Read the text. Make derivatives of the words in brackets. Does the text answer your questions from Ex. 3?
Take a look at the clothes you are wearing. Are they made from natural fabrics such as cotton, linen or silk, or from synthetic fabrics, like nylon or polyester? Which type of fabric do you think is more 1) ..... (environment) friendly, natural or synthetic? You may be surprised by the answer!
Most people believe that natural fabrics are 2) ..... (good) for the environment than synthetic ones, but this isn’t always true. For example, while it only takes 500 g of cotton to make one T-shirt, it takes 150 g of pesticides to grow the cotton in the first place! Then, the cotton may be treated with all kinds of chemicals to change the colour. 3) ..... (fortunate), all of these chemicals end up as waste, which contaminates our rivers and soil.
So what is the best thing to do? Well, when it comes to buying new clothes these days you don’t have to worry, as you can 4) ..... (simple) choose to buy organic! This means buying clothes that are produced in a way that causes as little harm to the environment as possible. Here are some of the 5) ..... (differ) options on offer.
Bamboo clothing is as soft as cashmere and allows your skin to 6) ..... (breath). It also keeps you cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather.
Flax grows more 7) ..... (quick) than cotton and needs less chemicals to produce it.
Eco Fleece is a kind of polyester from recycled plastic bottles. At the 8) ..... (recycle) centre, the plastic is washed, chopped and turned into flakes, which are then melted, made into fibres and woven into cosy pullovers.
It doesn’t take a lot of effort to be naturally 9) ..... (fashion), so why not give it a try!
- Перед friendly нужно наречие environmentally — «безопасный для окружающей среды».
. После than нужна сравнительная степень good → better. . Химикаты загрязняют почву и реки, поэтому unfortunately — «к сожалению»; приставка un- меняет смысл. . Глагол choose уточняется наречием simply — «просто». . Перед options требуется прилагательное different. . После to ставится глагол breathe — «дышать», а breath — существительное «дыхание». . Глагол grows уточняется наречием quickly. . Перед centre нужно определение recycling — «перерабатывающий». . После be требуется прилагательное fashionable — «модный». Текст отвечает на вопросы из № : он называет бамбук, лён и переработанный полиэстер, объясняет вред химикатов при выращивании хлопка и описывает переработку бутылок.
Перевод ключевых мест: «натуральные ткани не всегда лучше для природы»; «химикаты загрязняют реки и почву»; «бутылки измельчают, плавят и превращают в волокна».
Take a look at the clothes you are wearing. Are they made from natural fabrics such as cotton, linen or silk, or from synthetic fabrics, like nylon or polyester? Which type of fabric do you think is more environmentally friendly, natural or synthetic? You may be surprised by the answer!
Most people believe that natural fabrics are better for the environment than synthetic ones, but this isn’t always true. For example, while it only takes
So what is the best thing to do? Well, when it comes to buying new clothes these days you don’t have to worry, as you can simply choose to buy organic! This means buying clothes that are produced in a way that causes as little harm to the environment as possible. Here are some of the different options on offer.
Bamboo clothing is as soft as cashmere and allows your skin to breathe. It also keeps you cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather.
Flax grows more quickly than cotton and needs less chemicals to produce it.
Eco Fleece is a kind of polyester from recycled plastic bottles. At the recycling centre, the plastic is washed, chopped and turned into flakes, which are then melted, made into fibres and woven into cosy pullovers.
It doesn’t take a lot of effort to be naturally fashionable, so why not give it a try!
Yes. The text answers all three questions: it describes eco materials, the chemicals used for cotton and the recycling of plastic bottles.
