10 Topics for exams - topic2.


                                     10.
                          Environmental protection



           Some hundreds of years ago people lived in harmony with nature,
because industry was not much developed. Today, however, the contradictions
between man and nature are dramatic.
           The twenty first century is a century of the scientific and
technological progress. The achievements of the mankind in mechanization
and automation of industrial processes, in chemical industry and conquering
outer space, in the creation of atomic power stations and ships are
amazing. But at the same time, this progress gave birth to a very serious
problem – the problem of environment.
           Ecology and the contamination of environment, is concerned with
climate, over-population in certain areas, deaths of plant and animals,
chemical contamination of seas, lakes and rivers as well as atomic
experiments and dumping of atomic waste from power stations. Floods,
unexpected draughts, and the greenhouse effect are the next reasons.
           There are many consequences of damaging the environment. One of
them is acid rain. Another one is water shortage resulting from abuse of
arable lands in agriculture. The third one is destroying the ozone layer of
the Earth through pollution from factories and plants. The fourth problem
is damage o water and soils. The fifth one is damage to wildlife: numerous
species of animals and plants can disappear. At last, the most serious
danger arising from damaging the environment is the result of the
abovementioned consequences. This is the danger for the life and health of
the man.
           The protection of natural resources and wildlife is becoming a
political programme in every country. Numerous anti-pollution acts passed
in different countries led to considerable improvements in environment. In
many countries purifying systems for treatment of industrial waters have
been installed, measures have been taken to protect rivers and seas from
oil waters.
          But the environmental problems have grown beyond the concern of a
single country. Their solution requires the co-operation of all nations.
If we are unable to learn to use the environment carefully and protect it
from damage caused by man’s activities, very soon we’ll have no world to
live in.

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