I. Making Predictions

Phrases

a greenhouse effect	to be on the edge of prosperity
a heat-trapping gas	to be subject to sth
a sewerage system	to clear the way to sth
advancement of deserts	to enforce the laws
carbon monoxide/dioxide	to establish a world-wide wilderness area
commercial fishing	to have an impact on sth
environmentally conscious	to hunt for sport
environmentally friendly	to irritate lungs
factory discharge	to launch a campaign
fossil fuel	to lead to action
nutrient enrichment	to make estimates
solid wastes	to pass a law
technological advances	to pose threat to sth
thermal/noise pollution	to reprocess waste (syn. recycle)
throwaway packaging materials	to set aside a park
to back a competition	to take an action toward sth
to be exposed to sth	to upset a balance

Environmental protection

Speech Functions Bank

F – Formal

Inf – Informal

F   Inf	is sure to He/she is bound to DO … X will probably HAPPEN is probably going to
out of question he/she DO … It's not that will impossible X HAPPEN
likely he/she DO … It's (quite) that will probable X HAPPEN
He/she DO … may (well) X HAPPEN
he/she DO … It's on the cards that will X HAPPEN

1. Make the following statements about predictions using the language in the box above.

E x a m p l e: It/likely/humanity/face very serious environmental pollution in the future.

It is quite likely that humanity will face very serious environmental pollution in the future.

1. It/not out/question/most people/concern themselves with living in environmentally friendly surroundings.

2. It/cards/smoking/be banned in public places.

3. Man/bound/find new sources of energy.

4. It/impossible/Red Data Book/cease to exist in the XXI century.

5. It/probable/African countries/reduce poaching on elephants.

2. Use the appropriate language from the box above to make predictions about the following.

E x a m p l e: The climate on the planet.

It is quite likely that global warming will change the climate. The rise of temperature will probably influence the life on the planet, etc.

1. New sources of energy.

2. Overpopulation and the world shortage of food.

3. The environment people will be living in at the end of the XXI century.

4. The measures the government of your country will take to reduce pollution.

5. The destiny of the endangered species in your country.

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