Exercise III. Underline the correct item and translate the sentences:
1. This dispute undertakes/assumes at once reasonableness and an importance.
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2. This is a fairly/rather easy problem.
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3. I remained firmly and irrevocably/permanently fixed in my first resolution.
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4. The students leave/withdrewfrom his pocket a folded paper.
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5. No amount/number of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghostly heart.
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Exercise IV. Match the words with the descriptions:
| a).water | 1. Relatively thin life-supporting stratum of the earth's surface, extending from a few miles into the atmosphere to the deep-sea vents of the oceans. | ||||||||||
| b).biosphere | 2. Gaseous envelope that surrounds the Earth. | ||||||||||
| c).oxygen | 3. Inorganic compound, a colourless gas with a faint, sharp odour and a sour taste when dissolved in water. | ||||||||||
| d).atmosphere | 4. Gaseous chemical element. | ||||||||||
| e).carbon dioxide | 5. Inorganic compound composed of hydrogen and oxygen, existing in liquid, gas, and solid states. | ||||||||||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | |||||||
Exercise V. Answer the following questions to check your understanding of the text:
1. What is happening in the biosphere?
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2. Man's influence on the biosphere is highly uneven, isn't it? Why do you think so?
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3. Why did man live in a greater harmony with his environment about 200 years ago?
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4. What are the conflicts that arise?
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5. Who was the first to realize the necessity for a new approach to the biosphere?
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