Find in the text international words and give their Russian equivalents.

 

Find in the text the sentences in which it is explained what the terms “household purposes”, “drinking water”, and “environmental water use” mean.

9. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:

 

мировое использование воды; нормы потребления воды; на одного человека в день; высокое качество; без риска; развитые страны; стандарт питьевой воды; очень маленькая часть; приготовление еды; общее использование воды; искусственные озёра; место обитания дикой природы; восстановить более естественную скорость течения; доступность к воде; вверх по течению

 

Say if it is true or false.

 

1) Water use for household purposes includes water for agriculture and industry.

2) Basic household water requirements have been estimated by Peter Gleick at around 60 liters per person per day.

3) Drinking water is water that is of sufficiently high quality.

4) The water supplied to households is called portable water.

5) Environmental water use is a very large percentage of total water use.

6) Environmental water usage excludes watering of natural or artificial wetlands.

7) Environmental usage may reduce the availability of water for other users.

 

Retell the text in Russian.

 

Read text C and choose the sentence from the given below which best expresses the main idea of the text.

1) The village has used more than $1 million in taxpayer funds to defend itself against lawsuits.

2) The researchers could not prove that the higher cancer rates were caused by the polluted water.

3) The officials in the village of Crestwood have been secretly introducing contaminated well water into the town water supply.

4) Frank Caldario was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2009.

 

Words and expressions:

reveal выявлять

conduct a survey проводить исследование

tainted water испорченная вода

disease rates уровень заболеваемости

feel deceived чувствовать себя обманутым

contaminated water загрязнённая вода

kidney cancer рак почек

lung cancer рак лёгких

defend oneself against lawsuits защититься от судебных исков

 

Text C