Vocabulary and Grammar

Follow-up

I. In pairs or groups answer these questions, then compare your answers with those of other groups.

1. How is water polluted?
2. How many persons die annually from drinking polluted water?
3. Describe a healthy water cycle, using the diagram from the text. Why does this process break down?
4. What is eutrophication?
5. What are the major sources of water pollution?
6. How does acid rain form?

II. Discuss:

A the problem of water pollution, its causes and effects.

B the problem of drinking water and possible ways of its solution.

C whether it is possible for humans to fit into the water cycle without disrupting it.

In your answers make use of the following expressions: What do you think of…; there is nothing in it; I don’t think much of…; I’m not sure I agree with you. I mean…; I’m not sure you are right. You see…; Look at it this way; Yes, but have you considered that…; Not everybody will agree with me, but…; Personally, I feel that…

I. Read the tips for the environmentally aware person. Fill in the gaps with articles where necessary.

Save … water.

1. Find … leaky toilets in your house.

Fact: … leaky toilet can waste 20.000 gallons of … water … year. That’s enough to fill up … swimming pool.

2. Find … leaky faucets in your house.

Fact: … leaky faucet can waste 3.000 gallons of … water … year.

What to do: check all … faucets in your house. Check … ones outside, too, where … garden hose is. Make sure that it is turned off, then watch for … minute to make sure that there are no … drips. If there are, get smb to fix it.

3. Water … lawn early in … morning.

Fact: If you water … lawn in … middle of … day when … sun is hot, most of … water evaporates before it gets to … roots.

What to do: It is … best to water … lawn in … coolest part of … day. …best time to water is early in … morning, before … sun gets hot.

II. Use the words in capital letters to form a word that fills each space. An example is given (0).

Model: I (0) sympathized with brave actions of the Greener World organization.

1. Some foods take longer to (1).

2. The natural (2) ____ processes cannot function properly because people pollute air, water, and soil immensely.

3. The lecture on biodiversity read by prof. Higgins failed to (3) ____ me.

4. Ukraine gradually turns into (4) ____ society.

5. Obviously, the climate patterns have changed greatly. Oddly enough, the temperature (5) ____ considerably in August in our parts.

6. The storm was really (6) ____.

0 SYMPATHY 4 CONSUME

1 DIGEST 5 DROPPING

2 CLEANSE 6 DEVASTATE

3 STIMULATION

III. Match the words with their definitions.

1. sanitation a the process of changing food in the stomach and bowels so that it can be used by the body

2. digestion b a substance that removes dirt

3. livestock c very small plants with no true stems or leaves found mainly in water

4. detergent d natural or artificial material used to help plants grow

5. treatment e the animals kept on a farm for use or profit

6. manure f systems that protect people’s health, esp those that dispose efficiently of human waste

7. algae g the process or manner of dealing with a thing

IV. Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B. Then fill in the gaps with the words from columns A and B in the appropriate form, paying attention to the discrimination of synonyms.

A B

1.wash a spill

2. stimulate b material

3. substance c hold

4. pour d cleanse

1. If this _____ is burned, the smoke is poisonous.

2. Steel is a stronger _____ than iron, but it is more expensive to produce.

3. Always ____ your hands thoroughly before preparing food.

4. _____ the wound thoroughly with disinfectant and cover it with a bandage.

5. Her lectures on extinct species always ____ us.

6. The Green peace protesters _____ the attention of the large audience for over 20 minutes.

7. Dan picked up the bucket and _____ the sand out of it.

8. An oil trunk has crashed, _____ its load all over the road.

V. Work in groups A and B. Use a dictionary if necessary to find out what the following words mean. Then make up sentences with gaps to give to another group. They have to guess which words from your list fit in which gap (So remember to mix up your sentences!)

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