Unite 6 Natural World Vocabulary

1 Choose the correct answer.

1 It was a violent storm, with many flashes of lightning followed by loud .....

2 The temperature in south Asia .... 45°C in the summer.

3 The fog was so ... that you couldn’t see your own hand in front of your face.

4 The garden is terribly untidy! There are so many ... in it.

5 When is the best time to ... up the hedge?

6 A (An) .... is an insect which changes into a butterfly.

2 Complete two news items with the correct words. The first letters have been given.

There is a (1) f________ in the south of Poland caused by the rains this summer. 

There is a (1) f in the south of Poland caused by the (2) t________ rains this summer. 

The water level in the mountain rivers has risen and covered the fields and houses situated near the rivers in the deep (3) v________ between the mountains.

The polar (4) b________ is in danger of dying out. 

The main reasons are (5) g________ warming 

and the (6) g________ effect

which are causing the sea level to (7) r________ and destroy the habitat where the bears live.

3 Translate the Ukrainian parts of the sentences into English.         

1 When we (вичерпаємо запаси нафти та вугілля) _________________________, we’ll have to find other sources of energy.

2 I think they should (заборонити використання пластикових пакетів) _________________________ – they take four hundred years to decompose.

3 There’s been no rain for weeks. I (маю полити квіти) _________________________ in the garden.

4. There are great beaches (на південному узбережжі) _________________________ of France.

5 It’s a good idea to (інвестувати в сонячну енергію) _________________________ when you are building a house. 

6 Another space shuttle (було запущено) _________________________ into space last week by NASA.

7 Scientists are trying to ( розробити невичерпні джерела енергії) ____________________________ .