II. Using a dictionary add as many missing words as possible. Make up short sentences with the words

I. Match the words with their definitions.

Follow-up

1. a spoil a an apparatus for obtaining metal from ore

2. to seep b to fight or struggle against smb/smth

3. smelter c waste

4. to combat d to hunt or catch an animal for food

5. to prey upon smth e to flow slowly and in small quantities through smth

6. hazardous f thrown out or away

7. discarded g dangerous

II. Answer the given questions.

1. What does healthy soil depend on?

2. What can destroy soil’s productivity?

3. What can also damage soil?

4. What are the ways of handling soil wastes and their effects?

5. Why are hazardous ways so dangerous?

6. What can be done in order to protect soil?

III. Discuss the following:

1. What is your attitude to organic farming?

2. Are you a green thumb? Have you got any farming experience? Do you often use pests and fertilizers? Why/Why not?

3. What ways of protecting soil can you suggest. Give your reasons.

Make use of the following phrases: it is popularly believed that…; people often claim that…; it is often alleged that…; some people argue that…; many argue that…; most people feel that…; some people point out that…; contrary to popular belief…

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. We are slowly destroying the world we live in. Write what we should or shouldn’t do, to solve these problems. Use the model.

Model: Farmers often spray chemicals on crops to protect them against pests (protect crops without using many pesticides). – I suggest (demand, insist) that farmers should protect crops against pests without using many pesticides. It is necessary (important) that farmers should protect crops against pests without using many pesticides.

1. Too much car exhaust is pouring into the air (put filter on exhaust pipes).

2. Too much smoke from factories is pouring into the air (put filters on factory chimneys).

3. Too many fish are dying from pollution (not/pour/waste/rivers).

4. Too many trees are being cut down (not/destroy forests).

5. Too much paper is burned in rubbish dumps (recycle paper).

6. Too many fertilizers are used in farming (use compost).

7. Radioactive waste is a serious environmental problem (be/safe storage/radioactive waste).

Nouns	Adjectives	Verbs
irrigation
	resistant
rotation
		spoil
fertilizer
		combat
		seep

III. Arrange these jumbled words and expressions to make correct sentences.

1. Engineered/ really/ to/ are/ genetically/ more/ certain/ plants/ resistant/ pests.

2. Serious/ the/ pesticides/ problem/ evidently/ and/ use/ of/ a/ poses/ rather/ fertilizers / environmental.

3. Was/ occurred/ had/ rotation/ never/ of/ crop/ a/ stroke/ which/ to/ genius/ humans.

4. Upon/ usually/ and/ rodents/ prey/ cats/ rats/ other/ mice.

5. Chemicals/ the/ ground/ unfortunately/ seeped/ poisonous/ the/ into/ water.

6. Geologists/ rich/ ore/ found/ the/ of/ team/ has/ of/ iron/ deposit/ a.

7. Look/,/ covered/ the/ with/ fungi/ is/ lawn.

IV. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box in the appropriate form.

Crop genetically engineered plants deposit fungus irrigation pose discarded prey dump

1. _______refer to biodegradable products, i.e. they break down rather quickly.

2. The handling of solid waste _______ a serious problem.

3. I think that ______ _______ ________ won’t do much good because it is interference in natural laws.

4. The grass was littered with _______ cans and cardboard boxes.

5. It is universally known that polar bears ______ upon seals.

6. The ancient _______ system of this town is in a perfect state.

7. Last year we reaped good _______ of apples, pears and quinces.

8. I think the factory violates the law _______ garbage near our residential area.

9. This area is rich in natural gas _______.

V. Translate from Ukrainian into English.

1. Шпаки приносять користь, полюючи на шкідливих комах.

2. Не використовуйте пестициди у боротьбі зі шкідниками. Хімікати можуть проникнути у підземні води.

3. Небезпечне сміття містить в собі відходи, які загрожують здоров’ю людини та довкіллю.

4. Іригація ґрунту у засушливих районах з поганим дренажем викликає серйозні проблеми.

5. В 1867 році російський інженер Петро Горлов винайшов багате родовище вугілля на території теперішньої Горлівки.

6. Багато грибів є отруйними, навіть їстівні гриби містять багато токсичних елементів.

7. Говорять, що генетично модифіковані зернові дають гарні врожаї. Крім цього вони більш стійкі до хвороб.

8. Наша система сівозміни дає відмінні результати.

WRITING

Your friend has a green thumb and he has grown a giant pumpkin without any fertilizers or pesticides. Write an informative article to your college newspaper on his green successful farming.

Hints. A successful article should consists of:

a) an eye-catching title or headline which suggests the topic of the article that follows;

b) an introduction which clearly outlines the topic to be covered;

c) a main body of several paragraphs in which the subject is developed in detail;

d) a conclusion which summarizes the topic and /or offers an opinion, comments, recommendations, etc.

Mind that an article may be formal or informal in style, depending on its intended readership.

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