Fill in articles before countable and uncountable nouns. Put ‘–’ for the zero article.
(Вставь артикли перед исчисляемыми и неисчисляемыми существительными. Для нулевого артикля используй знак «–».)

1. If you want to take
this book, you have to ask for
permission.
2. I use
toothbrush and
toothpaste to clean my teeth.
3.
soup isn’t salty enough. Could you pass me
salt, please?

Ну могу но он не большой
Environmental Protection

Some hundreds of years ago people lived in harmony with nature, because industry was not much developed. Today, however, the contradictions between man and nature are dramatic.

The twenty first century is a century of the scientific and technological progress. The achievements of the mankind in mechanization and automation of industrial processes, in chemical industry and conquering outer space, in the creation of atomic power stations and ships are amazing. But at the same time, this progress gave birth to a very serious problem – the problem of environment.

Ecology and the contamination of environment, is concerned with climate, over-population in certain areas, deaths of plant and animals, chemical contamination of seas, lakes and rivers as well as atomic experiments and dumping of atomic waste from power stations. Floods, unexpected draughts, and the greenhouse effect are the next reasons.

There are many consequences of damaging the environment. One of them is acid rain. Another one is water shortage resulting from abuse of arable lands in agriculture. The third one is destroying the ozone layer of the Earth through pollution from factories and plants. The fourth problem is damage o water and soils.

The fifth one is damage to wildlife: numerous species of animals and plants can disappear. At last, the most serious danger arising from damaging the environment is the result of the abovementioned consequences. This is the danger for the life and health of the man.

The protection of natural resources and wildlife is becoming a political programme in every country. Numerous anti-pollution acts passed in different countries led to considerable improvements in environment. In many countries purifying systems for treatment of industrial waters have been installed, measures have been taken to protect rivers and seas from oil waters.

But the environmental problems have grown beyond the concern of a single country. Their solution requires the co-operation of all nations. If we are unable to learn to use the environment carefully and protect it from damage caused by man’s activities, very soon we’ll have no world to live in.

Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment, on individual, organizational or governmental level, for the benefit of the natural environment and (or) humans. Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently.

This has been recognized and governments began placing restraints on activities that caused environmental degradation. Since the 1960s activism by the environmental movement has created awareness of the various environmental issues. There is not a full agreement on the extent of the environmental impact of human activity and protection measures are occasionally criticized.

Academic institutions now offer courses such as environmental studies, environmental management and environmental engineering that study the history and methods of environmental protection. Protection of the environment is needed from various human activities. Waste, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and the introduction of invasive species are some of the issues relating to environmental protection.

Future profession is a very important choice in
every human life. Sooner or later everybody
thinks about the profession. There are a lot of
interesting professions in the world and I'd love
to learn a few of them. It is very difficult to
make a choice once and not to make a mistake.
But desires don’t always coincide with
possibilities.
Sometimes we do not choose what we need:
some of us go to learn, where our friends learn,
others study profession chosen by their parents.
And only later a person realizes: “It’s not my cup
of tea”: soul does not lie to her. The person
making the choice must think not about how this
or that profession will be paid or if there is a
demand for it, and not about the tips of others.
You should certainly listen to the opinions of
adults, they never wish you bad, but it is the
choice of your own and it must be done
independently.
On the verge of leaving school we are often
asked what we want to be, where we proceed,
what we are going to do in future. Some answer
confidently what they want to link their lives
with, others respond less confident, still doubting
their choice. Not to suffer the wrong choice of
profession in the future, you need to treat it with
full responsibility and seriousness. But I still
believe that it is not necessary to doubt in your
choice, you need to act, to follow your heart’s
calling. Будущая профессия – это очень важный
выбор в жизни каждого человека. Рано или
поздно о профессии задумываются все. На
свете есть множество интересных профессий,
и я бы хотела выучиться на некоторые из них.
Сделать выбор сразу и не ошибиться очень
трудно. Но не всегда желания совпадают с
возможностями.
Иногда мы выбираем не то, что нам нужно:
некоторые из нас идут учиться туда, где
учатся наши друзья, другие учатся той
профессии, которую выбрали для них
родители. И только позже человек понимает,
что это не его профессия: не лежит к ней
душа. Человек, делающий выбор, должен
думать не о том, как будет оплачиваться та
или иная профессия, есть ли спрос на нее, и
не о том, что посоветуют тебе другие.
Конечно, следует прислушаться к мнению
взрослых, они никогда не пожелают плохого,
но это выбор каждого и его нужно сделать
самостоятельно.
На пороге выхода из школы нас часто
спрашивают, кем мы хотим быть, куда
поступим, чем мы собираемся заниматься в
будущем. Некоторые отвечают уверенно, с
чем они хотят связать свою жизнь, другие
отвечают менее уверенно, все еще
сомневаясь в своем выборе. Чтобы не
мучиться по поводу неправильного выбора
профессии в будущем, нужно отнестись к
этому со всей ответственностью и
серьезностью. Но я все же считаю, что не
нужно сомневаться в своем выборе, нужно
действовать, идти туда, куда тянет.