Use the words from the box to fill in the gaps

The vulnerability of the White Sea _____1_____ is highlighted by the following fact. In the early 1990s, hundreds or may be even thousands of tons of ___2____ and other marine life were washed ashore at the Dvina Bay, forming an orange wall that extended for dozens of kilometers along the surf edge. Ecologists cited possible causes of disaster: leakage of mustard gas containers that had been buried in the _____3_____ in the 1940s; the sinking of a ____4_____ near the city Severodvinsk in December 1989; a tanker accident in the Kandalaksha Bay; the fall of a rocket; radioactive or chemical ____5____ of the water area, and the dumping of ____6____.

New studies showed that only one-tenth of starfish living in shallow water had been killed, which could not be described as an _____7_____ disaster. It was simply part of a natural maritime ____8____. The amount of starfish thrown on the shore by storm points to the richness of the marine ____9____.

Prepare 5-7 min. talk about types of water pollution and measures our country is taking to deal with. Use information from the text and on-line resources.

ADDITIONAL TEXTS:

WATER RESOURCES: A GLOBAL CRISIS

SPEAKING

Opinion survey

Talk about “the world’s biggest water problem in the future”. You should select an answer from the table below. Summarize the results of the survey completing the table below. Share the results with your group mates and the teacher.

2. Skim through the article from the on-line magazine and say under what headline the author:

a. Mentions the recommended basic water requirement per person per day;

b. States that 97% of liquid freshwater is stored underground;

c. Predicts that by 2025 two thirds of the worlds people will be facing water stress;

d. Describes diseases caused by dirty water;

e. Dwells upon the usage of water in the world;

f. Remarks that water is not distributed evenly over the Earth’s surface;

g. Touches upon the problem of water pollution;

h. Thinks that malaria is the biggest killer;

i. Doubts that there is any progress as far as water supply sanitation provision are concerned.

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