А.П. Голубев, Н.Б. Балюк, И.Б.Смирнова. Английский язык: учеб.пособие для студ.сред.проф.учеб.заведений

А.П. Голубев, Н.Б. Балюк, И.Б.Смирнова. Английский язык: учеб.пособие для студ.сред.проф.учеб.заведений

I.Прочитайте и переведите текст, письменно ответьте на вопросы.

1. Major Current Environmental Problems

Pollution: Pollution of air, water and soil require millions of years to recoup. Industry and motor vehicle exhaust are the number one pollutants. Heavy metals, nitrates and plastic are toxins responsible for pollution. While water pollution is caused by oil spill, acid rain, urban runoff; air pollution is caused by various gases and toxins released by industries and factories and combustion of fossil fuels; soil pollution is majorly caused by industrial waste that deprives soil rom essential nutrients.

2. Global Warming: Climate changes like global warming is the result of human practices like emission of Greenhouse gases. Global warming leads to rising temperatures of the oceans and the earth’ surface causing melting of polar ice caps, rise in sea levels and also unnatural patterns of precipitation such as flash floods, excessive snow or desertification.

3. Overpopulation: The population of the planet is reaching unsustainable levels as it faces shortage of resources like water, fuel and food. Population explosion in less developed and developing countries is straining the already scarce resources. Intensive agriculture practiced to produce food damages the environment through use of chemical fertilizer, pesticides and insecticides. Overpopulation is one of the crucial current environmental problem.

4. Climate Change: Climate change is yet another environmental problem that has surfaced in last couple of decades. It occurs due to rise in global warming which occurs due to increase in temperature of atmosphere by burning of fossil fuels and release of harmful gases by industries. Climate change has various harmful effects but not limited to melting of polar ice, change in seasons, occurrence of new diseases, frequent occurrence of floods and change in overall weather scenario.

Answer the questions:

1.What is air pollution caused by?

2 .Where does Global warming leads to?

3. What does the population of the planet face?

4. Is Overpopulation one of the crucial current environmental problem?

5. When has Climate Change surfaced?

6.What various harmful effects has Climate change?

II. А.П. Голубев, Н.Б. Балюк, И.Б.Смирнова. Английский язык

Modal Verbs. Правила стр.185-191.

1. Ответьте на вопросы письменно.

1.May I smoke here?

2. Can you answer my questions?

3. Must we do this test in writing?

4. Do you have to speak English to your teacher at the English lesson?

5. Need you come to the college on Sunday?