we are using up the earth's natural resources faster than ever

More violence, more vandalism* exists than it did ten years ago. Many people say that their lives have been made miserable by young people out on the street late at night. Young people are more violent than ever. All those groups or subcultures are awful, because all of their members are violent. They only think about rebellion against society, its laws, they reject everything, they protest against their parents and school. I think they are potential criminals, their groups are like gangs (банды). I think all these groups should be forbidden.

1) Have you got a pet?
2) What’s its name?
3) What does it like to eat?
4) What is it like?
5) What can it do?

a) Ashby.
b) Ashby is big, kind and strong.
c) Yes. I’ve got a camel.
d) Ashby likes my father to carry things.
e) Grass and apples.

1) Customs a) get smth secretly and
illegally into/out of the country

situated in Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia. its total area is over 17 mil. lion square kilometres. The Russian Federation swashed ly 12 three oceans the le. seas o tie, the Atlantic and the Pacific in the south and in the west the county borders on foureen countries it sea-border ith the USA. also has a There le no countries in the world where such great taney ofпоra a and launa can be found as in our land our ounty has numerous bests. plains and steppes, laga md tundra, highlands and desers The highest mountains in orland are the Altai, the Urals and the Caucasus Thereare over two thousand rivёвn the Russian Federation. The longest of them are the Volga, the Ob', the Yenisei, the L.ena and the Amur our land is also rich in lakes ith the deepest lake in the world the Baikal, included.The territory of the Russian Federation is divided into 11 time zones. The climate conditions are rather different: from arctic and moderate to continental and subtropical. Our country is one of the richest in natural resources countries in the world: oil, natural gas, coal, different ores, fer- rous and non-ferrous metals and other minerals. The Russian Federation is a multinational state. It comprises many national districts, several autonomous republics and regions. he popula- tion of the country is about 140 million people Moscow, the capital of Russian Federation, is the largest political. scientific, cultural and industnal center of the country and one of the most beautiful cities on the globe. Russian is the official language of the state. The national symbols ofthe Russian Federation are awhite-blue-red ban. ner and a double-headed eagle The Russian Federation is a constitutional republic headed by the president. The country govemment consists of three branches: legisla- tive, executive and judicial. The President controls only the executive the government, but not the Supreme Court and Fed branch of eral A The legislative power belongs to the Federal Assembly comprising two chambers: the Council of Federation(upper Chamber) and the State Duma(lower Chamber. Each chamber is headed by the Speaker The ex- ecutive power belongs to the govemment(the Cabinet of Ministers) headed by the Prime Minister The judicial power belongs to the system of Courts comprising the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and ederal courts. Our country has a multiparty system. The foreign policy of the Russian Federation is that of international cooperation, peace and friendship with all nations irrespective of theirpo. litical and social systems.

1.___international organization involved in saving animals and 2.___environment they live in. It was founded in 1961, and deals 4____5___(every,any,many,few) aspects of nature,for example plants,fish and the other use of the worl's natural resources.The WWF has succeeded 6.___ rescuing 7___ least 30 species of birds and mammals from 8.___(extinct,extinction,extension,migration). If fashionable women today feel 9.___(happy,excited,embarrashed,guilty) to wear fur coats,it is 10___(because,due to, owing,thanks) the work of WWF which opposes 11___killing of animals 12.___their skin. 13.___education is the key,if more people were 14.(afraid,fond,aware,tired) of the danger 15.___16___ environment and its wildlife, the perhaps they 17___(will do, would do, are doing,did) more help organizations like the WWF.

the workers provide are useful/

a. The goods are essential. They need the goods.

b. The schools and hospitals are essential. The provide the schools and hospitals.

c. The goods are valuable. He buys the goods.

d. The money buys essential commodities. People earn this money.

e. The goods and services are very useful. People produce these goods and services.

f. The work is called economic activity. We do this work.

g. The work provide them with money. People do this work.

h. The economic activities make up the economic system. People undertake these economic activites.

When we press a piece of rubber we change its shape. But as soon as we stop pressing, the rubber springs back to its first shape; we therefore say that rubber is elastic. Rubber was first used to make rubber balls. In 1492, Columbus sailed from Spain and discovered America. One of the many strange things which he and his men saw in America was a game played with rubber balls. They noticed that the rubber balls bounced much better than the balls which they had used in their own country. When they sailed home again they told their friends that the balls were made from the gum of a tree. Hundreds of years had passed before rubber was used in Europe and other parts of the world. Small pieces of rubber were brought to Europe, and kept by people who liked to collect strange things; but no one thought that rubber could be useful. Then an artist found out that rubber would rub out pencil marks. That was one of the first uses of rubber, and that is how it came to be called 'rubber'. Rubber trees grow only in countries where it is very hot and very damp. These countries are near the equator; so it was in the countries near the equator that men went out to hunt for the rubber trees. It was not easy to find the trees. In those hot damp lands, trees of many kinds grow so close together that it is difficult to travel through the forests. The men who were hunting for rubber trees found them growing wild in South America, in Central America, and in West Africa. Nearly all the world's rubber came from the great forests of America and West Africa. нужен качественный перевод!!!