Read and translate the text and then proceed to the tasks. Top 10 Worst Polluted Sites Serve as Examples of Widespread Problems Russia leads the list of eight nations

Top 10 Worst Polluted Sites Serve as Examples of Widespread Problems Russia leads the list of eight nations, with three of the 10 worst polluted sites. Other sites were chosen because they are examples of problems found in many places around the world. For example, Haina, Dominican Republic has severe lead contamination—a problem that is common in many poor countries. Linfen, China is just one of several Chinese cities choking on industrial air pollution. And Ranipet, India is a nasty example of serious groundwater pollution by heavy metals.

The Top 10 worst polluted places in the world are:

1. Chernobyl, Ukraine

2. Dzerzhinsk, Russia

3. Haina, Dominican Republic

4. Kabwe, Zambia

5. La Oroya, Peru

6. Linfen, China

7. Maiuu Suu, Kyrgyzstan

8. Norilsk, Russia

9. Ranipet, India

10. Rudnaya Pristan/Dalnegorsk, Russia

8. Answer the following questions:

a) Do you want to change now the place of living?

b) How can you improve the situation?

c) Would you like to do more research in Chernobyl?

d) Find out 10 facts about Chernobyl disaster.

9. Make up a dialogue using all new words and phrases from this module:

10. Read and translate new words and the text: Freshwater Becoming More Scarce.

The United Nations estimates that by 2050 more than two billion people in 48 countries will lack sufficient water. Approximately 97 percent to 98 percent of the water on planet Earth is saltwater (the estimates vary slightly depending on the source). Much of the remaining freshwater is frozen in glaciers or the polar ice caps. Lakes, rivers and groundwater account for about 1 percent of the world’s potentially usable freshwater.

If global warming continues to melt glaciers in the polar regions, as expected, the supply of freshwater may actually decrease. First, freshwater from the melting glaciers will mingle with saltwater in the oceans and become too salty to drink. Second, the increased ocean volume will cause sea levels to rise, contaminating freshwater sources along coastal regions with seawater. Complicating matters even further is that 95 percent of the world’s cities continue to dump raw sewage into rivers and other freshwater supplies, making them unsafe for human consumption.

11. Find the synonyms to the words from the text:

12. Answer the questions:

a) How many billion of people will lack the sufficient water? Why?

b) What is the percentage of the salt water on the planet Earth?

c) How many percents of the world’s potentially usable freshwater do lakes, rivers and groundwater account?

d) If global warming continues to melt glaciers in the polar regions, as expected, the supply of freshwater may actually decrease. Why?

e) Do you believe that drinking water will more expensive that oil and gas in the nearest future?

f) How many liters of water do you use everyday? Do you waste or save water?