- •Навчальний посібник
- •Why we should feel responsible for future generations
- •Vocabulary
- •Before you Read Reading Without Understanding the Meaning of Every Word
- •Ecology or Egology? The Role of the Individual in the Environmental Crisis
- •Analyzing Topic Sentences
- •Find the topic sentence in each paragraph.
- •Be sure you know the vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Choose the best answer.
- •2 Give the English equivalents to the following words:
- •3 Give the Ukrainian equivalents to the following words:
- •4 Discussion questions.
- •The Environment and Homo Sapiens
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Checking comprehension.
- •2 Match the words below with the following definitions:
- •Pollution
- •The Nuclear Disaster at Chernobyl
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Comprehension Questions:
- •2 Match the words below with the following definitions:
- •3 Choose the right answer:
- •Pollution and What We Can Do About It
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Checking comprehension.
- •2 Find the English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •4 Think of some interesting ways of recycling each of these:
- •5 Comment on the following words by Professor Gerald Darrell of the University of California. Do you agree with these words? Justify your answer.
- •Prereading Task Reading for a Specific Purpose
- •Ecological Issues of Canada
- •Comprehension Check
- •Vocabulary
- •Using New Words
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Comprehension Questions:
- •2 Match the following words and definitions:
- •3 Choose the right answer:
- •Saving the World’s Tropical Rain Forests.
- •Vocabulary
- •Speaking
- •Translate the text orally: Ecological Solutions to Flooding and Water Supply Problems in Woodlands
- •Vocabulary
- •1 Comprehension Questions:
- •2 Match the following words and definitions:
- •3 Choose the right answer:
- •Population Explosion
- •Extinction
- •Global Warming
- •A brief history of the future
- •Read the article and find out what Stephen Hawking’s predictions for the areas in 3 are.
- •Work with a partner and answer these questions:
- •Look at these extracts from the text. Use prepositions to complete the sentences.
- •Check your answers with the text.
- •Use the expressions in italics and the prepositions from 4 to complete these sentences.
- •Compare your answers with a partner. Are any of the sentences true for you or your country?
- •1 Complete the article using the following phrases.
- •Think of five more predictions for the future of the world. Work in groups and decide which predictions are:
- •How would you like to see the world change in the future? Write five sentences using the prompts:
- •Work in small groups and share your ideas. Which are the most common, interesting or unusual ideas? references
Vocabulary
to have in common-мати щось спільне
to distinguish-розрізняти
to reduce-зменшувати в кількості
flood damage-пошкодження викликані повенем
meandering-поворот річки
wetlands-затоплені землі
to purchase-купувати
a dam-гребля
habitat-ареал
impact-вплив
drainage system-дренажна система
construction costs-витрати на будівництво
space-простір
aquifer-водоноспий шар
mammal-ссавець
bobcat-американська рись
foresight-передбачення
sustainable-той; що підтримує
considerable-значний
approach- підхід
1 Comprehension Questions:
What was done to help control flooding?
Why did the city purchase 3,400 hectares of wetlands?
What is Woodlands and who built it?
What does designing with nature require?
2 Match the following words and definitions:
to distinguish to possess something with pride
to boast to cause to be wet all through
to drench to identify, state a difference between people, things
landscape a deep pool at the base of a waterfall, a deep part of a harbor
basin a picture of inland scenery
3 Choose the right answer:
1 What McHarg suggest careful site analysis for?
to look at wildlife needs; b) to provide valuable habitat for fish;
c) to reduce flooding; d) to envision city in harmony.
2 Why was the park system with meandering built?
to excess water flows; b) to help reduce flooding; c) to help control flooding; d) to purchase the land.
4 Discussion Points. Do you agree or disagree to the following statements? Specify your answer and give your reasons.
Many housing developments in Ukraine are built with little concern for wildlife.
2. One should design building sites in harmony with
nature.
3. Approaches to development permitting nature to
direct the design of human settlement.
5 Find the English equivalents of the following words:
розвиток, дика природа, дюжина, крок, людський, страждати, цінний, ретельний, персонал, проектувати
Define the tense forms of the verbs and put them into the Infinitive. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
Roads were built on high ground.
2. Designing with nature requires wisdom and foresight.
3. A landscape architect has begun to change the conventional
way of building.
7. Put four types of questions to each sentence.
The ecological situation in this region is becoming worse fro year to year.
2. Most of the rivers that used to be clean
Pick up one of the ecological issues listed below and make a detailed essay on it. There are short summaries to help you.
Population Explosion
Today the planet holds more than 6 billion people. Global population has doubled in the last 40 years and is expected to double again by 2050, with90 percent of that increase occurring in development countries.
African nations are expending at the fastest rate. In the year 2000, Africa had 900 million people with an annual population growth of 3 percent. Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country, soared from 112 million to 274 million. China, now the most populous country in the world with 1.2 billion people, will retain the lead with a population expected to reach over 1.5 billion by the year 2050.
Hunger
Despite claims that there is less famine in the world today, over150 million children go to bed hungry every night. According to the Unite Nations report, 37 percent of people in India cannot buy enough food to feed their families, and in the Horn of Africa, it is estimated than more than 20 million people, mostly women and children are at the risk of starving. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization reports than there are more than 786 million underfed people in developing nations. But the developing countries are not alone.
The United States are not exempt. Due to the recession and structural changes in the economy, a record number of 23 million people, or 10 percent of Americans, were dependent on food stamps in 1992, over half were families with children under the age of 5. We are looking at half quarter of the globe plagued with hunger and lacking the most basic needs of life.