man the destroyer Ecology Man and Natural World

man the destroyer Ecology Man and Natural World man the creator

• global warming • acid rain • air pollution • land pollution • water pollution • radiation

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And our friends: After a long day friends are getting to their favourite campsite. Listen to the children and answer the question: Why can’t they stay here? - We can’t stay here! - There was a forest fire! - Look! The fish in the river is dead! The water is polluted! We can’t drink it! - There are plastic bottles under the tree. There are o lot of tins and paper plates all over the place! - Be careful! There is glass on the ground! -Where are the trees? What do you think what the friends must do with the litter? Burn it? Bury it under the ground? Take it with them?

Remember & write as many words as you knew on topic “ Man & Natural World”, beginning with these letters. How Many Words Can You Remember & Write? P (protection, … R (radiation, … O (ozone, … T (test, … E (ecology, … C (creature, … T (temperature, … I (international, … O (ozone layer, … N (nuclear, ….

The next task is to find the odd word out. • Safe, nuclear, calm, pleasant, mammal. • Radiation, destruction, environment, population, pollution. • Fox, pigeon, reptile, habitat, natural, insect. • Paper, glass, cardboard, waste, plastic, wood. • To damage, to endanger, to destroy, to create, to ruin. Translate These Word Combinations. • To cause a fire. • Nuclear weapons. • To pollute the atmosphere. • To protect the environment. • To poison. • Industrial waste. • Safe. • To survive. • Shortage.

You are to complete the sentences using the right word. Write down only the word. Environmental protection is an ____ problem. (easy, important, pleasant) Factories pour a lot of _______ into air & water. (a shortage, waste, pollution) What caused the ______ of wildlife? (destruction, poison, population) Many rivers & lakes are _______. (poisoned, filled, used) Many scientists try to _____ ecological problems. (solve, know, protect)

After listening to the text you must say what sentences are true and sentences are false. 1. Man lived in greater harmony with his environment many years ago. --2. The situation today is different. --3. People are not worried about the environment. --4. They live in big cities and much of the wastes are very dangerous. --5. Fish doesn’t die in the lakes, rivers seas and oceans. --6. Forest trees die too. --7. We must take care of the earth for the next generations. ---

Aim: What should every human being do to clean the environment?

Ask your governments to make laws to protect air, water and soil. Save water, gas, energy and other natural resources. Develop international cooperation to solve ecological problems together. Keep your towns, cities and countryside clean.

For purchases use economic bags, do not buy plastic packages Use for movement ecologically pure transport - bicycle Collect paper for recycling and metal breakage

Open the car stations far from lakes, rivers, sees Plant woods and others green plantings Recycle glass, plastics, metals, paper and other valuable materials

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Yes No Do you turn off the light when you leave a room? 9 4 Do you pick up litter you see in the street? 0 15 Do recycle newspapers? 1 14 Do you recycle aluminium cans? 0 15 Do you recycle glass bottles? 3 12 10 5 Do you reuse old plastic containers?

THE EARTH ASKS FOR HELP!

EARTH DAY CELEBRATES THE EARTH April 22 is a special day around the world. On that day inhabitants of Earth celebrate Earth Day is a time when many people show that they care for our fragile planet. They show concern about the threats the planet faces destruction of the rain forest, holes in the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, too much garbage and all forms of air and water pollution. It is a day for people to learn what they can do preserve the planet Earth. The first Earth Day was held in the U. S. thirty nine years ago in April 1970. At that time Americans were just beginning to learn about the problems facing the planet.

We’ll read you some optimistic and pessimistic sentences. If it’s optimistic raise your red card, if it’s pessimistic – the blue one. People will cut down all the forests. In future people will live longer, many diseases will disappear. There will be no fish in the rivers. We will be able to control the weather. We will not be able to breathe without a gas mask on. We will exhaust all the resources. There won’t be any conflicts between people. We will find new sources of energy.

• As for me… • I promise… • In my opinion … • To my mind … v. I promise to love the nature. v. I promise to drop litter into the containers. v. I promise not to cut down trees. v. I promise not to drop litter. v. I promise not to kill animals. v. I promise to protect nature. v. I promise not to pollute water. v. I promise to help “Greenpeace”. What can we do keeping the Earth clean? You are neither politicians nor directors of big plants. You are just students of a secondary school. You hope that our first steps in making the Earth cleaner will be noticed. Start your answers with introductory phrases:

What ecological organizations help protect nature? Some information about the international ecological organizations. Ø Green Peace-an international environmental organization founded in 1969 in Canada. Members of this organization are always active and brave. There are offices in many countries including Russia. Ø RSPCA-Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-a charity organization in Britain, founded in 1824, which protects animals. Ø WWF-World Wide Fund-an international organization founded in 1961 to raise money for the conservation of some endangered species of animals. Its symbol is a big panda. Ø RSPB-Royal Society of Preserving Birds-a volunteer organization in Britain which was founded in 1889 with the aim of protection of wild birds. The society has over 1 million members.