Вопросы 1. What leads to forest damage? 2. What destroys the ozone layer of the Earth? 3. Why can many kinds of animals disappear? 4. What environmental problems is Russia suffering? 5. What is it necessary to do in order to live in a healthier world? ответы a. Problems caused by economic activities. b. Acid rains. c. To use the environment carefully and protect it from damage. d. As a result of people's activities. e. Wastes of plants and cars. Закончите предложения, выбрав соответствующий по смыслу вариант: 1. The environment supplies the economy of the country with its resources but air and water are polluted, and the environment is a) unable to absorb all its wastes. b) able to absorb all its wastes. c) able to affect the balance of nature. 2. Waste gases cause acid rains and therefore a) reduce the resources of forests. b) do not reduce the resources of forests. c) protect the resources of forests. 3. Plants and cars wastes pollute the air a) but do not destroy the ozone layer of the Earth. b) and destroy the ozone layer of the Earth. c) but do not affect the nature. 4. People must learn to use the environment carefully and a) affect the balance of nature. b) make their life easier. c) protect it from damages caused by their activities. Прочитайтетекст "Why should we recycle at home?"Выполните задание данное после текста. Did you know that we could recycle 60% of the rubbish that is in our landfills? Well, it’s true. Read this poster and learn some interesting facts about recycling. It takes 70% less energy to make paper from recycled materials than from trees. Recycling paper saves hundreds of trees a month. We use about 15 million plastic bottles a day. Plastic can take up to 500 years to break down. We can use glass as many times as we want. One recycled glass bottle can save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes. We throw away about 50 million tonnes of aluminium a year. One recycled aluminium container can save enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours. Write true, false, doesn’t say: 1. Recycling paper can’t save hundreds of trees a month. 2. One recycled glass bottle can save enough energy to power a computer for 45 minutes. 3. The writer says that children will plant 100 trees.
2 The British Isles lie in the north-west of Europe. They consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland,
3 The territory of the United Kingdom is about 244 square kilometres. His the 75th place among other countries in the world.
4 The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland-
5 The capital of the country is London. The 4 capitols of the United Kingdom are : England is London, Wales is Cardiff, Scotland is Edinburgh and Northern Ireland is Belfast.
6 The two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) are based at The Palace of Westminster,
in London.
7 The British Parliament is the oldest in the world. It originated in th 12th century as Witenagemot,
8 Britain is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch – Queen Elisabeth II as a head of state.