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Complete these sentences using information from the text.
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1. International environmental law is interdisciplinary ______.
2. Until the late 1960s, most international agreements aimed at _____.
3. International environmental law is the body ________.
4. The key constitutional moments in the development of international environmental law are _______.
5. International environmental law derives its content from _______.
6. The chief guiding principle of international environmental law is _________.
7. The main principles of international environmental law are ____.
14. Think over the proper Ukrainian equivalents to the following word-combinations:
- to be interdisciplinary, intersecting and overlapping
- to reflect a desire to limit damages to the environment
- agreements paralleled national legislation
- to injure the territory
- a plethora of legally-binding international agreements
- terrestrial, marine and atmospheric pollution
- wildlife and biodiversity protection
- sustainable development
- environmentalists and environmental lawyers
- stricter global regulation of human impacts on the natural environment
- the synergies between combating poverty and improving the environment
- environmental law treaties
- to be contentious
- to warn other states about emergencies of an environmental nature
- to have full power in its own territory to do as it pleases
Section C
Language study
Vocabulary
15. Match each term on the left with explanations on the right:
| a) acid rain b) carbon dioxide c) CFCS d) global warming e) greenhouse effect f) ozone layer g) sewage h) rain forest | 1. solid and liquid wastes from bathtubs, toilets and sinks. 2. when harmful gases from cars and power plants are released into the air and fall back to the Earth with rain and snow. 3. a layer of gas high in the sky which protects us from the harmful ultraviolet rays. 4. a gas produced when animals breathe out when carbon is burned in air. 5. an increase in the Earth temperature, caused by a build up of “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere. 6. short for chloro-fluoro-carbons gases used in refrigerators, air conditioners that damage the ozone layer. 7. tropical forest with tall trees, growing in an area where it rains a lot. 8. when gases from factories, electric power plants, and cars trap the sun’s heat and warm up the Earth. |
16. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. In most of the lines there is a word that does not fit grammatically. Write this unwanted word on the right. If a line is correct, put a tick (√). The first two are given as exampled.