Pollution Is Spoiling the Air You Breathe
Pollution is hanging like a brown cloud over New York today. Dirt and smoke are coming from cars and factories. Pollution is spoiling the air we breathe, and it’s harming our health. New York has a big problem these days. The city has dirty air. The air smells bad, and it looks ugly. Pollution is a health problem, too, because it’s hurting people’s lungs.
Выписанные предложения с глаголами в Present Continuous переделайте в
А) отрицательные;
В) вопросительные.
Ответьте на вопросы по тексту, используя Present Continuous или Present Simple.
1. What is hanging like a brown cloud over New York today?
2. Where are the dirt and smoke coming from?
3. What is pollution doing to our air and to our health?
4. Is pollution harming our health?
5. What problem does New York have?
6. How does the air smell and look?
7. Why is pollution a health problem?
8. Does the city have dirty air?
Прочитайте 2-ю часть текста, обращая внимание на нижеследующие глаголы, которые, как правило, не используются в Present Continuous и заменяются на Present Simple.
| to like | – нравиться |
| to hate | – ненавидеть |
| to hear | – слышать |
| to know | – знать |
| to see | – видеть |
| to believe | – полагать |
| to want | – хотеть |
| to understand | – понимать |
| to feel | – чувствовать |
| to smell | – чувствовать запах, нюхать, пахнуть |
| to have | – иметь (кроме устойчивых словосочетаний, например: to have lunch, to have a good time) |
| to think | – думать |
Например: He has a car.
но: He is having lunch now.
Например: What do you think of the new film?
но: What are you thinking about?
This man thinks that pollution is dangerous. He doesn't like the air, so he isn't breathing it. He's wearing a gas mask. He's smelling a flower, and it smells good, but he doesn't know it. He's touching the flower with his mask, and the flower feels soft, but he doesn't know it. He's listening for birds, but he doesn't hear any. He's looking for beauty, but he doesn't see any. He believes that pollution is coming between us and the beauty of nature. He's trying to show his ideas with the gas mask. He wants people to work together now and to make the air cleaner soon.
2.11. Найдите в тексте предложения с вышеперечисленными
(в упр. 2.10) глаголами и переведите их.
Ответьте на следующие вопросы по тексту, обращая внимание на употребление времени (Present Simple или Present Continuous). Дайте краткие и полные ответы.
Например:
1. Is he breathing the air? – No, he isn’t. He isn’t breathing the air.
или
2. Does he like the air? – No, he doesn’t. He doesn’t like the air.
3. Is he thinking about pollution?
4. Does he think pollution is dangerous?
5. Is he looking at the smoke?
6. Does the smoke look beautiful?
7. Is he smelling the flower?
8. Does the flower smell good?
9. Is he listening for birds?
10. Does he hear any birds?
11. Is he looking for beauty?
12. Does he see any beauty?
2.13. Ответьте вопросы по тексту.
1. Why is the man wearing a gas mask?
2. Why doesn't he like the air?
3. What does he think about pollution?
4. What is he trying to do?
