Make the following statements more factually correct. Functional vocabulary

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Functional vocabulary

accumulative adj	накапливающий (~ся)
acid rain n	кислотный дождь
acidification n	окисление
acidify v	окислять (~ся)
afflict v	беспокоить, тревожить
devoid of sth adj	лишенный чего-л.
dub v	зд.: окрестить, прозвать
insectivorous adj	насекомоядный
insidious adj	скрытый, коварный
leach out v	выщелачивать (~ся), вымываться из чего-л.
liming n	известкование, удобрение известью
ravages of sth n, pl	разрушительное действие чего-л.; вред от чего-л.
smoke stack n	дымовая труба
stark adj	полный, абсолютный
superficial adj	поверхностный
water table n	уровень грунтовых вод

1. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases. Translate them into Russian / Belarusian.

– The Silent Crisis;

– umbrella definition;

– The Dirty Man of Europe;

– country's water table;

– The 30 per cent Club;

– accumulative problem.

1. Study the names of the following species. Add more names of birds and fish to the list.

otter n	выдра
salmon n	лосось, семга
thrush n	дрозд
trout n	форель

1. Match the adjectives with the nouns they collocate with. Translate the phrases into Russian/ Belarusian.

insectivorous	pollutants
contributory	availability
primary	converter
food	prospect
catalytic	factor
stark	species

1. Replace the italicised parts with the words and phrases from the text.

1. The film shows the unpleasantly clear, harsh realities of the acidification of the forest population.

2. The land is almost completely lacking in vegetation.

3. Radiation is a pollutant, which causes serious harm without being noticed.

4. The dramatic environmental tragedies that were made known at the conference pointed up the seriousness of the environmental pollution.

5. Nitrates from agricultural fertilizers are removed from the soil bywater and leached out into rivers.

6. The local fauna and flora experienced the damage done by acid rain.

7. Looking into the ways of lessening the effects of acid rain the book puts forward a number of carefully considered opinions.

1. Give extensive answers to the following questions. To answer some of them read the supplementary text "Is Acid Rain Killing Off Wood Thrushes?"

1. What is acid rain?

2. When did the threat caused by acid rain enter the people's consciousness?

3. Why is acid rain insidious in its effect?

4. What levels of environment are damaged by acid rains?

5. What are the sources of acid rain?

6. How does acid rain harm the wildlife?

7. Does acid rain afflict people?

8. What measures should be taken to stop acid rains?

1. The northern hemisphere is less afflicted by acid rains.

2. Weather and wind conditions scatter pollutants that become a source of acid rain.

3. European forests are more affected by acidification than bodies of water.

4. Drinking water cannot be damaged by acid rain.

3. Role-play: divide into environmentalists and men of business who are invited to take part in a TV talk show on acid rain.

Environmentalists are concerned with the harm done by acid rains.

Men of business are concerned with their enterprises and consider acid rains to be a non-issue.

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