«Let`s Save Our Planet»

Загальноосвітня школа І-ІІІ ступенів с. Старий Чорторийськ A Round Table Discussion «Let`s Save Our Planet» Вчитель: Сльозко Н. М.

ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION

VOCABULARYenvironment- навколишнє середовище chlorofluorocarbons- хлорофторуглеводи protection-захист to release-викидатиsurroundings-середовище refrigerator-холодильникdevelopment-розвиток conditioner-кондиціонерcrowded-переповнений to increase-зростатиnuclear-ядерний skin-шкіраpollution-забруднення cancer-ракnoise-шум to weaken-ослаблюватиdestruction-руйнування immune-іммуннаalarming-тривожний danger-небезпека acid rain-кислотні дощі to fill-заповнюватиto suffer from-страждати від waste-отходиdepletion-виснаження chemical-хімічнийozone-озон fertilizer-добривоlayer-шар pesticide-пестицидto protect-захищати to die-вимиратиultraviolet-ультрафіолетовий following-наступнийray-промінь brink- край (обриву, прірви)to damage-зіпсувати extinction-вимирання

Say what ecological problems are of people’s great concern nowadays. You may use the following words:

NUCLEAR POLLUTION… very dangerous!!!!!

WATER POLLUTION: ugly rivers of dirty water, to pollute water with factory waste, polluted fish, dead rivers, to be concerned about the purity of water, waste of chemical plants.

Water must be clear…. What is ecological problem caused by?

LAND POLLUTION: dead land, lifeless arenas, to turn the land to a desert, forests are cut and burn in fire.

AIR POLLUTION: fume from the chimneys, the release of harmful substances into the air, to be covered with soot and dirt, smog over the city, hard to breathe, unhealthy environment, smoke clouds

Pollution is spoiling the air you breathe! Pollution is handing like a brown cloud over New York today. Dirt and smoke are pouring from cars and factories. Pollution is spoiling the air we breathe ,and it’s harming our health. New York has a big problem these days. The city has dirty air. The air smell bad , and it look ugly. Pollution is a health problem, too, because it’s hurting people’s lungs. This man thinks that pollution is dangerous. He doesn’t like the air, so he isn’t breathing it. He’s smelling a flower, and it smells good, but he doesn’t know it. He’s touching the flower with his mask, and the flower feels soft, but he doesn’t know it. He’s listening for birds, but he doesn’t hear any. He's looking for beauty, but he doesn’t see any. He believes that pollution is coming between us and the beauty of nature. He is trying to show his ideas with the gas mask. He wants people to work together now and to make the air cleaner soon.

Ecological situation. Man’s interference In nature. Planet-wide problems. Environmental protection. Greenhouseeffect. Creating a system of ecological security. Cutting of the Vast forests. Acid rains. Global warming. Ozone depletion. Massive deforestation. Upsetting of oxygen balance. International organization Greenpeace. Poisoning of the world’s air, land, water. Industrial by-products. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Radioactive substances. Environmental protection agencies

Translate the sentences from English into Russian in writing, using dictionaries. Acid rains affect both plant animal life. Environmental problems, relatively short have already been an object of a number of international discussions. As the pollution of large cities continues to grow. Since acid rains are a major threat to forests, possibilities of preventing them are being worked out.

The earth is our home and we must protect it…