- •Unit 1 geoecology
- •Terms and Vocabulary
- •Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following words.
- •2. Read the text, fulfill the exercises.
- •7. Read the text below, use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
- •8. What are the subjects of the following sciences?
- •9. Here are some definitions. What are they? Complete the sentences.
- •10. Answer the questions.
- •11. 9 Listen to the interview with a senior research engineer called Dr. Michael Blomberg. Dr. Blomberg gives his opinions on future trends in science and technology.
- •12. Read the text, do the tasks after it. Science and values
- •13. Work in pairs. Discuss the following quotations about ecological problems.
- •14. Read the interesting facts about nature and tell one of them to your groupmates.
- •Wordlist
- •Unit 2 the impact of mining and oil extraction on the environment
- •Terms and Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following words.
- •Read the text, fulfil the exercises.
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •9. Answer the questions.
- •10. State whether the sentences are true or false. If true, add the information you know, correct the false ones.
- •11. Read the text through and find the answers to these questions. Remember, you do not have to understand every word to answer the questions.
- •1. Are these statements True or False?
- •2. Classify the following items into four lists according to their role in environmental engineering. Then find a heading for each list.
- •3. Discuss the following points
- •12. 9 You will hear a lecture on impact of some trace elements of ore mineral on the environment. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer a, b, or c.
- •13. Read the text, tell about the impact of different stages of oil extraction on environment Environmental effect of Extracting Delivering, and Using Petroleum Products
- •14. Say in what content these figures are mentioned in the text.
- •15. Complete the sentences according to the text.
- •16. 9 You are going to hear a report about tanker disasters. Work in pairs. List possible causes of tanker disasters. Do you think that most accidents could be avoided or are some inevitable?
- •17. 9 You will hear various people talking about a tanker disaster. You will hear the people twice.
- •18. Imagine you are people from the list in Ex. 17. Act out interviews. Before you begin, decide what attitude you wish to convey by the tone of your voice and the way you speak.
- •19. Imagine you are fisherman or local hotel owners. Plan and write a letter demanding compensation for loss of trade caused by the oil spills.
- •20. Discuss the following facts and figures.
- •21. Discuss the following quotation from the standpoint of the ecological problems in mining and oil production
- •Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- •23. Write a paragraph on one of the topics, be ready to discuss it in group.
- •Wordlist
- •Unit 3 the problems of power generation
- •Terms and vocabulary
- •A) Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following words.
- •2. Read the text, fulfil the exercises.
- •3. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and set-expressions.
- •4. Match the synonyms.
- •5. Match the antonyms.
- •6. Fill in the correct word from the list below.
- •7. Fill in the necessary preposition.
- •8. Read the examples, join the sentences in every possible way.
- •Join the sentences using the words in brackets. Think of other ways of joining them.
- •Translate the sentences, mind Subjective Infinitive Construction.
- •11. Translate the sentences using Subjective Infinitive Construction
- •12. Complete the sentences according to the text.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Read the text, suggest the title to it.
- •Answer the questions.
- •18. Understanding a lecture
- •19. Read the text attentively, do the task after it. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- •20. Working in pairs, discuss one of the energy source, its advantages and disadvantages, its perspectives:
- •21. Read the article and answer the questions below: The Truth about Chernobyl
- •22. Organize a students’ conference “The modern problems of energy generation.
- •Wordlist
- •Unit 4 the greenhouse effect
- •Terms and vocabulary
- •1. Guess the meaning of the words and remember the pronunciation.
- •2. Read the text, fulfill the exercises.
- •3. Complete the table with the appropriate word-formations.
- •5. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Fill in each gap with only one word.
- •7. Match the definitions.
- •8. Complete the following sentences:
- •9. Answer the questions.
- •10. Put the sections of the article from the New Scientist into the correct order. The first section is “ a” and the last is “g”. Looking on the Dark Side of Global Warming
- •11. 9 You will hear a lecture on global warming. For questions 1- 15 fill in the missing information.
- •Read the text without using a dictionary. Speak on the properties and practical applications of ozone
- •13. Tell about the greenhouse effect using this picture
- •14. 9 You will hear a man talking about a climatic phenomenon called El Niňo. For questions 10-14, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d) which fits best according to what you hear.
- •15. Discuss the following facts and figures.
- •16. Discuss the following problems. Find some additional information to prove your point of view.
- •Wordlist
- •Unit 5 the impact of chemical elements on human organism
- •Terms and Vocabulary
- •Read the words and remember their pronunciation.
- •Try to recognize the following words, remember their pronunciation.
- •3. Read the text, fulfil the exercises.
- •8. Fill in the necessary prepositions:
- •9. State whether each of the following sentences are true or false, if false, explain why.
- •10. Read the text again and make notes under the following headings. Find some additional information on each of the topics. Talk about the process of toxicokinetics. Use the scheme.
- •11. Read the text and answer the questions. Toxic heavy metals
- •Mechanisms of toxicity
- •Some principle processes of toxicity
- •Some other reaction of human organism to xenobiotic
- •Dose in the Exposure-Response relationships
- •Interaction of xenobiotics with each other
- •Carcinogenesis
- •More on carcinogenesis
- •Toxicity testing
- •Wordlist
- •Final tests
- •Variant 1
- •Variant 2
- •Glossary
- •Practical part
- •The result processing
- •Questions
- •Laboratory work № 2
- •Investigation of physiological characteristics of organism adaptation to low temperature
- •Theoretical introduction
- •Practical part
- •Questions
- •Laboratory work № 3 Study of calculation method of depletion time for non-renewable resources
- •Theoretical introduction
- •Practical part
- •Questions
- •Project work Types of Anthropogenic Impact in Tomsk Territory
- •References
8. Complete the following sentences:
The problem of (загрязнение воздуха) in big cities is very acute now. The air is polluted by (выхлопные газы) from cars and by harmful substances from the chemical industry, etc.
The earth we live on and its rivers are becoming (загрязненными) with ever more dangerous materials.
Moscow's drinking water sources are kept (свободными от загрязнения) by the work of some purifying stations.
The protection of (окружающая среда) is the constitutional duty of every Russian citizen.
The Russian Government spends many million rubles every year on (защита окружающей среды).
(Экология) is the science of relations between organisms and the resources of their environment.
Cars are the main (источники загрязнение).
Prof. Pavlov (руководит) of a small research team. This research team is busy with the problems of (шумовое загрязнение).
The Russian Government takes a lot of (меры по защите окружающей среды). Among them is the constant control of (чистота) of the air in big cities by special control stations.
9. Answer the questions.
1. What are the functions of atmosphere?
2. What gases absorb the radiation?
3. What happened to the energy absorbed by the atmospheric gases?
4. Why does the temperature rise on the Earth?
5. What can it result in?
6. What are the reasons of increasing the concentration of CO2?
7. What other gases that can affect the heat balance of the earth can you name?
8. How do they appear in the environment?
9. What is the result of reaction N2O with ozone?
10. What are the forecasts for the further increase in the atmospheric warming?
10. Put the sections of the article from the New Scientist into the correct order. The first section is “ a” and the last is “g”. Looking on the Dark Side of Global Warming
A …The following chain of events takes a pessimistic view of what could be in store for a world that carries on as it does today, taking estimates from the agreed by the IPCC (Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change) scientists.
B. At the same time a “plankton multiplier effect” comes into effect as warmer weather makes the upper level of the oceans more stable. Phytoplankton grow more slowly, because they receive less nutrients, which come from deeper water that now reaches the surface layer more rarely.
C. But in this version of the future, the effect is worse. The depleted ozone layer above the Antarctic and Arctic transmits far more ultraviolet-B radiation to the surrounding seas. This weakens the phytoplankton, further depleting the ocean sink for carbon dioxide, which allows more of the gas to build up in the atmosphere.
D. The oceans, one of the two major carbon dioxide sinks, cannot absorb as much carbon dioxide as they once did. Many scientists believed that this happened suddenly at the end of the last ice age, boosting average temperatures in the North Atlantic by as much as 5 degrees C within a century.
E. The world warms at the accelerated rates predicted by the IPCC as concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases go on building up the atmosphere, without any cuts in emissions. As the oceans warm, they are less able to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
F. This is a safe bet: the IPCC report warns of this positive feedback, which arises because carbon dioxide is less soluble in warmer water.
G. This is a major fear, now that ozone depletion has been found to extend into subarctic latitudes in the spring, when phytoplankton bloom …
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