1 Complete the sentences with will or won't and the verb in brackets.
1 Where ... you (live) in the future?
2 Computers(be) faster in five years.
3 We (not buy) big phones in the future.
may/might
of
// You / He/She /
It / We / They
may / might
may not/might not
work.
? May / Might
1/ you / he / she/it go?
/ we / they
+ Yes,
No,
1/ you/he/she/it/we/ they
may /might
may not /
might not.
Two young artists, Sue Jones, remove the flat on the top floor of a building in New York's Greenwich Village Quarter. In November Jonesy ill with pneumonia. doctor verdict is disappointing, "She has one chance out of ten. And then, if she wants to live myself. " But Jones has lost interest in life. She lies in bed, looking out the window and said, how many leaves left on the old ivy that wrapped their shoots in front of the wall. Jonesy was convinced that when the last leaf falls, she dies.
Sue tells gloomy thoughts girlfriend Berman old artist, who lives at the bottom. He is going to create a masterpiece for a long time, but so far he has something does have not ideas. Hearing about Jones, old Berman terribly upset.
The next morning was a single sheet on the ivy. Jonesy watching how he resists gusts of wind. It was dark, the rain, the wind blew even harder, and Jones has no doubt that the next morning she did not see this list. But she was wrong: to her great surprise, the sheet-brave continues to fight the bad weather. It makes a strong impression on Jones. She feels ashamed of his cowardice, and she finds the will to live. Who visited her doctor noted improvement. In his opinion, the chances of survival and death are already equal. He adds that the bottom is also a neighbor caught pneumonia, but the poor man is no chance of recovery. A day later, the doctor said that now lives out of danger Jonesy. In the evening, according to her friend Sue the sad news that the old man died in hospital Berman. He caught a cold in the rainy night, when the last leaf ivy lost and the artist painted the new and in the pouring rain and icy wind attached it to a branch. Berman still created his masterpiece.
"Глобальные проблемы и опасности" - все топики.
Ecological Problems
Since ancient times Nature has served Man, being the source of his life. For thousands of years people lived in harmony with environment and it seemed to them that natural riches were unlimited. But with the development of civilization man's interference in nature began to increase.
Large cities with thousands of smoky industrial enterprises appear all over the world today. The by-products of their activity pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink, the land we grow grain and vegetables on.
Every year world industry pollutes the atmosphere with about 1000 million tons of dust and other harmful substances. Many cities suffer from smog. Vast forests are cut and burn in fire. Their disappearance upsets the oxygen balance. As a result some rare species of animals, birds, fish and plants disappear forever, a number of rivers and lakes dry up.
The pollution of air and the world's ocean, destruction of the ozone layer is the result of man's careless interaction with nature, a sign of the ecological crises.
The most horrible ecological disaster befell Ukraine and its people after the Chernobyl tragedy in April 1986. About 18 percent of the territory of Byelarus were also polluted with radioactive substances. A great damage has been done to the agriculture, forests and people's health. The consequences of this explosion at the atomic power-station are tragic for the Ukrainian, Byelorussian and other nations.
Environmental protection is of a universal concern. That is why serious measures to create a system of ecological security should be taken.
Some progress has been already made in this direction. As many as 159 countries — members of the UNO — have set up environmental protection agencies. Numerous conferences have been held by these agencies to discuss problems facing ecologically poor regions including the Aral Sea, the South Urals, Kuzbass, Donbass, Semipalatinsk and Chernobyl.
An international environmental research centre has been set up on Lake Baikal. The international organisation Greenpeace is also doing much to preserve the environment.
But these are only the initial steps and they must be carried onward to protect nature, to save life on the planet not only for the sake of the present but also for the future generations.
Экологические проблемы
С древних времен природа служит человеку, являясь источником его жизни. Тысячи лет люди жили в гармонии с окружающей средой. И им казалось, что природные богатства неисчерпаемы. Но с развитием цивилизации человек все больше стал вмешиваться в природу.
Во всем мире появляются большие города с тысячами дымящих промышленных предприятий. Побочные продукты их деятельности загрязняют воздух, которым мы дышим, воду, которую мы пьем, землю, на которой мы выращиваем пшеницу и овощи.
Каждый год мировая промышленность вырабатывает один миллион тонн пыли и других вредных веществ. Многие города страдают от смога. Огромные леса вырубаются и сжигаются. Их исчезновение нарушает кислородный баланс. В результате некоторые редкие виды животных, птиц, рыб и растений навсегда исчезают. Высыхают многие реки и озера.
Загрязнение воздуха и мирового океана, разрушение озонового слоя являются результатом небрежного обращения с природой, признаком экологического кризиса.
Самая ужасная экологическая катастрофа постигла Украину и ее народ после чернобыльской трагедии в апреле 1986 г. Также около восемнадцати процентов территории Белоруссии было загрязнено радиоактивными веществами. Был нанесен большой урон сельскому хозяйству, лесам и здоровью людей. Последствия этого взрыва на атомной станции трагические для украинцев, белорусов и других наций.
Защита окружающей среды — всеобщая забота. Вот почему необходимо принять серьезные меры для разработки системы экологической безопасности.
В этом направлении уже достигнут определенный прогресс. 159 стран — членов ООН организовали агентства по защите окружающей среды. Этими агентствами были проведены многочисленные конференции, на которых обсуждались проблемы, стоящие перед экологически неблагополучными регионами, включая Аральское море, Южный Урал, Кузбасс, Донбасс, Семипалатинск и Чернобыль.
На озере Байкал был открыт международный центр ш> следований окружающей среды. Международная организация "Гринпис" делает многое для того, чтобы сохранить окружающую среду.
Но это всего лишь первые шаги, и надо двигаться вперед, защищая природу, сохраняя жизнь на планете, не только ради настоящего, но и для будущих поколений.