Environmental problems

1. Environmental problems

2. Vocabulary

To pollute – загрязнять
Environmental protection — охрана (зашита) окружающей
среды
Humanity — человечество
Polluting agents – загрязняющие компоненты
Acid rains – кислотные дожди
To threaten – угрожать
To affect – воздействовать
Smog – смог

3. Vocabulary

To tell on — сказываться на
Deterioration—ухудшение
Drought [draut] — засуха
To prevent — защищать, предохранять
To be of vital ['vaitl] importance — быть необычайно
важным
Insect – насекомое
Wastes – отходы
Soil – почва
Fog – туман
Plant – растение

4. Since ancient times Nature has served Man, being the source of his life.

5. But with the development of civilization man’s interference in nature began to increase.

6. Numbers of ecological problems is rising each day.

7. The biggest ecological problems are definitely global warming and climate change.

Destruction of the
ozone layers is the
result of man’s careless interaction with
nature.

8. Kinds of pollution

WATER POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION
SOIL POLLUTION
NOISE POLLUTION

9. THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS

THE OZONE LAYER
ACID RAINS
GLOBAL WARMING
TOXIC POLLUTION OF ATMOSPHERE
DISAPPEARANCE OF FORESTS
CONTAMINATION OF UNDEGROUND WATERS BY CHEMICAL
ELEMENTS
DESTRUCTION OF SOIL IN SOME AREAS
THREAT TO SOME FLORA AND FAUNA REPRESENTATIVES

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11. WE CAN SAVE OUR PLANET

12. How to solve these problems

to combine efforts
to raise safety standards at all industrial facilities,
to adequately process by-products of industry
to set up an international space laboratory to monitor
the state of environment
set up an international center for emergency
environmental assistance.

13. Answer the questions

Is environmental protection the main problem facing
humanity nowadays?
What are the most serious environmental problems?
What kinds of pollution do you know?
What is the result of destruction of the ozone layers?
How can we solve these problems?