- •Методические разработки по развитию устной речи на английском языке
- •I. Pronounce the following words and word combinations:
- •II. Find the English words and word-combinations in the text
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •IV. Translate into English:
- •V. Make up your own sentences with the following
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Practice the dialogue:
- •1. Pronounce words and word combinations:
- •2. Translate into Russian:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Fill in the blanks with prepositions:
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •6. Translate from Russian into English:
- •1. Find English equivalents in the text for the following
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •I. Guess the meaning of international words:
- •II. Give the Russian for:
- •III. Put in preposition where necessary:
- •IV. Say the following in one word:
- •V. Answer the questions:
- •VI. Give a short summary of the text using the questions
- •VII. Read and comment on the statements:
- •VIII. Translate the text using a dictionary:
- •1. Pronounce correctly:
- •2. Read the English words and word combinations (a) and
- •3. Find in the text:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Introduction
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Translate from Russian into English:
- •3. Read and memorize the following word combinations:
- •4. Express your consent or refusal and explain your point of
- •5. Translate the English word combinations without a
- •6. Translate the text using a dictionary:
- •1. Find English equivalents for the following:
- •2. Give Russian equivalents for the following:
- •3. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •4. Read and try to learn by heart the following English
- •5. Answer the following questions:
1. Answer the following questions:
1. How can the word environment be defined?
2. Define the terms ecology and ecosystem.
3. Is nature the source of people's life?
4. For thousands of years people lived in harmony with nature,
didn't they?
5. What is the 20th century famous for?
6. Is there a contradiction between human being and nature?
7. How has the progress influenced the environment?
8. Has man's interference in nature increased with the
development of civilization?
9. What are the consequences of ecological disasters?
10.Are environment problems very acute in densely populated
areas?
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11. Is air pollution in towns and cities the worst?
12. Do many cities suffer from smog?
13. Can highly developed countries ignore the problem of
environmental protection?
14. Should urgent measures be taken to protect environment?
15. Is the space technology widely used for weather services, ocean
and atmosphere studies?
2. Translate from Russian into English:
1. Наука, изучающая отношения между живыми организмами и средой
их обитания, и есть экология.
2. Взаимодействие человека и природы неотделимо от самой истории
человечества.
3. Человечество стоит перед острыми экологическими проблемами.
4. Загрязнение воды и воздуха является результатом небрежного
отношения человека к природе.
5. Проблемы защиты окружающей среды приобретают все большую
значимость.
6. Для достижения устойчивого развития защита окружающей среды
должна составлять неотъемлемую часть процесса развития и не
может рассматриваться в отрыве от нее.
7. Кислотные дожди воздействуют как на животных, так и на
растительные организмы.
8. Если мы хотим оставить будущим поколениям чистую землю, мы
должны принимать самые срочные меры по охране окружающей среды.
9. Международное сообщество предпринимает конкретные меры по
охране природы и окружающей среды.
3. Read and memorize the following word combinations:
the rate of pollution - уровень загрязнения, to be abundant
- изобиловать, environmental protection - защита окружающей
среды, ecologicalmonitoring- экологический мониторинг,
environmental situation - состояние окружающей среды, sustainable
development - устойчивое развитие, to be considered - быть
рассмотренным, to take into account - принимать во внимание, to
call for - требовать, предусматривать, as compared with - по
сравнению с, в противоположность.
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4. Express your consent or refusal and explain your point of
view:
1. As far as the environment is concerned the trends are
positive rather than negative. 2. There is no factual basis for
the forecast of pollution in the future. 3. Some new pollution
may kill all of us. 4. Environmental problems are becoming
political problems. 5. The world in 2000 will be more polluted,
less suitable ecologically than the world we live in now. 6.
Pollution could heat climate by 2030.