English Through Reading
E X E R C I S E 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1
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E X E R C I S E 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1.
1. The chairman thanked the co-ordinator the whole committee for all her work on the project. 2. Most heroin addicts live chaotic lives involving crime, family break-ups, homelessness, 3. I enjoyed the film even though the ending was predictable and sentimental. 4. The well-respected politician and Minister for International Development, Clare Short resigned from the government over the Prime Minister's plans regarding Iraq, which she and many others in the government didn't agree with. 5. When one particular crop, such as sugar or coffee, makes up too high a proportion of a country's economy, then the country becomes too dependent on the price of that on the world market. ELS • 405 THE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF WAR A quarter century of conflict and war has rendered Afghanistan one of the most environmentally damaged nations on the Earth, and now, Afghanistan's environmental degradation is considered a stumbling block to its development. "Our evergreen forests have been diminished in the last twenty-five years by 40- 50%, or in some places 60%. Our pistachio forests in Badghis and Takhar in the north are gone, or at least 9 0 % of them are lost," says Yusuf Nuristani, Afghanistan's minister of irrigation, water resources and environment. A recent report by the United Nations Environment Program warns that Afghanistan faces a future without forests, clean water, wildlife or unpolluted air if current trends are not reversed. The report says Afghanistan's environmental damage is a "major stumbling block" to reconstruction and development. It is not only Afghanistan's forests that are disappearing though. Five years of drought and the destruction of a centuries-old canal network have left many Afghans without clean drinking water or water for irrigation. The UN report says even the good news, such as the return of more than one million refugees to Afghanistan last year, has hurt the environment, choking major cities with exhaust fumes and overloading the sewer systems. Mr Nuristani says a quarter century of war has left his country environmentally devastated. "Right now, we are in a mess. The drought, the war, the neglect and the low level of understanding among the people about the environment have caused all these problems. So we have to intervene right now in whatever way we can," he said. Download 1.82 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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