Articles: a/an and the
3. complete the sentences with the articles a/an, the or zero article (ø).
arslanbob is ( village. (2) village of arslanbob
has about 11,500 people. (3) walnut trees in this forest are
hundreds of years old, 30 meters old, 2 meters wide. for a month
or more, (4) families from the village move into the forest to
collect (5) walnuts.
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1We often do great harm to our environment Мы часто наносим вред окружающей среде
2 How can we protect it? Как мы можем защитить ее?
3 I’m sure that some of us don’t notice global problems which are taking place Я уверен, что некоторые из нас не замечают глобальные проблемы, которые сейчас имеют место
4 Has everyone heard about global warming, climate change, sea level rise, overpopulation? Слышал ли каждый о глобальном потеплении, изменении климата, увеличении уровня моря, перенаселения?
5 I think that we are more or less familiar with these issues Я думаю, что мы более или менее знакомы с этими вопросами
6 The problem is that we don’t pay enough attention to it Проблема в том, что часто мы уделяем достаточного внимания этому
7 Certainly, we need to think thoroughly about these problems Конечно, нам нужно тщательно подумать об этих проблемах
8 Let’s look at the problem of overpopulation Давайте взглянем на проблему перенаселения
9 How can we solve this problem? Как мы можем решить эту проблему?
10 We shouldn’t get married and have children, shouldn’t we? Нам не следует женить (выходить замуж) и иметь детей, не так ли?
11 Certainly not Конечно, нет
12 On the contrary, Russia has the opposite problem Наоборот, у России обратная проблема
13 It’ our national problem Это наша национальная проблема
14 What can we do to solve global problems? Что мы можем сделать, чтобы решить глобальные проблемы?
15 I think all the people in the world must join their efforts Я думаю, что люди всего мира должны объединить свои усилия

We all have favourite animals or pets and we do care about their well-being. Each person who has a pet should take a good care of it. In my opinion, animals should be always well-fed, sheltered and kept in comfort. They deserve it, as they are good friends of ours.

As for my family we have several pets and we look carefully after them. At the country house we have a number of chickens and rabbits. That was my grandma’s idea and we didn’t mind. Our rabbits have recently had babies and I should say they were adorable. We had to call for a vet though, as one of the babies was born limp.

At our flat we keep two cats and a parrot. I know they don’t like each other, but we try to keep them separately.

Speaking about animal on global level, we know that there is an increasing problem of wild animal extinction nowadays. It’s happening for various reasons. First of all, it’s the environment pollution which takes place over the last centuries due to human irrational behavior. Secondly, some species are hunted for their valuable body parts, such as fur, tusks, skin, caviar, etc. Thirdly, there is a problem of natural habitat loss. One of such examples is deforestation.

And, finally, there is a problem of caging animals, for example, in zoos. Luckily, there are many animal protecting organizations today which fight for their welfare. I’m sure with the decent amount of medical help, nutrition and shelter many animals will be saved even those which are prone to extinction.