How to be a friend of Earth.

Should(4) can(3) ought(1) have(1) need(1)

 

There are many simple things we(1)… all do to stop the destruction of the environment. First of all we (2)… not dump our rubbish without thinking which things such as bottles and paper, (30… be recycled. We(4)… put objects that we (5)… recycle in recycling bins. Secondly, instead of taking our car wherever we go, we (6)… to leave it at home whenever possible, and go on foot or by public transport. If there is something wrong with our car exhaust pipe, we (7)… get it fixed immediately. When we (8)… to drive to the supermarket to do the shopping, we (9)… always remember to take our own bags, so that we don’t (100… to use the supermarket’s bags.

 

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form. Some of the verbs should be in the active and some in the passive.

Animals on the road

More cars and lorries (1)…(drive) on our roads every year and sadly, as a result of this, more wild animals(2)…(kill) by vehicles. While migrating, breeding or feeding animals (3)…(take) the routes which (4)… cross be the roads. Every spring, many thousands of toads(5)…(kill) as they (6)… (make) their way to the traditional breeding ponds. All over the world, animals are victims of the road and their dead remains can (7)…(often see) lying on the roadside. Many badgers and hedgehogs (8)… (hit) by cars at night as they (9)… (move around) in search of food. Rabbits sometimes seem to (10)…(hypnotize) by the headlights of cars and (11)… (not move) quickly out of the way. Birds (12)… (sometimes hit) too as they (13)…(fly) low over the road. Can anything (14)…(do) to protect these animals from the dangers of the road?

 

Lexics

1.Fill in the missing information about the problem or its description or give definitions to some words:

1. Recycling is	The activity of re-using things that have already been used.
2. Deforestation	?
3.?	The process of making water or land impure, bad, dirty
4.?	Rain which contains harmful quantities of acid as a result of industrial pollution.
5. Pesticides	?
6. Fertilizers	A natural or chemical substance that is put on the land to make crops grow better.
7.?	The gradual slight warming of the air surrounding the earth because heat cannot escape through its upper layer.
8. Air Pollution	?
9.?	A place of dropping nuclear waste.
10.?	An escape of low-level radiation from the nuclear power plant.
11. The ozone layer	?
12.?	An increase in world temperature caused by an increase in carbon dioxide.

Which word is correct?

1. Global warming\ layer means that the earth is slowly getting hotter.

2. We should cut down fewer trees from rain\plant forests.

3. Scientists say the ozone fumes\layer is getting thinner.

4. We should try aerosol cans\bottles less.

5. We should try to leave the car at home to reduce pollution\polluting.

6. The government should stop people dumping\recycling rubbish everywhere.

7. The government should ban\close the hunting of wild animals.

8. There should be laws to protect endangered\dangerous species.

9. The government should close\cut factories that pollute the environment.

10. We mustn’t waste water. We should try to protect\save it.

 

3.Read the text and decide which answer a, b, c or d best fits each space:

The doomed planet

 

One only has to (1)… at the newspapers to realize that environment(2)… are not going to go away. (3)… warming is getting worse and the air we (4)… and the water we drink are getting dirtier. However, the problems(5)… as the hole in the ozone layer and (6)…rain often seem unimportant to us. It (7)… be difficult to get upset about tropical (8)… on the other side of the planet.

 

1. a read b see c glance d study

2. a troubles b disaster c crises d campaign

3. a Global b Earth c Planet d Ground

4. a breath b breathe c smell d take

5. a such b so c like d how

6. a dirty b bitter c burning d acid

7. a should b may c will d can

8. a woods b jungles c forests d trees

 

4. Fill in the blanks in the text using a word given above the text:

 

 

Save it!

 

In recent years, the number of (1)…problems has increased dangerously. One of the most serious problems is changes to the (2)…which has led to the (3)…effect, this is making most climates warmer. It is already affecting several areas of the world with unusual(4)… causing droughts or heavy storms. Cutting down on (5)… fumes from vehicles would help solve the problem. Natural(6)… such as oil and coal are not endless, so using other forms of (7)… such as wind, sun, water, and even sea waves would help preserve our planet. Very soon we will be able to drive cars in cities that run(8)… electricity – a much cleaner(9)… than petrol. And we can also help reserve finite resources by (10)… things made of glass, aluminium, plastic and paper.

 

Word-building

Ecological nouns

a) Study the word-building chart. Use different suffixes to form “ecological “ nouns from the verbs in the left column.

A verb	-ment	-tion\sion	-age	?
to accumulate		accumulation
to extinct
to prevent
to contaminate
to short
to concentrate
to develop
to emit
to organize
to leak