| 1.Saltwater 2.Water 3.The area of irrigated land 4.Dirty water 5.People 6.Cholera and diarrhea 7.About 1.000million people in the Asia-Pacific region 8.About 300 million people in Africa | a) do not have access to a safe water supply b) use groundwater as drinking c) is unfit for human use d) use water for drinking, cooking, and maintaining hygiene e) and many others are water-born diseases f) has doubled in the past 40 years g) causes many diseases h) is distributed unevenly over the surface |
Answer the following questions.
1) Where is most freshwater situated?
2) How much of freshwater is usable?
3) What spheres do people use freshwater?
4) How many people will be facing water stress by 2025?
5) What are the water-related diseases?
6) What measures can reduce diarrhea by 35%?
7) How much water can people get by with?
8) What country do people use the least amount of water?
9) How many people in the world rely on groundwater?
10) What are the sources of water pollution?
Match the figures with their corresponding explanation.
| 10 million 2 billion 1980s 97.5% 80% 70% | the amount of saltwater on the Earth people dependent on groundwater the amount of water an average British uses per day different synthetic chemicals in use today a peak of the guinea-warm infections the amount of children killed by diarrhea the amount of freshwater used in agriculture |
Find in the text words and word combinations which mean the following.
To check and control; to meet or to be faced with smth.; to add water to an aquifer; water that flows or seeps downward and saturates soil or rock; supplying springs and wells; happening every year or once a year; a poisonous substance; drawing upon groundwater; the water that is provided and treated for a particular area.
Complete the following table of the corresponding nouns and verbs. Use a dictionary if needed.
| Nouns | Verbs |
| demand provision supply ? requirement expansion ? ? | ? ? ? to deplete ? ? to infect to use |
Fill in the gaps with the words in the box.
| meet sustainable supplies demand policies understanding pricing protect resources management |
Caught between growing ______________ for fresh water on the one hand and limited and increasingly polluted ______________ on the other, many countries face difficult choices. Finding solutions requires responses at local, national and international levels.
The challenge is how to ___________ the Earths limited store of freshwater, conserve its use, and improve how it is managed. To do this, management decisions must be based on ___________ of the cycle of water.
In an effort to spur action to __________ the coming crisis, the UN General Assembly plans to proclaim the period 2005-2015 as the International Decade for Action Water for Life.
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Governments can develop national water management _________ that help to improve supply and also to manage demand better. Key strategies include regulation of water depending on its end use, watershed _________, and appropriate _________. The nations must share technology, ____________ and goodwill to manage the Earths scarce freshwater so that deserts bloom, lakes do not die and wells do not dry.
HOME WORK
Express your opinion. Discuss the following:
Are there any signs of water crisis in the region where you live?
VIDEO Track 15
WATER. THE WORLD WATER CRISIS
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