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Название урока: The Systems of Education
in Great Britain and Russia.
1. [t, d] study, student, kindergarten, education, education system, type of school, start school;
[r] graduate, graduate from, primary school, elementary school, secondary school, prepare;
[w] why, what, when, where, which
[z] exam, examination, national exam
2.What kind of school is it?
- Pupils must take a selection tests.
- Children read, write, do sums, play games. They spend a lot of time outdoors.
- The parents pay much money for education of their children.
- Boys and girls are interested in working with their hands. They learn some trade at these schools. They don’t learn foreign languages.
These schools are for all boys and girls. They don’t have selection tests.
3.Complete each sentence with one of the words below. Use each word once only.
Compulsory strict knowledge
education attend study uniform private secondary
1. In Russia education is … between ages of 6-7 and 15 .
2. There are different types of … schools in our country.
3. Most of them are state schools where … is free.
4. But some parents want their children to attend … schools which are not free.
5. Children have to … school from Monday till Saturday.
6. In some schools they must wear … but in others they are allowed what they want.
7. The pupils must … 15-17 subjects.
8. The curriculum is … in Russian schools.
9. The pupils have got good … and many of them may continue to study in colleges or universities
Max: Place the following statements under correct heading: GB or Russia
- Children ages of 7 / 17-18 attend school.
- Pupils have to wear school uniform to school.
- There are grammar, modern schools there.
- Summer holidays are from June to August.
- Pupils eat lunch at school.
- The pupils don’t choose the subjects, they study 15-17 subjects.
- School discipline is very strict.
- Pupils have exams at the ages of 11, 16.
- After finishing 9th form the three choices are opened to the pupils.
- There are three school terms in the country.
Now let’s compare the education systems in Russia and in Great Britain.
What are similarities and differences between the Russian and British systems of education?
- Similarities:
Differences:
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The USA – pair worksheet
Student A
Complete the sentences by asking your partner for the missing information
The USA is the fourth largest country in the world and it is situated in North America. The highest mountain in the USA is situated in 1…………………………….(where) and it is called Mount McKinley.
The longest river is called the 3…………………………….(name of the river) and the largest lake is Lake Superior. It is found in the north and is part of the Great Lake area (The area includes Lake Huron, Michigan, Eire and Ontario). It is also the largest freshwater lake in the world.
The USA consists of 5……………………….(how many) states and a federal district called Washington D.C. The largest city is New York and the capital city is7 ………………………………(name of capital). It was named after the first president of the USA – George Washington. The national language is American English, but many people speak 9 ………………………….(what language) and some people speak French. The nickname for the USA is Uncle Sam.
In the USA people use 11……………………………..(what currency)
The national flower is the rose and the national bird is 13………………………….
Student B
Complete the sentences by asking your partner for the missing information
The USA is the fourth largest country in the world and it is situated in North America. The highest mountain in the USA is situated in Alaska and it is called 2…………………………………..(name of the mountain)
The longest river is called the Mississippi river and the largest lake is 4……………………....(name of the lake). It is found in the north and is part of the Great Lake area (The area includes Lake Huron, Michigan, Eire and Ontario). It is also the largest freshwater lake in the world.
The USA consists of 50 states and a federal district called Washington D.C. The largest city is 6…………………………….(name of the city) and the capital city is Washington D.C. It was named after the first president of the USA – 8 ……………………………….(name of first US president). The national language is American English, but many people speak Spanish and some people speak French. The nickname for the USA is 10 ………………………….
In the USA people use American dollar.
The national flower is the 12 …………………………….and the national bird is Bald Eagle.
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THE UNITED STATES – AN INTRO FOR KIDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJVxNfjwP-U
PART 1
Here is the United States. The United States is a country. A country has its own laws, like the law that says you can’t drive too fast, and the law that says you can’t rob other people and many other laws.
The capital is Washington, DC, where the government makes laws. Uncle Sam is the symbol of the US government. Here’s the Capital Building, where Congress writes laws. Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Here is the White House, where the President lives and works. The President has to say “yes” to new laws, by signing them. George Bush was President for eight years. Now the President is Barack Obama. The first President was George Washington. The more presidents were Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
The other important part of the government is the Supreme Court, with nine judges, called Justices. They talk a lot. They explain what the laws mean.
PART 2
The United States is made up of 50 states. In the US flag there are 50 stars, one for each state. Some states have lots of people in them, like California, and Texas and New York State. But some states have very few people in them, like Wyoming and Vermont. When the United States first got started, there were only 13 states. It grew toward the west, to the Pacific Ocean.
The United States is divided into parts, or regions, including the Northeast, which includes the New England States, and the Mid-Atlantic States, the Midwest and Great Plains States, the South, and finally the West, which includes the Rocky Mountain States, and the Pacific States. The national bird of the United States is the Bald Eagle, and two more national symbols are baseball and apple pie.
The state of Alaska is not next to the other states. It is only next to Canada. Alaska is way up north. Alaska is famous because it is very wild, very large and very cold. The tallest mountain in the US is in Alaska: Mount McKinley, which is here.
Hawaii is a state, but it is out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is famous because it is warm, and people like to visit the beaches there. The lowest point in the United States is called Death Valley, which is here, in California. There are five really big lakes in the north, called the great Lakes. The biggest lake in the US is Lake Superior. The longest river is the Mississippi River.
The three biggest cities in the United States are New York City, Los Angeles, California, and Chicago, Illinois.
PART 3
People can do a lot of things in the United States. In Los Angeles, California, people make movies. In San Jose, California, people make software for computers. Near Seattle, Washington, people make big airplanes. In Nashville, Tennessee, people make a lot of music. In Detroit, Michigan, people make a lot of cars. In Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, people make a lot of the metal steel. In New York City, people make books, and they make money on the stock market. And in Boston, Massachusetts, people learn at many famous universities. But the Unites States is famous for letting people do what they want. The Statue of Liberty stands for freedom, the freedom to do what you want.
In the United States there are some famous big places, like the high desert, the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains, and the Appalachian Mountains. In the United States, there are many famous parks. In Wyoming, there is Yellowstone National Park. In Arizona there is Grand Canyon National Park. In California there is Yosemite National Park and also Redwood National Park. In Tennessee and North Carolina there is Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In Florida there is Everglades National Park.
There are also many great monuments in the US. In New York City, there is the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and the Brooklyn Bridge. There are many famous monuments in Washington D.C., like the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial. In Philadelphia, you can see Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. In Chicago you can see the Sears Tower. Some sports started in the United States – like baseball, football and basketball. Americans like to eat lots of different kinds of food, like hamburgers, hot dogs and meat loaf.
EXERCISES
Part 1
Answer the questions.
1. What is the United States? - ____________________
2. Where are laws made? - ____________________
3. What is Congress made up of? - ____________________
4. Who must say “yes” to new laws? - ____________________
5. What is the capital of the United States? - ____________________
6. Where does the President work? - ____________________
7. Who is George Washington? - ____________________
8. Who works in the Supreme Court? - ____________________
9. How many judges are there? - ____________________
10. What do they do? - ____________________
11. What is Part 1 about? - ____________________
Fill in the blanks, then watch the video again and check your answers. Choose from the followings: president, country, queen, mean, fast, capital, citizens, laws, president, laws, people, United, symbolize.
Here is the __________ States. The United States is a __________. A country has its own laws, like the law that says you can’t drive too __________, and the law that says you can’t rob other __________ and many other laws.
The __________ is Washington, DC, where the government makes __________. Uncle Sam is the symbol of the US government. Here’s the Capital Building, where Congress writes laws. Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Here is the White House, where the __________ lives and works. The President has to say “yes” to new __________, by signing them. George Bush was President for eight years. Now the President is Barack Obama. The first __________ was George Washington. The more presidents were Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
The other important part of the government is the Supreme Court, with nine judges, called Justices. They talk a lot. They explain what the laws __________.
Part 2
Match the beginnings (1-8) and the ends (a-h) of the following sentences:
1. The United States is . . . | a) to the Pacific Ocean. |
2. When the US first got started, . . . | b) out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. |
3. The USA grew toward the west, . . . | c) it is very wild, very large and very cold. |
4. The state of Alaska is . . . | d) made up of 50 states. |
5. Alaska is famous because . . . | e) New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. |
6. Hawaii is famous because . . . | f) there were only 13 states. |
7. Hawaii is a state . . . | g) people like to visit the beaches there. |
8. The 3 biggest cities in the US are . . . | h) next to Canada. |
Answer the questions.
1. How many states are there in the USA? - ____________________
2. How many states were there when the USA got started? - ____________________
3. What regions is the USA divided into? - ____________________
4. What is Alaska? What is Hawaii? - ____________________
5. What is Mount McKinley? - ____________________
6. What is the Mississippi? - ____________________
7. What is Death Valley? - ____________________
8. Where are the Great lakes situated? - ____________________
9. What are the biggest cities in the USA? - ____________________
10. What are the symbols of the country? - ____________________
Part 3
Match the state and things produced there.
1. Los Angeles, California | a) a lot of music |
2. San Jose, California | b) big airplanes |
3. Seattle, Washington | c) movies |
4. Nashville, Tennessee | d) a lot of cars |
5. Detroit, Michigan | e) many famous universities |
6. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania | f) books and money on the stock market |
7. New York City | g) software for computers |
8. Boston, Massachusetts | h) a lot of metal steel |
Match the states and their national parks.
1. Wyoming | a) Everglades National Park |
2. Arizona | b) Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
3. California | c) Yosemite and Redwood National Parks |
4. Tennessee and North Carolina | d) Yellowstone National Park |
5. Florida | e) Grand Canyon National Park |
Match the city and the sights.
1. New York City 2. Washington, D.C. 3. Philadelphia 4. Chicago | a) the Liberty Bell |
b) the Empire State Building | |
c) Independence Hall | |
d) the Jefferson Memorial | |
e) the Sears Tower | |
f) the Statue of Liberty | |
g) the Brooklyn Bridge | |
h) the Lincoln Memorial | |
i) the Washington Memorial |
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online test - About America
www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-1/exercise-english-555.php listening - History of the USA
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Video: Rainier and Atticus at the White House (Youtube)
The Ellen Degeneres show
____________and _______________ at the ________________________
- Names of the boys : _________________ and _____________________
They are cousins/brothers/friends. They are going to visit the ___________________
- Who do you think is on the portraits? ___________________________
Got the time to write a few names?_________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
- In which museum can you also see portraits of the presidents? _________________________________
How many times have the boys been there ? _________
Why ? We __________________________. It is like our ______________________
- In the red room, we can see a portrait of Martin Van Buren’s ______________________
- Can all visitors go in the diplomatic reception room? __________________________
Why? _________________________________________________
- Who is the lady in the green dress? __________________________________
- What is her favorite room? It is the ____________________ because it is shaped like an ______________
What is Atticus’s favorite room? It is the _________________ because ________________________
- Does the First Lady ever get lost in the White House? At the beginning, it was ___________________, all the rooms ____________________
- Bo had a cookie. Is he usually allowed to eat cookies? Yes/No
- Quiz
- Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president to ___________________________
What was his phone number? __________________
Why do you think the First Lady is laughing when Rainier gives his phone number? _______________________________________________________
- Theodore Roosevelt gave the ____________________________________
- Thomas Jefferson had pets in the garden: he had ______________________
- Which monument can we see in the background when the helicopter leaves the White House? ___________________
Who is in the helicopter? _____________________________
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Interesting facts about the USA
Student A The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 cents. Etymology of this word: In the 16th century, Count Hieronymus Schlick of Bohemia began minting coins. The valley where the silver was mined is now known as Jáchymov, which was previously known as Joachimstaler later shortened to the German Taler. This German word was eventually transferred into English dollar. The word "buck" (doláč, babka) is often used in colloquial (hovorová) English. | Student B The national flag of the United States of America is often simply called the American flag. It consists of thirteen horizontal red and white stripes, with a blue rectangle which has fifty small, white stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence (vyhlásily nezávislost) from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Nicknames for the flag include the "Stars and Stripes" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" which is also the name of the national anthem (národní hymna). The flag is usually flown at most public buildings. | |
Student C The White House is the official residence of the President of the United States of America, and is located in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the USA (D.C. stands for the District of Columbia named after Christopher Columbus – it is not a state). The first US President to live in the White House was John Adams (the second President of the USA). However, the construction of the House had begun during the presidency of George Washington (the first US president- who had not lived there) During the War of 1812, the British set fire to the President’s House in 1814. Nearly all of the interior was destroyed by the fire. There is a legend that says that the House was called the White House when it was rebuilt and when its fire-blackened surfaces were painted white (over the original grey) | Student D The Statue of Liberty is a huge sculpture that is located on Liberty Island in New York. This monument was a gift to the USA from the people of France. It represents a woman who is escaping the chains of tyranny (the broken chains lie at her feet). The statue holds a torch that is a symbol of liberty. Liberty was designed by the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The statue was built in France and was brought to the USA in pieces on a French ship. The statue was re-assembled in the USA . The seven rays of Liberty's crown symbolize the seven seas and seven continents of the world. Liberty holds a tablet in her left hand that reads "July 4, 1776" (written in Roman numerals, MDCCLXXVI), which is Independence Day of the United States of America. | |
T/ F statements 1The word „buck“ means a „cent“ in American English. 2 There are 12 horizontal stripes on the flag of the US and they represent the oroginal British colonies. 3 The nickname for the flag is the same as the name of the US national anthem. 4 The White House is located in the state of Washington. 5 The first president who lived in the White House was George Washington. 6 The Statue of Liberty was given tp the USA by the French nation. 7 The date written on the tablet comemmorates the date of the independence of the USA. Answer the questions 1 What is the etymology of the word „dollar“? 2 What does the American flag look like? What do the parts represent? 3 Where is the White House located? 4 Why is the White called the White House? 5 Where is the Statue of Liberty situated? 6 What does the Statue represent? | T/ F statements 1The word „buck“ means a „cent“ in American English. 2 There are 12 horizontal stripes on the flag of the US and they represent the oroginal British colonies. 3 The nickname for the flag is the same as the name of the US national anthem. 4 The White House is located in the state of Washington. 5 The first president who lived in the White House was George Washington. 6 The Statue of Liberty was given tp the USA by the French nation. 7 The date written on the tablet comemmorates the date of the independence of the USA. Answer the questions 1 What is the etymology of the word „dollar“? 2 What does the American flag look like? What do the parts represent? 3 Where is the White House located? 4 Why is the White called the White House? 5 Where is the Statue of Liberty situated? 6 What does the Statue represent? | |
T/ F statements 1The word „buck“ means a „cent“ in American English. 2 There are 12 horizontal stripes on the flag of the US and they represent the oroginal British colonies. 3 The nickname for the flag is the same as the name of the US national anthem. 4 The White House is located in the state of Washington. 5 The first president who lived in the White House was George Washington. 6 The Statue of Liberty was given tp the USA by the French nation. 7 The date written on the tablet comemmorates the date of the independence of the USA. Answer the questions 1 What is the etymology of the word „dollar“? 2 What does the American flag look like? What do the parts represent? 3 Where is the White House located? 4 Why is the White called the White House? 5 Where is the Statue of Liberty situated? 6 What does the Statue represent? | T/ F statements 1The word „buck“ means a „cent“ in American English. 2 There are 12 horizontal stripes on the flag of the US and they represent the oroginal British colonies. 3 The nickname for the flag is the same as the name of the US national anthem. 4 The White House is located in the state of Washington. 5 The first president who lived in the White House was George Washington. 6 The Statue of Liberty was given tp the USA by the French nation. 7 The date written on the tablet comemmorates the date of the independence of the USA. Answer the questions 1 What is the etymology of the word „dollar“? 2 What does the American flag look like? What do the parts represent? 3 Where is the White House located? 4 Why is the White called the White House? 5 Where is the Statue of Liberty situated? 6 What does the Statue represent? | |
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Talking about Photographs
General Idea
These photos are related to the topic of…
What they have in common is that…
Both show…
Both photos depict…
Both photos are similar in…
Speculating
The first picture…whereas the other one…
What strikes me in the first picture is…
The picture on the right represents…
They look like…
It looks as if they are…
They seem…
When you give it a closer look, it appears…
I imagine…
For me, the photo shows how important…
In the other photo….
Another important difference is…
I think she has got…
Judging by…
Locating
on the left/right, in the foreground/background,
behind the, in front of the,
in the distance, next to the…
Personal view
So these two photos illustrate two different ideas of…
The main problem centres around…
It makes me think of…
In my opinion the aspect of…
For my part,…
Personally I…
It’s my belief that…
As I see it…
Talking about Photographs
General Idea
These photos are related to the topic of…
What they have in common is that…
Both show…
Both photos depict…
Both photos are similar in…
Speculating
The first picture…whereas the other one…
What strikes me in the first picture is…
The picture on the right represents…
They look like…
It looks as if they are…
They seem…
When you give it a closer look, it appears…
I imagine…
For me, the photo shows how important…
In the other photo….
Another important difference is…
I think she has got…
Judging by…
Locating
on the left/right, in the foreground/background,
behind the, in front of the,
in the distance, next to the…
Personal view
So these two photos illustrate two different ideas of…
The main problem centres around…
It makes me think of…
In my opinion the aspect of…
For my part,…
Personally I…
It’s my belief that…
As I see it…
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- Нельзя присваивать себе авторство данного ресурса, даже если будут внесены изменения.
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- В случае частичного использования ресурса, ссылка на источник обязательна.
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1. | Автор (ФИО, должность) | Щур Ольга Дмитриевна |
2. | Название ресурса | Тест по английскому языку за курс основной школы (грамматика) |
3. | Вид ресурса | Интерактивный тест |
4. | Предмет, УМК | Английский язык УМК «Английский язык» под редакцией Кузовлева В, П. УМК «Английский с удовольствием» под редакцией Биболетовой М. З. |
5. | Цель и задачи ресурса | Контроль знаний по основным разделам грамматики английского языка за курс основной школы |
6. | Возраст учащихся, для которых предназначен ресурс | 9 класс (14-15 лет) |
7. | Программа, в которой создан ресурс | программа Test (Edu) |
8. | Методические рекомендации по использованию ресурса | Рекомендуется использовать в конце 9 класса для контроля грамматических навыков учащихся по основным разделам грамматики |
9. | Источники информации | |
1. Учебник Английского языка для 9 класса под редакцией Кузовлева В, П. Москва: Просвещение, 2013 2. Учебник «Английский с удовольствием» для 9 класса под редакцией Биболетовой М. З., Обнинск: Титул, 2014. | ||
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Name _________________________________________________________________________ Mark ______________
Date _________________________________________________________________________ Teacher _____________
I.A. Read the paragraphs below and match them with the threat they refer to:
1.“ Environmental racism is inequitable distribution of environmental hazards based on race. The Federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry considers lead poisoning to be the number one environmental health problem for children in the United States. Some 4 million children – many of whom are African American, Latino and Native American- have dangerously high lead levels in their bodies. This lead is absorbed from contaminated drinking water and soil polluted by industrial effluents and automobile exhaust.” 2.“Every year humans kill about 100 million sharks, skates and rays, about half of them caught as unwanted “by-catch” while fishing for other species. Sharks are particularly sensitive to overfishing because they grow slowly, mature late and have few young each generation. As top predators, sharks play a crucial role in the health of the ocean ecosystems and their extermination could lead to major ecological changes in the ocean”. 3.“ In February 2002, a huge section of the Larsen B Ice Shelf along The Antarctic Peninsula coast suddenly disintegrated into thousands of icebergs. The total volume of ice released was the equivalent to 29 trillion bags of party ice. Climatologists warn that this dramatic collapse could be a signal of global climate change and an omen of catastrophic events to come.” 4.“ A 1 percent loss of ozone results in a 2 percent increase in UV rays reaching the earth’s surface and could result in about a million extra human skin cancers per year worldwide.” 5.“ Every second, on average, four or five children are born somewhere on the earth. I that same second, two other people die. This difference between births and deaths means a net gain of roughly 2.5 more humans per second in the world population. This means we are adding 9,000 per hour, 217,000 per day, or about 79 million more people per year.” 6.“ Sulfur dioxide and sulphuric acid released by industry causes massive destruction of the vegetation. Rains then wash away the exposed soil, leaving a barren moonscape.” 7.“Pollution from factory pipes has been vastly reduced but erosion from farm fields, construction sites, airborne mercury, sulphur and other substances are increasingly contaminating lakes and wetlands.” 8.“ Worldwide, we lost between 9 million and 12 million ha of forest per year from 1990 to 2000. Clear-cutting and burning especially in order to get pasture and cropland have turned many forests into a dry, barren ground”. 9.“ How does the air taste, feel, smell, and look in your neighbourhood? Chances are that wherever you live, the air is contaminated to some degree. Smoke, dust, corrosive gases and toxic compounds are present nearly everywhere.” Environmental Science − A Global Concern | ·Animal extinction ·Acid rain ·Air pollution ·Overpopulation ·Water pollution ·Deforestation ·Ozone Depletion ·Global warming ·Toxic waste |
B. Read the following text carefully:
The Amazon forest covers five million square kilometers, an area as big as the whole Europe excluding Russia. It contains one third of the world’s trees. However, the trees are disappearing. By 1974, a quarter of the forest had already been cut down. In the following year, 1975, four per cent of the remaining trees went. If the destruction of the forest continues at the same rate, there will be nothing left in a few years.
Scientists say that the disappearance of trees is already causing changes in the climate. In Peru, there is less snow than before on the high peaks of the Andes mountains. In Bolivia there is very little rain.
What will happen if more of the Amazon forest is cut down? According to climatologists if the Amazon forest disappears, there will be less oxygen and it will be difficult for us to breathe, the temperature will rise, the ice-caps at the North and the South poles will melt. Even the sea level will rise. Therefore, seaside cities will be flooded.
Scientists do not agree about the calculations which can be done in different ways with different results. But all the scientists agree that if we destroy the Amazon forest, it will be an environmental suicide. Life on earth will become difficult, and it may become impossible.
1-Give a title to the text.
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2-Say whether the following statements are true or false:
a-The Amazon forest is bigger than Europe. ________________
b-It contains most of the world’s trees. ______________
c-Deforestation leads to climate change. _______________
d-If the Amazon forest is destroyed, the coastal towns will be under water. ____________
3-Answer the following questions according to the text:
a- How big is the Amazon forest?
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b- Why is the Amazon forest so important?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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- What will happen if it ever disappears?
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4-Match the words with their synonyms:
1-whole a- weather
2-climate b-go up
3-rise c-result
4-consequence d- complete
5-Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to:
-including §1 _____________________ -low §2 __________________________
-drop §3 ________________________ -easy §4 _________________________
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1.Gap-filling
Fill in the gaps in the text below with the words from the table.
acid – change – endangered – environmental – layer – ozone – polluted – rainforests – reduction – renewable |
Friends of the Earth is the world’s largest international network of (1) ………………………………………. Groups represented in 68 countries. In the UK, it was the first organization to campaign to save whales, (2) …………………………………….. species and tropical (3) …………………………………………. . Friends of the Earth also fought against (4) ………………………………………… rain, (5) …………………………………… depletion and climate (6) …………………………………………………. .
The organization’s present campaigns cover many more issues, such as protecting the wildlife and the countryside and cutting air pollution. They promote waste (7) ……………………………………………… and cleaning up of (8) …………………………………………. Rivers. They also campaign for the reduction of traffic levels and the improvement of public transport.
They lobby politicians and political parties to protect the ozone (9) …………………………………………… and control dangerous chemicals.
to control dangerous chemicals. Their objectives also include promoting energy efficiency and (10) …………………………………………….. energy.
2.Matching
Match the words from the two columns to create phrases or collocations.
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3.Find words that best complete the sentences. Each line corresponds to one letter. Some letters have already been given.
- Car _ x _ _ _ _ _ emissions are a major source of lead pollution in the atmosphere.
- The company is very environmentally friendly: all the products come in
_ _ _ d _ _ _ _ d _ _ _ _ packaging.
- Using energy efficiently reduces the emission of _ _ _ _ _ h _ _ s _ gases.
- Oxygen in the atmosphere forms a screen – the ozone layer – which filters the
_ _ _ _ a _ _ _ l _ _ rays of the sun.
- The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident released huge amounts of r _ d _ _ _ _ _ n into the environment.
- The dinosaurs _ _ _ d out 65 million years ago.
7. _ m _ _ _ is the major cause of air pollution in big cities.
III . writing
Which of the Environmental problems mentioned in exercise A worry you the most. Account for your answer (about 100 words).
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BBC 6-MINUTE ENGLISH
Plastic pollution 18 February 2010
Join Dan and Kate this week as they talk about pollution. How is plastic affecting the environment and what can we do to make the situation better?
Guess!!! How many pieces of plastic are there in each square kilometre of the world’s oceans? (choose an answer now)
a) 22,000 pieces b) 38,000 pieces c) 46,000 pieces
Vocabulary - What do the following words mean?
- waste ……………………………………………………………….
- rubbish………………………………………………………………
- litter ………………………………………………………………….
- garbage………………………………………………………………
- discarded ……………………………………………………………….
- packaging ………………………………………………………………………….
- biodegradable………………………………………………………………………..
Questions for comprehension
- What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?........................................................................
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- When was it discovered?..............................................................................
- How large is it estimated to be?..................................................................................
- How many million sea birds are killed each year as a result of plastic pollution? ………………………………..…
- What things are found in the stomachs of birds? . ………………………………….... …………….……………………………………………………
- What percentage of litter in the ocean was thrown away on land? …………………...
- What percentage of plastic produced each year is used for packaging? …………………
- What are the three ‘R’s that scientists recommend? ………………………………. ……….………..……………………………………………
For further discussion:
Do you think that there will be enough interest world-wide to counteract this problem?
Or do you think that it is already too late to reverse the damage that has been done?
What long-term effects might this have on humans?
