TIRD Read the texts again. Match sentences 8-g with gaps 1-6. There
is one extra sentence. Then listen to
check.
a However, his role in this future
is not to put out fires but to
start them.
b The novel ends without a clear
conclusion and the reader is
left to speculate on what will
happen next.
He is successful - so successful
that he is offered a job as a star
of the show,
d At the end of the book he has
been re-educated and has learnt
to love the masters he hated
before.
e There is, however, a lighter side
to the story
f When they reach this age they
must go to a Sleepshop to be
executed.
g Even the stranger who has
appeared among them does not
interest them.

Today our planet Earth is facing an important problem - the global warming. It occurs because of emissions of toxic gas and increasing greenhouse effect.
Polluting gases are exhausted by factories, cars and other machines. These gases pile up in the atmosphere and don't let the light reflected from Earth's surface get out of atmosphere, which actually causes the warming itself. Because of it, glaciers melt rapidly, the ocean level rises and that poses a flood threat to all islands and seaside countries. It also means an dramatic increase in number of icebergs in oceans, which basically means a threat to sea travellers. Which in its turn poses a threat to economies of a lot of different countries, since most goods are exported and imported by water trade.

Warming is also dangerous for nature since many species of plants and animals are used to live under low-temperature conditions. And if temperature goes up, then certain plants, which are actually food for animals, will die. And that in its turn will make animals starve, and then eventually die as well. And so will die animals, whose food was primarily the previously mentioned animals, and so on and so forth.

I want to live in a country with strong economy, rich flora and fauna and not-overly-hot climate!

Let us save our planet together!

Let us say 'NO' to atmosphere pollution!

Let us switch to alternative sources of energy!

Let's revive our forests!

Nice - nicer (корректней будет more nice) - the nicest/most nice
old - older - the oldest
polite - more polite - most polite
quiet - more quieter - the quietes/most quiet
serious - more serious - most serious
short - shorter - shortest
silent - more silent - the most silent
strong - stronger - the strongest
talkative - more talkative - the most talkative
tall - taller - the tallest
unfriendly - more unfriendly - the most unfriendly
young - younger/more young - the youngest/most young
У каждой степени два варианта. Бывает так, что один из них реже используется, а  потому может считаться некорректным, но, если перепутаешь, за ошибку это не считается. Единственное, носитель языка может не сразу понять.