Assignment 1
Read the assignment and write down the answers in English. You may use English-language Internet sources to help you.
a Make a list of words related to water.
b The Midlands is a part of England. It is made up of two regions: the West Midlands and East Midlands. Find these regions on a map. Make a print or screenshot and mark the Midlands on it.
| Water Wise
The Midlands is the central part of England. These days, people living in the Midlands are struggling with a shortage of water. Read all about it here. |
Assignment 2
Read the text. Connect the words and expressions that have the same meaning in the text.
| 1. demand | a. drops of water from clouds |
| 2. surge | b. a force that makes a flow of water strong or weak |
| 3. supplier | c. to have difficulties doing or using something |
| 4. reservoirs | d. to increase |
| 5. sprinklers | e. kraan |
| 6. water pressure | f. a little object with many small holes that is used to spray water on plants or soil |
| 7. rainfall | g. a person or company that supplies goods or services |
| 8. spokesman | h. a sudden, large increase |
| 9. to ramp up | i. to stop using something |
| 10. to ditch | j. someone who speaks for or represents a company |
| 11. hygiene | k. special lakes that are used to store a large supply of water for use in cities or other areas |
| 12. to struggle | l. water in bottles |
| 13. tap | m. the things that you do to keep yourself and your surroundings clean |
| 14. to run out of something | n. the total amount of something which people want to buy and use |
| 15. bottled water | o. to use up all there is of something |
Assignment 3
a Which extra factors have made the water shortage in the Midlands worse? Select all the correct answers.
1 empty reservoirs
2 lockdown
3 slow pumps
4 surge in demand
5 warm weather
b How many homes in the Midlands have been left without water?
1 30
2 5 or 6
3 About 2000
4 Almost 85%
c Why has the Aldi store run out of bottled water?
1 Everyone is buying it because the water from the tap is not sterilised.
2 Many people are buying it because no water is coming from the tap.
3 The supplier does not have enough material to pump the water out.
4 There is not enough water in the reservoirs to fill the bottles.
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