Information - facts or details that tell you smth about a situation, person, event. ( Longman Dictionary of contemporary English)

Provide with

information About / on

Gather / collect

Search for / find

Useful / necessary / relevant

Additional / further

Detailed

Piece of

Mind map

1) information is an extremely important skill in the modern world.

2) The internet is an effective way of for information.3) On the internet you can find information your topic plus

indications where to look for information.4) Do not pile every fact you have found into your report.

Choose only information.5) In an encyclopedia or a textbook you can find extremely information on the subject. But quite often one or two of information may be enough to make a good report.

Exercise 1a, p.128

Collecting. . . . . .

searchingon

relevant

detailedpieces

additional

. . . . . .

. . . . . .

. . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . .

1 1/2

2 1/4

3 1/5

4 1/20

5 25%

c) twenty-five per cent

a) a (one) quarter

b) a half

e) one twentieth

d) one-fifth

Numbers

b) a half

a) a (one) quarter

c) twenty-five per cent

d) one-fifth

e) one twentieth

Exercise 1c, p.128

Russian English

1 удовлетворять чьи-либо потребности

2 водохранилище

3 все мировые запасы пресной воды

4 содержать

5 транспортировка

6 земледелие

7 ресурсы

8 не подвергая опасности здоровье

Reservoir

To satisfy the needs of

Total global fresh water

Contain

Transportation

Farming

Resources

Without a health risk

Although (1) of the Earth is covered by seawater and a further (2) By ice, neither of these is easily turned into water that can be used. Less than (3) of the Earth’s total resources contain water for drinking, farming or industry. Lake Baikal contains (4) of the total global fresh water and (5) of the world’s clean drinking water resources.

Exercise 2b, p.128

70%. . . 3%

1%

1/21/5

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

How much water does each of us use?

100

200

300

400

500

1 2 3 4 5

Britain

America

Russia

Enough water for a

person

Haiti

There is no exact data on how many people in the world can get safe drinking water, but it is said that 1.3 billion people can’t. The problem is much worse in villages than in towns. For example, (2) of towns and cities worldwide are provided with safe water compared to (3) of countryside areas.

(4) of the population of USA and Europe drink safe water, only (5) of Indians and (6) of those who live in Kenya can drink water without a health risk.

Can everyone get drinking water easily?

USA & Europe Countryside areas

Towns & cities Kenya India

People who drink safe water

The rest

. . . 85%65%

100%75% 28%

. . . . . .

. . . . . .

100% 65% 85% 28% 75%

How much water is needed to produce various foods ?

50

100

150

200

250

1 2 3 4 5

chicken

milk

pasta

oranges

tomatoes