- •Факультет Международных отношений
- •Environment
- •Unit 4. Environment
- •Vocabulary list 4. Environment (на двух страницах)
- •4.1. Climate change
- •Listening 4.1. Arctic Ocean ice could melt by 2013
- •4.1.2. The Planet in Peril
- •Exercises:
- •1.Translate the following words and word combinations into English and make your own sentences using them:
- •2. Find as many synonyms as you can:
- •3.Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian. Text Translation 4.1.
- •4.2. Pollution
- •Listening 4.2. African walkout at Copenhagen talks.
- •4.2.2. When does your waste become litter?
- •Exercises:
- •1.Translate the following words and word combinations into English and make your own sentences using them:
- •2.Find as many synonyms as you can:
- •3.Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into English. Text Translation 4.2.
- •4.3. Species extinction
- •Listening 4.3. Africa in bid to save species.
- •4.3.2.The Planet in Peril ( part2 )
- •Exercises:
- •1. Translate the following words and word combinations into English and make your own sentences using them:
- •2. Find as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passages into Russian. Text Translation 4.3.
- •4.4. Alternative energy
- •Listening 4.4. Biofuel no answer to greening cars: report.
- •4.4.2.Blair pledges green industrial revolution
- •Excercises
- •1. Translate the following words and word combinations into English and make your own sentences using them:
- •2. Find as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passages into English. Text Translation 4.4.
- •Debates 4 .
Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет
Факультет Международных отношений
Пособие по английскому языку
для студентов 2 курса
( 4 семестр)
(Уровень: Advanced, Upper-Intermediate, Intermediate)
Environment
Санкт – Петербург
2009
Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет 1
Пособие по английскому языку 1
для студентов 2 курса 1
( 4 семестр) 1
(Уровень: Advanced, Upper-Intermediate, Intermediate) 1
Санкт – Петербург 1
2009 1
UNIT 4. ENVIRONMENT 3
VOCABULARY LIST 4. ENVIRONMENT (на двух страницах) 3
4.1. CLIMATE CHANGE 6
Listening 4.1. Arctic Ocean ice could melt by 2013 7
4.1.2. The Planet in Peril 8
Text Translation 4.1. 13
4.2. POLLUTION 15
Listening 4.2. African walkout at Copenhagen talks. 17
4.2.2. When does your waste become litter? 19
Text Translation 4.2. 22
4.3. SPECIES EXTINCTION 23
Listening 4.3. Africa in bid to save species. 24
4.3.2.The Planet in Peril ( part2 ) 25
Text Translation 4.3. 30
4.4. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY 31
Listening 4.4. Biofuel no answer to greening cars: report. 33
4.4.2.Blair pledges green industrial revolution 34
Text Translation 4.4. 40
DEBATES 4 . 41
Unit 4. Environment
Vocabulary list 4. Environment (на двух страницах)
(Climate Change,Pollution, Species Extinction, Alternative Sources of Energy)
Climate change
accumulation
to affect
agricultural zones
carbon dioxide
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
climate change
climatic zone
concentration
crop (yields)
to cut down trees
deforestation
desertification
to degrade
to deplete
drought
ecosystem
environment
flood
fresh water supplies
glacier
global warming
greenhouse effect
greenhouse gases
lower atmosphere
mean surface temperature
to melt, melting
to perturb
polar ice caps
pole
potable water
precipitation
rainfall
raw water supplies
sanitation
sea level (rise)
shift
storms
vulnerability
Pollution
aerosol sprays
agricultural wastes
anthropogenic
buildup
to burn waste
to bury, burial
byproducts
chemical fertilizer
chemical reaction
chemicals
to classify
to compost
concern
container
contamination
DDT
to deposit
dump
to emit, emission
environmental movement
flammable
fumes
garbage
groundwater
harmful substances
hazardous
to incinerate, incinerator
industrial wastes
internal combustion engine
land pollution
landfill
to leak, leakage
motor vehicle
nuclear wastes
pests
pollutant
pollution control technologies
radioactive
to recycle wastes
refuse
to release
repository
respiratory disease
rubbish
sewage
sewage-treatment solids
sewer (systems)
solid wastes
to store waste
sulfur
toxic wastes
Species Extinction
to accelerate
ancestral
to become extinct, extinction
breeding programs
descendant
to die out
endangered species
evolution
game (species)
habitat
in the wild
line
living organism
national park
natural selection
overexploitation of biological resources
overhunting
poaching
preserve
Red Data Book
reintroduction
to reproduce
reserve
species
species loss
specimen
to be suited
to survive
viable population
wildlife
Alternative Sources of Energy
active volcanism
carbon dioxide
coal
coastal regions
coastal waters
combustion
electric power
exploit sources
fossil fuels
gasoline
generate electricity
generator
geothermal energy
geyser
hot springs
hydrocarbons
hydroelectric power
inexhaustible
land drainage
natural gas
nonpolluting
nuclear energy
oil
petroleum
pollution-free sources
power plant
power sources
to produce electric power
to radiate, radiation
to refine oil
renewable energy
solar batteries
solar energy
solar heating systems
steam
tidal power
uranium
utilization
water turbines
wave power
wind power
wind turbines
windmill