1. Перевод текста- Вода-это жизнь 1. Before reading the text, think about why water is so important for life and why experts are saying that water is the key resource of the 21st century. Think about: – dry areas of the world – changes in the way people live – changes in the weather worldwide – changes in the way we use water 2. Which paragraph in the text (1–6) talks about each of the following? 1 How plants helped people to collect water. _____ 2 Using animals or the shape of the sand dunes and stars to find water. _____ 3 Plans for reducing the number of people without clean water to drink worldwide. _____ 4 Changes in world weather patterns. _____ 5 Changes in the amount of water we use. _____ 6 A typical way of finding water. _____ 3. Here are some numbers frоm the article. Match them with the correct information. Then read the article quickly to check your answers. 4. In pairs, make as many questions as you can about the text. Then ask another pair to answer them, without looking. 5. Many words in English can have the same sound but a different spelling. In the list of words below find the one word with a different pronunciation of the underlined vowel. 1 herders / world / earth / year / worse / turns / worst 2 more / water / old / also / daughters / important / source / fortunately 6. Discuss these questions with your partner(s). – How has the weather changed in your country? – Does your country suffer frоm droughts or floods? – What are people doing to reduce water use in your country? – What do you do to reduce how much water you use?