Task 3. Air Pollution
Until about 150 years ago, the air was pure and clean – perfect for the people and animals of the Earth to breathe.
Then people started building factories. Those factories and many of the things they produced, like cars, put a lot of harmful gases into the air. Then people started driving cars, which added more pollution to the air.
Today the air is so polluted in some places that it’s not always safe to breathe! Many cities round the world have air filled with pollution called “smog”. This is so strong in some places that the air, which should be a beautiful blue, actually looks brown.
Polluted air is bad not only for people and animals, but also for trees and other plants, as well. In some places it is even damaging farmers’ crops – the food we eat. So it’s very important for us to “clean up our act”, and clean up the air we all breathe.
Mark the right statements “True” and the wrong ones “False”.
1. About 150 years ago it was time when the air was clean and pure.
2. About 100 years ago it was time when the air was clean and pure.
3. The air became dirty when people began to build high houses.
4. The air became dirty when people began to build factories.
5. Cars put a lot of harmful gases into air.
6. Today the air is so polluted in some places that it is not always safe to breathe.
7. Many cities are filled with fog.
8. If the air is blue it is poisoned.
9. Polluted air is dangerous not only for people, but for animals and plants.
10. It is very important for us to clean up the air we all breathe.
English texts for listening and reproduction (Photocopiable) = Збірник текстів для аудіювання в 5-11 класах загальноосвітніх шкіл зі сторінками для копіювання / Упоряд. Л. Б. Крамаренко. – Харків: Веста: Видавництво “Ранок”, 2003. – С. 66-67
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