2. Match each phrase in a with the phrase in в to make up a proverb. Give Russian equivalents to the proverbs and use some of them in your own situations.

A B

1) a barking dog a) with one stone

2) curiosity killed b) catches the warm

3) to kill two birds c) new tricks

4) the early birds d) in the mouth

5) you can’t teach an old dog e) the chicken or the egg

6) never look a gift horse f) a cat

7) to let the cat g) never bites

8) which came first h) out of bag

Keep our land and animals clean

1. Read the words given before the poem:

to turn into mud – превратить в лужу

to kill - убивать

to pour out - опустошить

to test bombs – испытывать бомбы

a desert - пустыня

a profit - выгода

to poison - отравлять

to breath - вдыхать

2. Read and translate it into Russian the poem and name the problems raised in it.

We've turned all the seas into mud;

We've killed all the fish in the seas;

We've poured out our oil and our waste;

We think we can do as we please;

We've built our cities and we've made our roads;

We'll test our bombs till the world explodes into

millions of little pieces; What we've done to our land?

We've turned our land to a desert of concrete and stone.

We've done this for profit and gain;

We've turned the earth that we own;

We've poured out our smoke and our fumes;

We've poisoned the air that we breathe;

Till we cough, till we choke, till we die.

2. Write out all words with negative meaning:

to kill,.......

3. What can you add to the list of damage done by people?

4. Look at the advertisement given below and suggest one of your own connected with other environmental issues.

KEEP OUR LAND CLEAN

Things people throw away can cause pollu­tion. Pollution makes the environment unclear. Garbage and trash pollute the land. People can help keep the land clean. They can throw trash in the right place. They can clean up their environment.

5. Speak on your personal attitude to vivisection. Say whether you would like to join a pressure group to defend animal's rights. What particular area of work would you choose? Use the expressions: first and foremost... ; in addition ... ; I admit you're right, but ... ; on the contrary ... ; I don't think it is so, etc.

Zoos: are they good for man or beast?

1. Read the interview

Do you believe that animals should be kept in zoos? There are many people today who think they should not. In order to find out people's opinions, we asked a group of 100 people, and we were surprised by the result. About fifty per cent thought it was good; thirty per cent thought they should be in wildlife parks and twenty per cent thought that wild animals should live only in the wild. Read the opinions of these people about keeping animals in zoos.

Woman:

Yes, I think zoos are a good idea, because every­one should know something about animals, and if animals aren't kept in zoos, people can't real­ly learn anything about them. Well, only from the television, and that's not the same, is it? Children can go to zoos in order to see what they've been learning about at school.

Man:

Well, I'm not sure. I think we need zoos be­cause people can only study wild animals when they're in zoos, and we can learn so much from animals, don't you think?

Teenage girl:

What do I think about zoos? Gosh, I don't know. Well, I think that, in order for us to learn about wild animals they must be kept in captivity of some kind, but it's cruel to keep animals in small cages. Have you ever seen the lions and tigers in a zoo? They walk up and down, absolutely bored. No, I think that wildlife parks must be the best answer.

Old man:

Em, no, I don't agree with zoos. Wildlife parks? Well, I suppose they help to preserve natural conditions for the animals, but still, I'm not sure..

Young man:

Oh no, I disagree with keeping animals in cap­tivity, whether in zoos or wildlife parks. Ani­mals should live in the wild if they were born in the wild. When they live in cages they become bored and they become even more dan­gerous in a way.

Older woman: No, I don't really agree with zoos or wildlife parks. I think the only animals which should be kept in captivity are small animals which can still run and climb. Oh, and, of course, if an animal is born in a zoo or a wildlife park, it should stay there because it could never live in the wild.