English homework correction please?
Posted on February 5, 2010
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Please kindly correct my answers? I’ll quote some parts of main text that are required to answer.
“Did pollution finish off the Roman Empire? The Romans stored wine in lead vats and some scholars think lead poisoning weakened their minds and lay behind the fall of their civilization.”
When did pollution begin to be a problem?
A:”It began to be a problem since the Roman Empire.”
“In 1306 Edward I banned the burning of sea-coal because it made ’so powerful and unbearable stench’.”
What made Edward I ban the burning of sea-coal?
A:”It was the powerful and unbearable stench that made Edward I ban the burning of sea-coal.”
“At the bottom flows, or rather stagnates, the Irk, a narrow, coal-black, foul smelling stream. ‘Across the Pennines in Leeds, you could only see the sun on Sundays.
Why would the sun be seen in Leeds only on Sunday?
A:Because people usually stop working in factories and industries on Sunday.
“American cities like Pittsburgh, so dark that drivers sometimes had to use their headlights at midday, began to impose smoke controls in the 1930s and ’40s.
How did American cities try to solve the particular problem of pollution in the ’30s and ’40s?
A:American cities imposed smoke controls in the 1930s and 1940s to solve the particular problem.
“London followed suit after the Great Smog of 1952…. Londoners now enjoy 70% more sunshine in December than they did in 1958.
To what extent did Londoners succeed in solving the smoke problems?
A:Londoners did succeed goodly in solving the smoke problems, because they now enjoy 70% sunshine in December than they did in 1958.
“In the ’70s America and Japan moved to control vehicle fumes by fitting special converters to car exhausts.”
To what extent did Londoners succeed in solving the smoke problems?
A:Special measures were taken in America and Japan by fitting special converters to car exhausts to control vehicle fumes.
“By the end of the ’60s the environment was in fashion – The New York Times carried over 1,600 articles on environmental issues in 1970, eight times as many as it had in 1960.”
A:In what way did “The New York Times” show a growing interest in the environment?
A:The New York Times showed a growing interest in the environment by publishing more than 1,600 articles in 1970, eight times as many as it had in 1960.
“In 1972, 113 countries met at a UN conference in Stockholm tp discuss these problems – a landmark itself. But in the 1980s most of them still remain unsolved.
Do you think that pollution problems were solved by the conference in Stockholm? Justify.
A:No. Most of pollution problems remain unsolved in Stockholm, even in the 1980s.
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Pollution Prevention
answers you posted are in agreement with the “facts” you posted, but ar the “facts” you posted really “true facts” or just “made up facts”