I. Speaking: Vitamins

Exercise 1. Phonetic reading. Learn the following words and their combinations. Read and translate them.

Clothes: You put your clothes on when you get up in the morning and take your

clothes off when you go to bed at night. Wear: Do you always wear a hat in summer? In winter we like to wear warm clothes. Moon: The Moon is a planet. The Moon moves round the Earth. We can see

the moon at night.

Paper: Paper is a material which we can use for writing, for covering things.

It means also a report, a scientific report or an article. Shoes: Shoes are part of clothes which we wear on our feet.

Food: Food is the material which can be eaten by people or animals. Food includes

various materials, for example, we like to drink milk, eat meat and butter.

Milk, meat and butter are animal products. They include vitamins as well. Spend: Students spend much time in libraries and reading halls. A few-few: Few means not many, a few means a small number. Many people read

Einstein's book, but few understood it. A few compounds were produced. Trouble: To be in trouble means to be in an unhappy state or condition. I have

much trouble with the children.

Exercise 2. Read and learn the following words,

potato [pa'teitao] картопля vitamin [vitamin] вітамін

beetroot ['bi:tru:t] буряк metabolism [me'tasbalizm] обмін речовин

carrot ['ka^rat] морква catalysts ['ksetalists] каталізатори

cabbage f'kaebiclj] капуста tissue f'tiju:], [tisju:] тканина (жива)

onion ['лгп'ап] цибуля influence [infloans] впливати

tomato [ta'ma:tao] помідор participate [pa: tisipeit] брати участь

vegetable ['vedjitabl] овоч identify [ai'dentifai] ідентифікувати, ототожнювати

fruit [fru:t] фрукт erythrocytes [i'riOreo.saits] еритроцити

grapes [greips] виноград scurvy [sk3:vi] цинга

lemon ['leman] лимон avitaminosis [a vitajmi'naosis] (pi. avitaminoses [i:z]) авітаміноз

pepper ['pepa] перець overdosage [aova'daosicfj] передозування

salt [sa:lt] сіль yeast [ji:st] дріжджі

sugar [ Ju:ga] цукор soya [saia] соя (боби)juice [d3u:s] сік

Exercise 3. Learn the following word combinations.

to be indispensable for бути необхідним для

plastic materials - пластичні матеріали

the first to establish - перший, хто встановив

chemical composition - хімічний склад

physiological role - фізіологічна роль

soluble only in fats - розчинні лише в жирах

enough vitamins досить вітамінів

night vision - нічне бачення (видимість уночі)

citrus fruits - цитрусові

prevent rickets - запобігати розвиткові рахіту lead to infertility - призводити до безпліддя incorrect development - неправильний розвиток retarded growth - заторможений, пригнічений ріст

Exercise 4. Make up sentences.

Vitamins may be normal.

The dose play an important role in human health.

Overdosage are harmful for the organism.

Avitaminoses indispensable for the organism.

deficiency of vitamins.

Exercise 5. Ask your fellow student why vitamins are necessary for our organism and where they are present.

Exercise 6. Give English equivalents of the word combinations.

Зберегти зір, зміцнити нервову систему, підвищити опір організму до інфекцій, приймайте щоденно, запобігання та лікування рахіту, покращити кровообіг.

Exercise 7. Read and act out the dialogs.

1

Teacher: Tom, name five things that contain milk. Tom: Butter and cheese, ice-cream and two cows.

2

Neil: What kind of wine do you prefer?

Suzy: I don't drink wine. 1 drink only juice.

Neil: Do you think wine is harmpful for your health?

Suzy: Of course. And it'll be better for you to drink orange juice or mineral water.

3

A: What vitamin protects our eyesight?

B: It's vitamin A. It is in carrots, eggs and fish oil.

A: But I don't like fish oil. I prefer vegetables and fruit.

B: Do you know that they contain vitamin C?

A: Yes, I do. By the way, I've got to know that vitamin C increases resistance to infection. B: So, it's especially important to eat oranges, lemons, fresh fruit and vegetables in winter.

Exercise 9. Read the text and retell it.