Discuss the following questions. Express your attitude to the following statements. Present facts to support your point of view. ⇐ ПредыдущаяСтр 47 из 52Следующая ⇒ 1. Why is pollution a complicated problem? 2. How is the problem of waste disposal being solved nowadays? 3. What can become a hidden danger to humanity and the environment? 4. Are people all over the world concerned with deforestation? 5. What measures taken by conservationists are promising?   Express your attitude to the following statements. Present facts to support your point of view.   1. It would be quite easy to preserve the environment if all were willing to reduce pollution. 2. It is man and his activities that have been destroying the wildlife through out centuries. 3. In the future new technologies will help people fight pollution. 4. All endangered species can be saved by being raised in captivity. 5. Conservation activities have long-term results. 6. Banning certain kinds of man's activities is the only way to save the environment.     Words connected with the theme of the unit   absorb v   abundant adj ~ in sth accumulative adj ~ problem acid rain n   acidification n   acute adj ~ problem affect v   afflict v   agroforestry n   barren adj   breed v, n   build up v   captivity n   carbon dioxide n   clog (up) v to be clogged (up) with sth combustion n ~ process conservation n ~ measures; nature ~ conservationist   count v ~ on sth deforestation n   deplete v   depletion ~ of the ozone layer deposit n, v gas, mineral, ore ~s; to have a ~ of sth deprive v ~ sb of sth destruction n ~ of the ozone layer devoid adj ~ of sth die out v syn. die off diminish v   disastrous adj   dispose v  ~ of sth drain v   dump v, n ~ ing site ecosystem n to make up an ~ eliminate v   to emit v   emission n   endanger v   endangered adj ~ species   erode v   estimate n, v   erosion n   exhaust n, v 1) ~ pipe; to ~ fumes (gas, smoke) extinct adj to become ~ extinction n on the brink/verge of ~ fertilizer n   forest n ~ floor ground water   habitat n   impact n   hazardous adj health ~ inflict v to ~ on sth/sb insectivorous adj ~ desease insidious adj ~ effect insulate v to be ~ed from sth irreversible adj   land-fill n   leach out v   leak v, n   leakage n   litter n, v   livestock n   overgraze v to ~ land overhunting n   particulates n pl   pesticide n   poach v to ~ on sth poisonous adj   pollutant n to discharge ~; to emit ~; to release ~ prey v to ~ on sth publicise v   rainfall n   rainforest n   ravages n ~ of sth raw adj ~ material recycle v   release v   renewable adj   replenish v   reservation n     scatter v to ~ the sun('s) rays sewage n   soot n   trap in v to ~ gases, heat ultraviolet adj UV rays vital adj ~ to sth wildlife n ~ refuge wilderness n ~ area   Phrases   a greenhouse effect to be on the edge of prosperity a heat-trapping gas to be subject to sth a sewerage system to clear the way to sth advancement of deserts to enforce the laws carbon monoxide/dioxide to establish a world-wide wilderness area commercial fishing to have an impact on sth environmentally conscious to hunt for sport environmentally friendly to irritate lungs factory discharge to launch a campaign fossil fuel to lead to action nutrient enrichment to make estimates solid wastes to pass a law technological advances to pose threat to sth thermal/noise pollution to reprocess waste (syn. recycle) throwaway packaging materials to set aside a park to back a competition to take an action toward sth to be exposed to sth to upset a balance Environmental protection     Speech Functions Bank F – Formal Inf – Informal     I. Making Predictions   F   Inf	is sure to He/she is bound to                DO … X         will probably            HAPPEN             is probably going to
out of question               he/she               DO … It's not                                  that                   will               impossible                      X                      HAPPEN
likely                         he/she                  DO … It's (quite)                       that                     will                   probable                   X                        HAPPEN
He/she                          DO …             may (well) X                                 HAPPEN
he/she                  DO … It's on the cards that                   will                                   X                        HAPPEN

1. Make the following statements about predictions using the language in the box above.

E x a m p l e: It/likely/humanity/face very serious environmental pollution in the future.

It is quite likely that humanity will face very serious environmental pollution in the future.

1. It/not out/question/most people/concern themselves with living in environmentally friendly surroundings.

2. It/cards/smoking/be banned in public places.

3. Man/bound/find new sources of energy.

4. It/impossible/Red Data Book/cease to exist in the XXI century.

5. It/probable/African countries/reduce poaching on elephants.

2. Use the appropriate language from the box above to make predictions about the following.

E x a m p l e: The climate on the planet.

It is quite likely that global warming will change the climate. The rise of temperature will probably influence the life on the planet, etc.

1. New sources of energy.

2. Overpopulation and the world shortage of food.

3. The environment people will be living in at the end of the           XXI century.

4. The measures the government of your country will take to reduce pollution.

5. The destiny of the endangered species in your country.