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IV. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in a proper form from the list below.

1.We can help you ___________ your financial problems.

2.Safety must be given the highest ____________.

3.Industry leaders ___________ that another 8000 jobs could be lost by the end of the year.

4.UN leaders are working hard to find a peaceful ____________ to the conflict.

5.The weather _____________, the temperatures fell.

6.The tokens can be ______________ for goods in any of our shops.

7.The most ____________ way to plan is to put your tasks in order of ________.

8.The __________ shopping area is now a ___________ zone, in other words for walkers only.

9.Life in __________ is improving.

10.It’s terrible to _____________ daily from home to work and back because

____________ in our city needs to be improved.

Affluent, priority (2), to worsen, to exchange, mass-transit system, efficient,

downtown, pedestrian, to commute, to solve, solution, to predict.

V.Insert prepositions.

1.Due … overcrowding, the cities in developing countries have problems … pollution, diseases and crime.

2.People spend hours … gridlocks when they commute daily … their homes … work and back.

3.Many people don’t have access … health services and jobs.

4.The city planners established a list of priorities … the leadership of the mayor.

They decided to focus … the environment.

5.At these centres poor people exchange the trash … fresh produce.

6.… a recycling plant, workers separate bottles, plastic … other trash.

7.Wide doors allow people to get … and … the bus quickly and efficiently.

8.Store owners take care … a few street children. … exchange. The children do simple jobs … the garden.

9.The city has strict laws … polluters.

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10. Careful planning and creative thinking can lead … solutions … many problems.

VI. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1.Мы должны сконцентрироваться на одной из главных проблем нашего города – общественном транспорте, и попытаться найти эффективное решение данной проблемы.

2.Мы обменялись адресами и пообещали писать друг другу.

3.Кто загрязняет воду, кроме крупных промышленных предприятий?

4.Ученые предсказывают невероятное перенаселение к 2010 году.

5.Владельцы магазинов принимают на работу бездомных подростков для работы в саду.

6.Когда мусор попадает на перерабатывающий завод, рабочие отделяют стекло и бумагу от остального хлама.

7.Уличное движение с множеством пробок вызывает загрязнение воздуха.

8.Если вы закажете четыре окна, цена снизится на 10%.

9.В богатых странах существуют строгие законы и высокие налоги.

10.Вам приходиться ежедневно ездить на работу в цент города. Почему бы вам не купить машину?

11.Она уверена, что средний доход ее мужа намного выше той суммы,

которую он приносит домой.

12.Все еще невозможно точно предсказать происхождение землетрясения.

13.Когда финансовое положение компании ухудшилось, несколько директоров подали в отставку.

14.Перенаселение – одна из самых серьезных социальных проблем развивающихся стран.

15.Я обменял эти брюки на больший размер.

16.Многие жители и компании принимают участие в озеленение городов,

создании зеленых зон и поддержании чистоты.

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Part 2: Sick-Building Syndrome

Words to remember

treat (v.) – to use medicine or medical methods to cure an illness: treat someone for something / treat someone with something

symptom (n.) – a sign that someone has an illness

investigate (v.) – to try to find out the facts about something in order to learn the truth

about it

pollute (v.) – to make an area or substance, usually water, air or earth, dirty or harmful to people, animals and plants

pollutant (n.) – a substance that is harmful to the environment

pollution (n.) – the process of damaging the air, water, or land with chemicals or other substances: the pollution of local rivers

respiratory (adj.) – relating to the process of breathing air in and out

release (v.) – to let a substance or energy spread into the area or atmosphere around it, especially as part of a chemical reaction: release something into something

give off (v.) – give off something to produce something such as heat or a smell

sore (adj.) – painful and uncomfortable, usually as a result of an injury, infection, or too much exercise: a sore throat

clean up (v.) – to make a place completely clean and tidy

damage (n.) – physical harm caused to something so that it is broken, spoiled, or injured: damage to / do damage / serious/severe/extensive damage

investigate (v.) – to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover the truth

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Exercises

I. Give English equivalents of the words and word combinations from the text.

Обратиться к врачу за лечением; усталость; воспаленное горло; головная боль;

проблемы с дыханием; лечить инфекцию антибиотиками; симптом;

расследовать; загрязнение воздуха внутри помещения; по всей стране; очищать воздух; самочувствие; загрязняющие вещества; слезящиеся глаза; дыхательные инфекции; отопление; выделять химические вещества; вдыхать; недостаток вентиляции; очищать здание; наносить ущерб; комнатные растения; протекать;

определять; плесень; доступный, имеющийся в наличии.

II. Match the words with their meanings.

III.Insert prepositions where necessary.

1.There are several solutions … the problem … sick-building syndrome.

2.One scientist discovered that houseplants actually remove pollutants … the air.

3.The students had strange health problems and went to doctors … treatment …a number of symptoms.

4.Doctors treated respiratory infections … antibiotics.

5.People have worried … smog for many years, and the government has spent billions of dollars to try to clean … the air in big cities.

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6.Recent studies have shown that air … many homes, office buildings is full …

pollutants.

7.These pollutants cause … a group of unpleasant and dangerous symptoms, which are similar … the flu and respiratory infections.

8.There are many products made … particleboard which give … chemicals that we can’t see but that we breath … .

9.Synthetic products release toxic chemicals … the air.

10.The most common cause of sick-building syndrome is lack … ventilation.

IV. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in a proper form from the list below.

1.He’s complaining of all the usual ___________ – high temperature, headache and so on.

2.This disease doesn’t respond to ___________.

3.The fertilizers and pesticides used on many farms _____________ the water supply.

4.Sulphur dioxide is one of several __________ that are ___________ into the atmosphere by coal-fired power stations.

5.The manifesto includes tough measures to tackle road congestion and environmental ___________.

6.Many buildings were badly ____________ during the war.

7.They help you talk through your problem but they don’t give you any

____________.

8.When they die, plants _________ gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.

9.A short time later I heard some noise outside and went to __________ .

10.Her eyes were __________ from studying all night.

11.___________ to the building could take six months to repair.

12.Vitamin deficiency can be properly diagnosed and __________ by a doctor.

To pollute, to damage, to give off, to investigate, sore, damage, symptoms,

treatment, to treat, pollutants, to released, solution.