- •Часть II
- •Contents
- •Unit 1 water – nature’s treasure or …?
- •Answer the following questions. Work in groups of four.
- •2. Read the text «What is Water» and find out whose ideas were closest to the facts. What is Water?
- •3. Work in pairs. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. What are the questions?
- •4. Work in pairs. One student reads the given statements, the other pretends that he does not hear and asks him/her to repeat. Take turns.
- •5. Read the situations suggested choose the one you like, make up a dialogue and act it out.
- •6. Role play.
- •Imagine that you are one of the water states: ice, gas or water vapor. What’s happening with you?
- •7. You are a citizen of a big city who is very concerned with water resources problems. Write an article. Touch upon the following aspects.
- •Wordlist
- •Unit 2 hydrogeology
- •Terms and Vocabulary
- •Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following words.
- •Read the following word formations and remember their pronunciation.
- •Read the text “Hydrogeology: Key Terms and Concepts”, fulfill the exercises. Hydrogeology
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition.
- •5. Complete the sentences.
- •6. Give the English equivalents to the Russian words.
- •7. What are the subjects of the following sciences?
- •Answer the following questions.
- •9. Pay attention to the terms and expressions in the text.
- •Joseph Lucas and the Term "Hydrogeology"
- •11. These dates are the stages of hydrogeology term
- •12. Fill in the chart with the necessary information from the text.
- •13. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •Unconfined Aquifer
- •15. Read the texts once more carefully and choose the correct alternative for these words and words combinations.
- •16. Find in the texts words with the opposite meaning to the following ones.
- •17. Match the words in the right column with the words in the left one.
- •18. Read underlined key hydrogeology terms and fulfill the after-reading exercises.
- •19.Match the English term with the Russian one.
- •20. Match the terms with the definitions.
- •21. Look at the diagrams below and describe them. Use the following words and word combinations.
- •Wordlist
- •Unit 3 the circulation of water in the interior of the earth
- •1. Read the following word formations and remember their pronunciation.
- •2. Read the text “Hydrologic cycle”. Pay attention to the diagram. Fulfill the exercises after the text.
- •Hydrologic Cycle
- •Match the English term with the Russian one.
- •4. Match the terms with definitions.
- •5. Fill in the gaps with the missing words. Don’t change the form given.
- •6. For questions 1-10 read the text below. Use the words in the box to the right of the text to form one word that fits in the same numbered space in the text. The exercise begins with an example (0).
- •7. Discussion- You have to give a lecture on “Hydrologic cycle”. Use the keys and diagram.
- •8. Now look at the keys for 45 seconds, try to remember the terms. Close your course book and write down the words. Be honest! The person who has more words is the winner.
- •9. Look at the schematic illustration of the hydrologic cycle for 30 seconds and then try to draw it. Afterwards ask your partner to describe it.
- •10. Work in groups and discuss your opinions. Can your group reach an agreement? Read the quotation of the famous hydrogeologist b.L.Lichkov and share your ideas.
- •11. Now prepare a presentation “The Hydrological Cycle” for the Student Science Conference. The following plan and phrases will help you. Plan
- •Useful phrases and expressions
- •Wordlist
- •References
- •Часть II
19.Match the English term with the Russian one.
1. сapillary fringe |
A. откачка |
2. overwithdrawal |
B. оседание почвы |
3. drawdown |
C. безнапорные воды |
4. watershed |
D. режимная скважина |
5. permeability |
E. капиллярная зона |
6. subsidence |
F. напорные воды |
7. discharge |
G. разгрузка |
8. unconfined aquifer |
H. водоупор |
9. water table well |
I. проницаемость |
10. artesian aquifer |
J. понижение уровня вод |
11. confining layer |
K. уровень подземных вод |
12. water table |
L. водораздел |
20. Match the terms with the definitions.
1. artesian well |
A. a place where ground water naturally comes to the surface at the intersection of the water table and land surface.
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2. consolidated rock |
B. a valley in the water table.
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3. spring |
C. the vertical drop of the water level in a well caused by ground water pumping; also, the difference between the water level before pumping and the water level during pumping.
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4.cone of depression |
D. the spaces between particles within geological material (rock or sediment) occupied by water or air.
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5. subsidence |
E. the process by which over-pumping from an aquifer creates a flow imbalance within an area, which results in salt water encroaching into and contaminating a freshwater supply. |
6. drawdown |
F. a well whose source of water is a confined aquifer.
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7. ground water aquifer |
G. all the land area and water within the confines of a drainage divide in which all surface runoff will pass through an identifiable outlet, such as a stream or river.
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8. pores |
H. this rock must contain interconnected pores or fractures to serve as an aquifer.
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9. salt water intrusion |
I. the sinking or depression of the land surface as a result of too much ground water withdrawal.
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10. saturated zone |
J. all water beneath the land surface. It includes water in the saturated and unsaturated zones.
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11. underground water |
K. the subsurface zone in which all pores in the aquifer are filled with water.
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12. watershed |
L. a water-bearing layer of rock or sediment capable of yielding usable quantities of water
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21. Look at the diagrams below and describe them. Use the following words and word combinations.
1. ground water, conical-shaped depression, pumping well, vicinity, deviate from.
2. beneath the land surface, saturated zone, unsaturated zone, filled with.
3. source of water, water table, unconfined aquifer, water level, some height above, the level at which.
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