Reading

Pre-Reading

1.      What do you know about pollution and its negative effects?

While-reading

2.       Are the following statements true or false? Provide evidence from the text to justify your answer.

1)     The damage caused by pollution might be reversible in the future. 

2)       Pollution occurs when the ecosystem is not able to cope with it.

3)      Pollution is not always caused by humans, as it is sometimes caused by natural disasters. 

4)       Only severe environmental damages must be punished by the law. 

5)  Although the sources of pollution are various, it is easy to identify the different pollutants and their consequences nowadays. 

Post-reading

3. Create a diagram summarizing the main causes, consequences and ways to prevent pollution.

   Possible answer:

Answers exercise 2:

1)  False "Human health, ecosystem quality and aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity may be affected and altered permanently by pollution."
 
2) True "The critical threshold of its ability to naturally eliminate substances is compromised and the balance of the ecosystem is broken."

3)  True "They can come from natural disasters or the result of human activity, such as oil spills, chemical spills, nuclear accidents, etc."  

 

4)  False "Any environmental damage must be punishable by law, and polluters should pay compensation for the damage caused to the environment."

 

5)  False "The sources of pollution are numerous. The identification of these different pollutants and their effects on ecosystem is complex."