D. Put these sentences in the order in which they happened, taking your information from the text “As You Sow You Shall Mow”.

1. The impact of recycling compared with that of burying and burning is indeed better for the environment.

2. As with all commodities costs for recyclables fluctuate.

3. Recycling conserves natural resources.

4. As the volume of waste has increased, so have recycling efforts.

5. The most valuable benefit of recycling is the saving in energy.

6. Today communities begin to think about how to reduce the waste flaw to landfills and incinerators.

7. Britain’s recycling efforts reduce its carbon-dioxide emissions by 10m – 15m tones per year.

8. In dense urban areas high fees can be charged for landfill disposal.

9. Britain’s recycling rate, at 27%, is low, but it is improving fast.

10. Originally reuse and recycling were often economic necessities.

E. Exemplify the figures given in the text, using the following vocabulary:

1. Such countries as

2. Countries such as…

3. For example,

4. For instance,

5. … X and Y are good examples of…

6. One such is…

7. Another is…

8. …is illustrated by…

9. … is a good illustration of…

10. … is a case in point.

F. Make a summary of the text. You may choose your own order to present ideas. Supply your summary with relevant examples.

III. Vocabulary: Word – building

A. Complete these word – building tables

Noun	Verb		Noun	Adj.
harm ____ waste ______ poison _____	______ destruct ______ pollute ______ protect		______ ______ damage nature poison	safe harmful ______ ______ ______

B. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the tables, translate the sentences into Russian:

1. Many species of animals live free of _______ from man in national parks.

2. Under state _______ some rare animals have multiplied.

3. The ozone layer is a layer of gases that stop _______ radiation from the sun.

4. War means death and _______.

5. The city was _______ by fire.

6. The tropical rainforest naturally _______ our planet.

7. Air _______ is the result of man’s use of chemicals.

8. When we talk about the _______ we usually mean the air, the land, the oceans, and all the living things around us.

9. When chemicals are used on crops to control insect pests, some will be washed into rivers and _______ fish.

10. When the sulfates mix with clouds, acid rain falls and ______ lakes, rivers and plants.

11. Often, companies dump chemical _______ into water.

12. When we burn coal and oil for energy we cause _______.

13. Experts can be sent to homes to look for energy leaks – places where energy is being _______.

IV. Grammar Review: Passive Voice.

A. Change the sentences into passive to express the same idea as in the model.

Model: They kill eight big cats to make one fur coat.

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As You Sow You Shall Mow	\|	Eight big cats are killed to make one fur coat.

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