Complete the following sentences using one of the collocations from Exercise 2.
- •4. Find words in the text that match the definitions below.
- •1. Discuss the questions in small groups.
- •2. Analyse the following survey report and present the results of your analysis to the group.
- •Recycling - How Important Is It Really?
- •In the comprehension check you were asked how you think people should be encouraged to participate in recycling programmes. Discuss your opinion with the class.
- •1. Work with a partner. What benefits of recycling do you remember?
- •2. Match the underlined words with their definitions. You will hear these words in the listening activity.
- •1. Now listen to a talk on recycling and answer the following question.
- •2. Compare with a partner what you understood.
- •3. Listen again and take notes of myths about recycling that the speaker destroys.
- •1. Listen to a radio interview with an animal protection activist and answer the question.
- •2. Compare with a partner what you understood.
- •3. Listen again and take notes of the solutions mentioned.
- •And the environment”
- •Bibliography
Unit 2 ‘Ecological Problems’
THINKING ABOUT THE TOPIC
Read the quotation and discuss the following questions in pairs:
The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.
Barry Commoner (an American biologist, college professor, and eco-socialist)
What do you think Mr.Commoner meant? Illustrate your point with examples drawn from the current ecological situation.
Is this law overlooked more often nowadays than earlier? Give reasons for your point of view.
What parts of the biosphere (e.g. air) are most seriously affected by the advancement of civilization?
Work in pairs and compare your answers to the last two questions to the opinion given in the following paragraph. How is your point of view different from the one given in the paragraph?
The ever-increasing pollution of the environment has been one of the greatest concerns for science and the general public in the last fifty years. Until recently, environmental pollution problems have been local and minor because of the Earth's own ability to absorb and purify small quantities of pollutants. The rapid industrialization of agriculture, expansion of the chemical industry, and the need to generate cheap forms of energy, and the explosion of the population have caused the continuous release of man-made organic chemicals into natural ecosystems. Consequently, the atmosphere, bodies of water, and many soil environments have become extremely polluted.
Reading The Environmental Issues of Nowadays
PRE-READING TASK
Look at the cover of the environmental magazine and through the table of its contents and list the ecological issues which are examined on its pages:
SIDEBAR
FOREST WATCH–The future of rain forests is far from clear.
FINALLY FIGHTING EMISSIONS - California’s battle to regulate greenhouse gases from cars goes national. MUDDY WATERS - The push for better clean water protection. BECOMING SUSTAINABILITY NATIVES – American children’s green school. BLUE SKIES - A High-Stakes Fight Over New Pollution Rules Threatens Already Toxic Air
CURRENTS
HERE COME THE FLOODS - As Water Levels Rise, Designers Find Sometimes Counterintuitive Solutions
BLACK GOLD - The Race to Develop Caspian Sea Oil May Steam Right Over the Environment
ENGLAND SWINGS ... AGAINST GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS: LIFE AFTER DEATH - The Rediscovery of "Extinct" Plants and Animals
GREEN LIVING
MONEY MATTERS: SAFETY IN GREEN - Even during the crisis, Green Investing Holds Promise CONSUMER NEWS: A CUT ABOVE - More Hair Salons Are Going Green TOOLS FOR GREEN LIVING - Resources for eco-awareness and action GOING GREEN: CLOSE TO NATURE - Ecuadoran Ecotourism Tries to Protect an Ancient Land JIGSAW READING
1. Student a and Student в: your texts deal with air pollution.
Student C: your text studies the problem of water pollution.
Student D: your text examines the problem of soil pollution.
Read only your text and work on the comprehension check questions before it.
Student A
Read the text and answer the following questions:
How can “air pollution” be defined?
Is air pollution a new phenomenon? Where did it first occur?
What brought about the increase in the pollution level in the 20th century?
What processes is air pollution caused by? What are the main pollutants?
What role do wind patterns play in air pollution?
How seriously does air pollution affect people?
What causes acid rain? What problems does it bring for the environment?
What is the damaging effect of smog?
What are the ways in which smog can be formed? What is the damaging effect of smog?
What measures can be taken to limit pollution locally? And globally? Are all countries equally eager to work on the minimization of pollution?