### Lesson 2. Water is Life!

Getting ready for the task:
• What are the pictures about?
• Can we live without water?
• Where is water on the Earth?
Key words:
a spring - a place where water comes naturally to the surface
to overcome - to defeat, to defeat, to win
a geyzer - a natural spring that sends hot water
a challenge - a difficult task that tests somebody’s ability
a source - a place/person or thing that you get something from, resource
1

GW. Match the expressions with the pictures and say why we need water giving reasons.

1. For drinking
2. For cooking
3. For washing
4. For watering
5. For swimming
6 For washing a car
2

GW. Listen to the passage and think of several important facts about water in your life comparing the pictures.

Model: Many people in the world can’t get enough water. In Gambia, Africa one person uses four and a half litres of water a day. But in the USA, water intake by one person is much higher.

LISTEN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! Read Listening Material
Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   A) the human body
   B) the mountains
   C) the water
   D) the first civilizations
   E) the live organisms
2. What is not mentioned according to the passage?
   A) The people depend on water.
   B) 97% of water can not be drunk.
   C) There is fresh water in glaciers.
   D) Most of the Earth’s surface is covered with water.
   E) Water is present on Mars.
3. Choose the wrong answers to the question according to the passage.
   What purposes do people use water?
   A) watering plantations
   B) washing
   C) making fire
   D) fishing
   E) obtaining electricity
4. Complete the sentence according to the passage.
   The first civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt flourished around … and … .
5. What are millions of people in the world facing?

Water is a unique component on our planet. All known forms of life depend on water. The human body contains water and requires it to function properly. Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface. Unfortunately, 97% of the water on the Earth is salty and cannot be drunk or used directly by people. The remaining 3% is fresh - meaning essentially “unsalty” . It is in live organisms and in glaciers on the poles and high up on mountains.

According to research, people are using only 1% of the whole amount of water on our planet. People use water for many purposes – for drinking, washing, making food, fishing, and obtaining electricity. The first civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt flourished around rivers and major waterways.

The world’s water resources create a global crisis for every living-being on the planet. Millions of people in the world are facing water shortages. Water pollution is one of the biggest ecological problems nowadays.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   A) the human body
   B) the mountains
   C) the water
   D) the first civilizations
   E) the live organisms
2. What is not mentioned according to the passage?
   A) The people depend on water.
   B) 97% of water can not be drunk.
   C) There is fresh water in glaciers.
   D) Most of the Earth’s surface is covered with water.
   E) Water is present on Mars.
3. Choose the wrong answers to the question according to the passage.
   What purposes do people use water?
   A) watering plantations
   B) washing
   C) making fire
   D) fishing
   E) obtaining electricity
4. Complete the sentence according to the passage.
   The first civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt flourished around … and … .
   Answer: “rivers and major waterways”
5. What are millions of people in the world facing?
   Answer: “water shorrtages”