(PREADV) GLOBAS ISSUES & PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, CARD 1
HUMANS’ TREATMENT OF NATURE
a quarry ( a prey)
to track and hunt sb/animals down
to hone your skills / technique / style (=improve,
perfect sth) in doing sth
sb’s guiding principle is to… (the main
principle/rule)
to safeguard sb’s well-being
a bewitching place, bewitching beauty/nature
(=enchanting)
a ruggedly beautiful place (=naturally beautiful,
surowo piękne)
I can’t stand your dismissive demeanor
(lekceważące nastawienie)
to regard the matter dismissively (=to treat sth too
light-heartedly)
to comprehend sb’s plight (=predicament, difficult
position)
to hunt big / small game (=big/small animals)
game = wild animals
to slaughter/butcher their cubs (=the young)
sb’s rugged character/personality (tough)
to have rugged manners (rough manners)
Old habits die hard. (It’s difficult to change)
to have the habit of doing sth
to develop the habit (of …-ing) (to get addicted)
to kick the habit (to get rid of a habit)
That’s a typical habit of mind (way of thinking)
a hunk of meat (a big piece)
to tuck in (to start eating)
to acquire a taste for sth (=to devlop a taste for…)
to scamper out / off (to flee, run away)
to be/become habituated to sth (to get
used=accustomed to doing sth)
n: as a result of habituation to …, … (being used
to)
… exemplifies sth / the way that people / people’s
approach to… (…is an example of… / serves as a
good example of…)
CONSEQUENCES
There is little doubting the fact that…
The looming (arising) question is whether … . =
there arises the question if/whether/why…
The spectre of extinction looms over these species
(=widmo zagłady wisi nad…)
to tamper with food (=to manipulate food, its
ingredients)
to drive animal species towards extinction (to lead
them to death)
this is commonplace, even rampant!
(=powszechne, szelejące, nagminne)
to encroach upon sb’s/some animals’ territory
(=wkraczac na…)
as a result of this encroachment, …
to be endangered with extinction
n: endangerment
to trigger (=set off) dangerous changes / allergies
their/our future/lives is/are at stake = in the
balance = in jeopardy (= at risk)
sb’s future hangs by a thread (=wisi na włosku)
sb’s days are numbered
sb’s lives/survival is/are on the line
to face the music / to reap the harvest = to face
up to your actions (to accept the responsibility &
consequences)
to face extinction / extermination / annihilation
… is under threat of… (=at risk of…)
to vanish from the face of the earth
to be wiped out from the face of the earth
to wipe sb out / kill sb off
a wipe-out
to have dire (v. serious, horrible) tragic / disastrous
consequences
to come to a bad end
to become extinct, to die out
to vanish without a trace
to vanish into oblivion
to be oblivious of sth
(PREADV) GLOBAS ISSUES & PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, CARD 1
HUMANS’ TREATMENT OF NATURE
a quarry ( a prey)
to track and hunt sb/animals down
to hone your skills / technique / style (=improve,
perfect sth) in doing sth
sb’s guiding principle is to… (the main
principle/rule)
to safeguard sb’s well-being
a bewitching place, bewitching beauty/nature
(=enchanting)
a ruggedly beautiful place (=naturally beautiful,
surowo piękne)
I can’t stand your dismissive demeanor
(lekceważące nastawienie)
to regard the matter dismissively (=to treat sth too
light-heartedly)
to comprehend sb’s plight (=predicament, difficult
position)
to hunt big / small game (=big/small animals)
game = wild animals
to slaughter/butcher their cubs (=the young)
sb’s rugged character/personality (tough)
to have rugged manners (rough manners)
Old habits die hard. (It’s difficult to change)
to have the habit of doing sth
to develop the habit (of …-ing) (to get addicted)
to kick the habit (to get rid of a habit)
That’s a typical habit of mind (way of thinking)
a hunk of meat (a big piece)
to tuck in (to start eating)
to acquire a taste for sth (=to devlop a taste for…)
to scamper out / off (to flee, run away)
to be/become habituated to sth (to get
used=accustomed to doing sth)
n: as a result of habituation to …, … (being used
to)
… exemplifies sth / the way that people / people’s
approach to… (…is an example of… / serves as a
good example of…)
CONSEQUENCES
There is little doubting the fact that…
The looming (arising) question is whether … . =
there arises the question if/whether/why…
The spectre of extinction looms over these species
(=widmo zagłady wisi nad…)
to tamper with food (=to manipulate food, its
ingredients)
to drive animal species towards extinction (to lead
them to death)
this is commonplace, even rampant!
(=powszechne, szelejące, nagminne)
to encroach upon sb’s/some animals’ territory
(=wkraczac na…)
as a result of this encroachment, …
to be endangered with extinction
n: endangerment
to trigger (=set off) dangerous changes / allergies
their/our future/lives is/are at stake = in the
balance = in jeopardy (= at risk)
sb’s future hangs by a thread (=wisi na włosku)
sb’s days are numbered
sb’s lives/survival is/are on the line
to face the music / to reap the harvest = to face
up to your actions (to accept the responsibility &
consequences)
to face extinction / extermination / annihilation
… is under threat of… (=at risk of…)
to vanish from the face of the earth
to be wiped out from the face of the earth
to wipe sb out / kill sb off
a wipe-out
to have dire (v. serious, horrible) tragic / disastrous
consequences
to come to a bad end
to become extinct, to die out
to vanish without a trace
to vanish into oblivion
to be oblivious of sth