People live in a town environment; for others, their environment is The word environment means simply what is around us. Some the countryside. But the air we breathe, the soil2 on which we stand 20 Read the text THIS FRAGILE PLANET and walk, the water we drink are all part of the environment. vironmental problems that endanger people's lives. The most serious Nowadays people understand how important it is to solve the en- environmental problems are: • pollution in its many forms (water pollution, air pollution, clear pollution); • noise from cars, buses, planes, etc.; • destruction of wildlife and the beauty of the countryside; • shortage of natural resources (metals, different kinds of fuel); • the growth of population. A. ... “Water, water everywhere, not any drop to drink," said the sail- or from Coleridge'st poem describing to a friend how awful it was to be without drinking water on a ship in the middle of the ocean. It is strange to think that the water around his ship was probably quite safe to drink. It was salty - but not polluted. Sea water today is much more dangerous. There is no ocean or sea which is not used as a dump. The Pa- cific Ocean, especially, has suffered from nuclear pollution because the French Government tested nuclear weapons there. Many seas are used for dumping industrial and nuclear waste. Britain dumps a lot of its industrial waste straight into the North Sea. This poisons and kills fish and sea animals. "Nuclear-poisoned" fish can be eaten by people. Many rivers and lakes are poisoned too. Fish and reptiles can't live in them. There is not enough oxygen in the water. In such places all the birds leave their habitats and many plants die. If peo- ple drink this water, they can die too. It happens so because facto- ries and plants produce a lot of waste and pour it into rivers. So they poison the water. Factories use clean water. After the water is used it can become poison which goes back into rivers and seas.
An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: «woman without her man is nothing». The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly.
The men wrote: «Woman, without her man, is nothing.»
The women wrote: «Woman! Without her, man is nothing.»
Учитель английского языка написал эти слова на доске: «Женщина без ее человека - ничто». Затем учитель попросил студентов правильно перемещать слова. Мужчины писали: «Женщина, без ее человека, ничто.» Женщины писали: «Женщина! Без нее человек ничего. »
I remember when I 1)
I 2) had just left (just/leave) school.
I 3) studied (study) very hard for my final exams and I 4)(feel) that I needed to get away.
A friend of mine 5) wanted (want) to go away as well so we 6) decided (decide) to look some brochures at a travel agent's.
We 7) had searched/had been searching (search) for about an hour when my friend 8) found (find) the perfect holiday - two weeks in Cuba.
We 9) were (be) very excited about it.
Finally the day of our holiday 10) arrived (arrive).
We 11) had just left (just/leave) the house when the phone 12)
I 13) ran (run) back into the house, but the phone 14) had stopped (stop) by the time I 15) reached (reach) it.
When we 16) got (get) at the airport, we 17) checked (check) in and18) went (go) to the cafeteria.
While we were having our coffee, the airline 19) made (make) an announcement.
Our flight was delayed for eight hours.
It was then that I 20) realised (realise) what the phone call was about.
We 21) got up (get up) very early and rushed to the airport, all for nothing.
An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: «woman without her man is nothing». The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly.
The men wrote: «Woman, without her man, is nothing.»
The women wrote: «Woman! Without her, man is nothing.»
Учитель английского языка написал эти слова на доске: «Женщина без ее человека - ничто». Затем учитель попросил студентов правильно перемещать слова. Мужчины писали: «Женщина, без ее человека, ничто.» Женщины писали: «Женщина! Без нее человек ничего. »