Составьте краткий пересказ на языке lightning flashed across the sky,followed by the crash of thunder. george philips was driving carefully along the narrow country lane. it was late at night and he was looking forward to reaching his hotel. suddenly his car engine died. he tried to start the car
again but nothing happened. "blast! " he said angrily. up ahead in the distance he could see a light coming from a castle. he got out of the car and ran quickly through the pouring rain towards the huge building. george reached the castle's big wooden door and rang the bell. the heavy door slowly
creaked open. in front of him stood a young woman. as she looked up at george her face lit up. "oh,please come in out of the rain," she said. george thanked her and entered a big hall,then introduced himself and explained what had happened. she told him that he was welcome to spend the night in the
castle and led him into the library. a big crackling fire was burning in the fireplace. george went to warm himself in front of it. the young woman offered to make some tea and left the room. george had been standing there for a few minutes when he heard a voice behing him. "good evening. i'm mrs
mcdougall. my daughter told me we had a guest. please have a seat." soon afterwards the daughter came in. she was carrying a silver tray with a large teapot and three china cups. after they had finished their tea,mrs mcdougall offered to show him to his room. george was following her up the huge
staircase when he heard her weeping. "is something wrong? " he asked her. "i'm sorry," she whispered as tears ran down her wrinkled cheeks. "it's just that you remind me so much of my husband. i haven't seen him for ten years." the wind was howling outside and george felt a chill run down his
spine. when george woke up the next morning,the sun was shining and the birds were singing. he had slept very well the night before and felt refreshed. he put on his clothes,and went downstairs to thank the two women. he had been looking for them for some time before he realised that he was alone
in the castle. he wrote a note thanking them for their kindness and returned to his car. to his relief,when he turned the key,the car started with a roar. ten minutes later george stopped at a cafe to have breakfast. as the waitress was filling his coffee cup she said, "that was a terrible storm we
had last night,wasn't it? " george nodded and took a sip of hot coffee. he told her that,as his car had broken down,the mcdougalls had put him up for the night in their castle. the waitress looked at him in amazement. "but that's impossible! " she exclaimed. "nobody has lived in that castle since
mrs mcdougalls and her daughter died in a car accident ten years ago! " george stared at her in disbelief and trembling with shock,dropped his coffee cup onto the floor.
2 How many percent of the Russian people continue to holiday somewhere in Russia?
3 What percentage of Russian travelers prefer seaside resorts abroad?
4 How many types of Russian travelers abroad?
5 What percentage of people continue to rest package tour
6 What percentage of independent tourists who travel on their own?
7 What percentage of business travelers go to rest abroad?
8 How many percent of people visiting friends and relatives abroad?
9 How many percent of people travel just over the border?
10 Where tourists abroad often go ?
Environmental Protection
Some hundreds of years ago people lived in harmony with nature, because industry was not much developed. Today, however, the contradictions between man and nature are dramatic.
The twenty first century is a century of the scientific and technological progress. The achievements of the mankind in mechanization and automation of industrial processes, in chemical industry and conquering outer space, in the creation of atomic power stations and ships are amazing. But at the same time, this progress gave birth to a very serious problem – the problem of environment.
Ecology and the contamination of environment, is concerned with climate, over-population in certain areas, deaths of plant and animals, chemical contamination of seas, lakes and rivers as well as atomic experiments and dumping of atomic waste from power stations. Floods, unexpected draughts, and the greenhouse effect are the next reasons.
There are many consequences of damaging the environment. One of them is acid rain. Another one is water shortage resulting from abuse of arable lands in agriculture. The third one is destroying the ozone layer of the Earth through pollution from factories and plants. The fourth problem is damage o water and soils.
The fifth one is damage to wildlife: numerous species of animals and plants can disappear. At last, the most serious danger arising from damaging the environment is the result of the abovementioned consequences. This is the danger for the life and health of the man.
The protection of natural resources and wildlife is becoming a political programme in every country. Numerous anti-pollution acts passed in different countries led to considerable improvements in environment. In many countries purifying systems for treatment of industrial waters have been installed, measures have been taken to protect rivers and seas from oil waters.
But the environmental problems have grown beyond the concern of a single country. Their solution requires the co-operation of all nations. If we are unable to learn to use the environment carefully and protect it from damage caused by man’s activities, very soon we’ll have no world to live in.
Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment, on individual, organizational or governmental level, for the benefit of the natural environment and (or) humans. Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently.
This has been recognized and governments began placing restraints on activities that caused environmental degradation. Since the 1960s activism by the environmental movement has created awareness of the various environmental issues. There is not a full agreement on the extent of the environmental impact of human activity and protection measures are occasionally criticized.
Academic institutions now offer courses such as environmental studies, environmental management and environmental engineering that study the history and methods of environmental protection. Protection of the environment is needed from various human activities. Waste, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and the introduction of invasive species are some of the issues relating to environmental protection.