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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%