The 27th of May.. The Environment.. Task 1. Read and translate the texts. (Устно прочитать текст и перевести). ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. WATER POLLUTION

The 27th of May.

The Environment.

Task 1. Read and translate the texts. (Устно прочитать текст и перевести)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

The word environment means simply what is around us. Some people live in a town environment; their environment is the countryside. But the air we breathe, the soil on which we stand and walk, the water we drink are all part of the environment. Nowadays people understand how important it is to solve the environmental problems that endanger people’s lives. The most serious environmental problems are:

· pollution in its many forms (water pollution, air pollution, nuclear pollution);

· noise from cars, buses, planes, etc.;

· destruction of wildlife and countryside beauty;

· shortage of natural resources (metals, different kinds of fuel);

· the growth of population.

WATER POLLUTION

The sea waters today are very dangerous. There is no ocean or sea which is not used as a dump. The Pacific Ocean, especially, has suffered from nuclear pollution because the French Government tests nuclear weapons there. Many seas are used for dumping industrial and nuclear waste. Britain alone dumps 250,000 tons of industrial waste straight into the North Sea. This poisons and kills fish and sea animals. "Nuclear-poisoned” fish can be eaten by people.

Many rivers and lakes are poisoned too. Fish and reptiles can’t live in them. There is not enough oxygen in the water. In such places all the birds leave their habitats and many plants die. If people drink this water, they can die too. It happens so because factories and plants produce a lot of waste and pour it into rivers. So they poison the water. Factories use clean water. After the water is used it becomes poison which goes back into rivers, lakes and seas.

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