My mother is a person whom I really admire. She is very important for me. She supports me every time I need. She is my best friend. If I have a problem I always tell her about it. She never laughs at me or cries, she always gives me good advice. She is very calm, loving and beautiful. She gives me her love. She does a lot for our family. My mother cooks very nice. She always manages to do everything: to tidy our flat, cook delicious dinner and she always has time for talking to me. I feel cosy next to her. I can’t live without her. She is the dearest person in my life. When I grow up I want to be like her. Моя мама – это тот человек, которым я восхищаюсь. Она очень важна для меня. Она всегда меня поддерживает Она мой лучший друг. Если у меня проблемы, я всегда все ей рассказываю. Она никогда не смеется надо мной и не кричит, она всегда дает хорошие советы. Она спокойная, милая и красивая. Она дает мне свою любовь. Она много делает для нашей семьи. Она очень хорошо готовит. Она всегда все успевает : и убрать квартиру и приготовить вкусный ужин и всегда у неё найдется время поболтать со мной. Рядом с ней я чувствую себя уютно. Я не могу без неё жить. Она самый дорогой человек в мой жизни. Когда я выросту, я хочу быть похожей на неё.
Some hundreds of years ago people lived in harmony with nature, because industry was not much developed. Today, however, the contradictions between man and nature are dramatic.
The twenty first century is a century of the scientific and technological progress. The achievements of the mankind in mechanization and automation of industrial processes, in chemical industry and conquering outer space, in the creation of atomic power stations and ships are amazing. But at the same time, this progress gave birth to a very serious problem – the problem of environment.
Ecology and the contamination of environment, is concerned with climate, over-population in certain areas, deaths of plant and animals, chemical contamination of seas, lakes and rivers as well as atomic experiments and dumping of atomic waste from power stations. Floods, unexpected draughts, and the greenhouse effect are the next reasons.
There are many consequences of damaging the environment. One of them is acid rain. Another one is water shortage resulting from abuse of arable lands in agriculture. The third one is destroying the ozone layer of the Earth through pollution from factories and plants. The fourth problem is damage o water and soils.
The fifth one is damage to wildlife: numerous species of animals and plants can disappear. At last, the most serious danger arising from damaging the environment is the result of the abovementioned consequences. This is the danger for the life and health of the man.
The protection of natural resources and wildlife is becoming a political programme in every country. Numerous anti-pollution acts passed in different countries led to considerable improvements in environment. In many countries purifying systems for treatment of industrial waters have been installed, measures have been taken to protect rivers and seas from oil waters.
But the environmental problems have grown beyond the concern of a single country. Their solution requires the co-operation of all nations. If we are unable to learn to use the environment carefully and protect it from damage caused by man’s activities, very soon we’ll have no world to live in.
Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment, on individual, organizational or governmental level, for the benefit of the natural environment and (or) humans. Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently.
This has been recognized and governments began placing restraints on activities that caused environmental degradation. Since the 1960s activism by the environmental movement has created awareness of the various environmental issues. There is not a full agreement on the extent of the environmental impact of human activity and protection measures are occasionally criticized.
Academic institutions now offer courses such as environmental studies, environmental management and environmental engineering that study the history and methods of environmental protection. Protection of the environment is needed from various human activities. Waste, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and the introduction of invasive species are some of the issues relating to environmental protection.
