Keep our land and animals clean

1. Read the words given before the poem:

to turn into mud – превратить в лужу

to kill - убивать

to pour out - опустошить

to test bombs – испытывать бомбы

a desert - пустыня

a profit - выгода

to poison - отравлять

to breath - вдыхать

Read and translate it into Russian the poem and name the problems raised in it.

 

We've turned all the seas into mud;

We've killed all the fish in the seas;

We've poured out our oil and our waste;

We think we can do as we please;

We've built our cities and we've made our roads;

We'll test our bombs till the world explodes into

millions of little pieces; What we've done to our land?

We've turned our land to a desert of concrete and stone.

We've done this for profit and gain;

We've turned the earth that we own;

We've poured out our smoke and our fumes;

We've poisoned the air that we breathe;

Till we cough, till we choke, till we die.

 

2. Write out all words with negative meaning:

to kill,.......

What can you add to the list of damage done by people?

Look at the advertisement given below and suggest one of your own connected with other environmental issues.

KEEP OUR LAND CLEAN

Things people throw away can cause pollu­ tion. Pollution makes the environment unclear. Garbage and trash pollute the land. People can help keep the land clean. They can throw trash in the right place. They can clean up their environment.

5. Speak on your personal attitude to vivisection. Say whether you would like to join a pressure group to defend animal's rights. What particular area of work would you choose? Use the expressions: first and foremost... ; in addition ... ; I admit you're right, but ... ; on the contrary ... ; I don't think it is so, etc.

Zoos: are they good for man or beast?

Read the interview

Do you believe that animals should be kept in zoos? There are many people today who think they should not. In order to find out people's opinions, we asked a group of 100 people, and we were surprised by the result. About fifty per cent thought it was good; thirty per cent thought they should be in wildlife parks and twenty per cent thought that wild animals should live only in the wild. Read the opinions of these people about keeping animals in zoos.

Woman:

Yes, I think zoos are a good idea, because every­one should know something about animals, and if animals aren't kept in zoos, people can't real­ly learn anything about them. Well, only from the television, and that's not the same, is it? Children can go to zoos in order to see what they've been learning about at school.

Man:

Well, I'm not sure. I think we need zoos be­cause people can only study wild animals when they're in zoos, and we can learn so much from animals, don't you think?

Teenage girl:

What do I think about zoos? Gosh, I don't know. Well, I think that, in order for us to learn about wild animals they must be kept in captivity of some kind, but it's cruel to keep animals in small cages. Have you ever seen the lions and tigers in a zoo? They walk up and down, absolutely bored. No, I think that wildlife parks must be the best answer.

Old man:

Em, no, I don't agree with zoos. Wildlife parks? Well, I suppose they help to preserve natural conditions for the animals, but still, I'm not sure..

Young man:

Oh no, I disagree with keeping animals in cap­tivity, whether in zoos or wildlife parks. Ani­mals should live in the wild if they were born in the wild. When they live in cages they become bored and they become even more dan­gerous in a way.

Older woman: No, I don't really agree with zoos or wildlife parks. I think the only animals which should be kept in captivity are small animals which can still run and climb. Oh, and, of course, if an animal is born in a zoo or a wildlife park, it should stay there because it could never live in the wild.

2. Give the Russian for the following phrases from the text (use your dictionary):

to find out people's opinions; wildlife parks; to live in the wild; be kept in captivity; walk up and down; to preserve natural conditions; to become bored; to keep animals in cages.

3. Say whose point of view you support? Why? Say whose point of view you disagree with? Why? Use the expressions: first and foremost... ; in addition ... ; I admit you're right, but ... ; on the contrary ... ; I don't think it is so, etc.

GRAMMAR

1. Give the plural of the following nouns:

foot mouse mink deer calf

tooth child fish wife hoof

goose ox sheep swine

2. Use "am", "are", "is".

1. I ... a first-year student. 2. My friend ... an engineer. 3. Jack ... a farmer. He ... from a small Scottish town. 4. They ... our new friends. They ... from Wales. 5. My father ... a school teacher. He ... 55 years old. 6. Ann and Nick ... at home now. 7. My native town ... in the center of England. 8. Monkeys ... very funny animals. 9. It... a dog. It's name ... Spot. Spot ... very friendly. 10. Mr. Davidson ... a University professor. He ... a very intelligent man. His hobby ... rugby. His students ... very happy to have such a good teacher.

3. Use "have" or "has".

1. We ... a lot of pets at home. 2. She ... a lovely kitten. 3. They ... a large family. 4. My friend ... a new car. 5. This animal ... four legs and a long tail. 6. I ... two cousins, an aunt and an uncle.

4. Use "have" or "be" in the right form.

A.1. They ... a baby. It ... very nice. 2. She ... 30 years old and ... a family of her own. 3. What country ... you from? 4. The Browns ... a very big house. It... in the suburbs of Bath. The house ... three floors. 5. Cats ... domestic ani­mals. 6. They ... different kinds of birds on their farm. 7. We ... glad to meet you. 8. We ... from Russia and we ...a lot of friends in other countries. 9. Rob ... a very strong boy. His hobby ... sports. 10. They ... a lot of pets at home and they ... fond of them all.

B. My name ... Simon. I... fourteen and I live in Wotton, a little village near Woodstock. I ... two sisters: one is six months old and the other ... seventeen. We also ... two dogs, two cats, two rabbits, and a horse. My Dad works on a building site and my Mum ... a housewife.

С Britain ... a nation of animal lovers. There ... about five million dogs, almost as many cats, over three million cage-birds, aquarium fish, and one million "exotic" pets, such as reptiles and amphibians. But it ... America which ... the larg­est pet population in the world — 90 million dogs and cats.

D. THE CAMEL In some parts of the world there ... large deserts. There ... no trees and no water there. The only animal that can walk through the desert ... the camel. The camel ... very big. It... got one or two lumps on its back, short ears and a long tail. The camel's food ... grass and branches of trees.

5. Use "is" or "are".

A. 1. There ... a small garden in front of our home. 2. There ... a lot of wild animals in the taiga. 3. There ... five sheep and a cow on their farm. 4. There ... a book and a notebook on the desk. 5. There ... a computer, a TV set and a hi-fi in my room. 6. There ... twenty four students in our group. 7. There ... a lot of snow in winter. 8. There ... some money in my bag.

B. A national park ... a large piece of land. In the park animals ... free to come and go. There ... trees and plants everywhere. There ... campgrounds in national parks where people can enjoy nature. There ... tents for people to sleep in and campfires to cook their food. There ... also many paths in the parks on which people can walk.

 

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