Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide cause acid rain.. Cars produce almost 50% of the world’s nitrogen oxide.. The government wanted to launch a campaign to protect the environment.. The g
Trang 1THE ENVIRONMENT:
Rewrite the sentences without changing their
meaning:
1 Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide cause acid
rain
Acid rain
………
………
………
2 Cars produce almost 50% of the world’s nitrogen oxide It is cars ………
………
………
3 Rainforests are valuable habitats However, big areas of rainforests are destroyed every year ………
………
despite ………
… 4 Its negative effects have been proved Not much is done to reduce acid rain In spite of ………
………
………
5 New policies should be implemented by the Environmental Authority The Environmental Authority ………
………
…………
6 We burn lots of fossil fuels, thus, the levels of pollution increase dramatically If ………
…………
………
………
7 People are exposed to chemicals in the air It can steadily damage their health seriously ………
…, which ………
………
8 You don’t recycle as much as you should I wish ………
… 9 It would be a good idea to reuse shopping bags 13 “Hundreds of trees are going to be planted in this area to create forests” the P.M declared The ………
……
………
………
14 The tropical rainforests are being destroyed Then lots of animals lose their habitats Because of ………
………
………
15 “The ice covering the poles is melting faster than we expected”, Professor Smith remarked Professor Smith ………
………
………
16 The government wanted to launch a campaign to protect the environment However, nothing has been done so far Although ………
………
………
17 The government has launched a campaign The ecologists don’t agree with the campaign The ecologists ………
………
………
18 New measures have to be adopted to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere The authorities ………
………
………
19 We can save energy by switching the light off when leaving rooms If ………
………
………
………
20 A technician is insulating our house next month We ………
…………
Trang 21 Acid rain is caused by sulphur dioxide and
nitrogen oxide
2 It is cars that produce almost 50% of the
world’s nitrogen oxide
3 Big areas of rainforests are destroyed every
year despite being valuable habitats
4 In spite of the proven negative effects of acid
rain, not much has been made to reduce it
5 The Environmental Authority should
implement new policies
6 If we didn’t burn so many fossil fuels, the
levels of pollution wouldn’t increase so
dramatically
7 People are exposed to chemicals in the air,
which can steadily damage their health seriously
8 I wish you would recycle more (as much as
possible)
9 We’d better reuse shopping bags
10 Due to the polar ice caps melting, the
temperatures are rising
11 Since the level of the sea rises, some areas
of the planet will be flooded
12 It is believe that the greenhouse effect will
make the climate change significantly
13 The P.M declared that hundreds of trees were going to be planted in that area to create forests
14 Because of destruction of the tropical rainforests, lots of animals lose their habitats
15 Professor Smith remarked that the ice covering the poles was melting faster than they had expected (they expected)
16 Although the government wanted to launch a campaign to protect the environment, nothing has been done so far
17 The ecologists don’t agree with the campaign (that / which) the government has launched a campaign
18 The authorities have adopted new measures
to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
19 If we switched the light off when leaving rooms, we could/would save energy
20 We are having/getting our house insulated next month
21 In order to protect the environment, you can use eco-friendly products
22 If chemical waste from factories wasn’t dumped into rivers and seas, they wouldn’t be so polluted
23 We save lots of trees when we recycle/ by recycling/ if we recycle paper
24 What about joining an environmental organisation?