1. Read the text and translate the extract in italic in written form
2. Grammar work
A. Complete the sentences with Infinitive, ing- form or ed- form of the verb according to the sense
B. Make the following conditional sentences real of unreal according to the sense
C. Choose the correct preposition
3. Vocabulary work
A. Match the words with their definitions
4. Text work
A. Translate the following collocations into Russian and make sentences with them
B. Choose the best variant to complete the sentences
1. Read the text and translate the extract in italic in written form.
For Grachev, the commercial venture is an attempt to combine Russia's economic transformation with environmental preservation: to save the world's oldest and deepest lake by making money from it. Although the bottling plant for drinking water is not yet a financial success, the scientist hopes that it will safeguard the 640 kilometer-long lake from growing manmade threats.
Для Грачева коммерческое рискованное предприятие - это попытка совместить экономические преобразования России с сохранением окружающей среды: спасти самое старое и самое глубокое озеро в мире, заработав на этом деньги. Хотя завод по розливу питьевой воды пока не имеет финансового успеха, ученый надеется, что он защитит озеро, длиной 640 километров, от растущих техногенных угроз.
2. Grammar work
A. Complete the sentences with Infinitive, ing- form or ed- form of the verb according to the sense.
1. The main idea of the studying the natural wonders of Siberia's Lake Baikal by scientist Mikhail Grachev was to intensify the geological prospecting for natural resources.
2. Scientific searches have provided core samples from the lake bottom dating back more than 5 million years.
B. Make the following conditional sentences real of unreal according to the sense.
1. If pollution continues at its present pace, the northern half will be almost dead in 10 years.
2. If a big oil tanker ever breakes up in the Mediterranean, the coasts will be polluted for 20 years or so.
C. Choose the correct preposition.
1. Is the Mediterranean actually dying from pollution?
2. Is there anything about the Mediterranean that makes it highly vulnerable to pollution?
3. Who is hit hardest by pollution in the Mediterranean?
3. Vocabulary work
A. Match the words with their definitions.
1. sample - b. a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
2. acclaim - e. praise enthusiastically and publicly
3. ancient - a. that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past
4. sediment - c. solid matter which settles at the bottom of a liquid
5. evolution - d. a general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.
4. Text work
A. Translate the following collocations into Russian and make sentences with them.
1. To study the natural wonders – изучать чудеса природы. – Different scientists and environmentalists always study the natural wonders.
2. Pace of evolution – скорость эволюции. –The pace of evolution appears faster when measured over recent times, where time intervals are often shorter.
3. Ecologically sensitive tourism – экологически подверженный туризм. – Nowadays, we often hear such words as nature tourism, green tourism, sustainable tourism, bio-tourism, ecologically sensitive tourism, educational tourism and cultural tourism.
B. Choose the best variant to complete the sentences.
1. Lake Baikal’s ancient and isolated water is acclaimed as among the purest in the world.
2. A team of experts, among the two dozen scientific expeditions to the lake each year, has begun taking core samples from the lake bottom.
