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Individuals contribute to the waste disposal problem. On the average, each of us

accounts for approximately 1,547 pounds of garbage each year. A shortage of

landfills makes garbage disposal an especially serious predicament. Incinerators
are a possible solution to the problem of a landfill shortage, but they bring with

them their own problems. They reduce the amounts of garbage but also leave tons
of ash to be buried – ash that has a high concentration of harmful substances.

5. Nuclear Power. They say that nuclear power is “cheap, clean and safe”… The
explosion in Chernobyl shows it can go wrong. Nuclear weapons could destroy

the world. Nuclear weapon tests increase the amount of radiation in the
atmosphere. Nuclear power produces high-level radioactive waste which can be

dangerous for thousands of years.
Before it’s too late, people have to change their way of life. We have to stop

ruining the land, water and air.

We can help clean up the planet. Our planet needs immediate help. Each of us
must do everything possible to save it.

III. Answer the questions:

1. Why did man live in harmony with nature many years ago?
2. What environmental problems do you know? List them.
3. What is the cause of the acid-rain problem?
4. List the main elements that cause acid-rain.
5. What are the three factors which form air pollution in any given location?
6. What does one of the most serious water quality problems result from?
7. Why is Lake Baikal in dangerous condition?
8. What can you say about the Mediterranean Sea and the North Sea?
9. In what condition is the Aral Sea now and why?
10. What are the two fundamental issues of land pollution?
11. What makes garbage disposal an especially serious predicament?
12. What problems do incinerators bring with them?
13. Does nuclear power high-level radioactive waste?
14. Why is this waste dangerous?

IV. Give English equivalents of the following:

навколишнє середовище поверхневі води
озоновий шар напівмертвий