Computers project that between now and the year of 2030 we are going to have increase of the average temperature between 1,5—4,5 Degrees C. Sea levels would rise by several metres, flooding coastal areas and ruining vast tracts of farmland. Huge areas would be infertile and become uninhabitable. Water contamination could lead to shortages of safe drinking water. It looks like the end of civilization on the Earth. For hundreds of thousands of years the human race has thriven in Earth's environment.
But now, at the end of the 20th century, we are at a crucial turning point. We have upset nature's sensitive equilibrium releasing harmful substances into the air, polluting rivers and oceans with industrial waste and tearing up the countryside to accommodate our rubbish. These are the consequences of the development of civilization. We are to stop it by joint efforts of all the people of the world. The range of environmental problems is wide.
1. —Do you want to join us? — No, we don't. We are busy.2. — Does your clock show the right time? — No, it doesn't. It is fast. 3.How long does it usually take you to get home? — It takes me long. 4. What does this word mean? Does anyone know it? 5. Do your parents know about it? — My mother does, but my father doesn't 6. — Do pupils make many spelling mistakes? — Yes, they do 7. — Does anyone help you with housework? — Yes, my daughter does it when she is at home. 8. — Does your son like animals? —Yes, he does He is a vet (veterinarian).9. — Do your children go to school? — My son does, but my daughter doesn't She is only four years old
8 строчек Мартовский ветер) March wind is a jolly fellow; (Мартовский ветер весельчак;) He likes to joke and play. (Он любит шутить и играть.) He turns umbrellas inside out (Он выворачивает зонтики навыворот) And blows men's hats away. (И сдувает мужские шляпы прочь.) He calls the pussy willows (Он призывает вербные сережки) And whispers in each ear, (И шепчет в каждое ухо,) «Wake up you lazy little seeds; («Просыпайтесь, ленивые маленькие семена;) Don't you know that spring is here?» (Разве вы не знаете что весна пришла?»)
Computers project that between now and the year of 2030 we are going to have increase of the average temperature between 1,5—4,5 Degrees C. Sea levels would rise by several metres, flooding coastal areas and ruining vast tracts of farmland. Huge areas would be infertile and become uninhabitable. Water contamination could lead to shortages of safe drinking water. It looks like the end of civilization on the Earth. For hundreds of thousands of years the human race has thriven in Earth's environment.
But now, at the end of the 20th century, we are at a crucial turning point. We have upset nature's sensitive equilibrium releasing harmful substances into the air, polluting rivers and oceans with industrial waste and tearing up the countryside to accommodate our rubbish. These are the consequences of the development of civilization. We are to stop it by joint efforts of all the people of the world. The range of environmental problems is wide.