2. 1. Прочтите текст с. 2. Озаглавьте его. 3. Найдите предложения с подлежащим, выраженным словом ‘one’. 4. Переведите эти предложения.

3. Выпишите английские эквиваленты следующих словосочетаний:

1. для этой цели; 2. полный покой; 3. распространяется по коре головного мозга; 4. имеет большое защитное значение доя; 5. глубокий спокойный сон; 6. жизнедеятельность

Text С

The nervous cells of the cortex are the most delicate of all the cells of the human body.

It is at the moment of tiredness of the cortical nervous cells that the process of inhibition begins to act. This process does not allow new stimuli to pass to the tired areas of the brain. To provide the smooth work of the brain the nervous cells must be well supplied with oxygen and feeding substances. And for this purpose any human being must have regular complete rest, i.e. sleep.

When the process of inhibition extends over a great number of cells, spreads widely over the cortex and even over the subcortical areas of the brain one falls asleep.

When one sleeps the vital activity of the nervous system is restored. So sleep is of a great protective significance to the human being.

The man sleeps about one third of his life. Numerous investigations and experiments have shown that sleep is more necessary for the human being than food. One can live longer without food than without sleep.

During a sound quiet sleep the whole activity of the human organism changes, the body metabolism decreases, the respiratory and pulse rates become slower, the body temperature drops. Though the stimuli continue to come into the brain, the inhibited cortical cells do not react to them.

2. Choose the appropriate answer:

1. Why had the patient’s condition been complicated? (a) The patient’s condition has been complicated today because he feels pain in the heart area,

2. The patient’s condition had been complicated because he did not receive any treatment last month, c) The patient’s condition will have been complicated if he does not receive any treatment by tomorrow.) 2. What has been controlled? (a) The disease will have been controlled by the beginning of the next week, b) The disease had been controlled before the patient was discharged from the hospital, c) The disease has already been controlled and the patient is able to start his work again.)

2. Read the pairs of sentences and answer the questions:

1. Patient Ivanov has already been operated on. Patient Smirnov must be operated on. Кого из них прооперировали?

2. The new book on the physiology respiration will have been published by the end of the year. The book “The Anatomy of the Cardiac Blood Vessels” by Prof. Seraphima Samoilova has already been published in Leningrad. Какая из книг будет издана?

2. Translate the pairs of sentences. Define the infinitives:

1. The patient may be discharged soon. The patient may have been discharged by the 15th of the last month. 2. The process of inhibition in the cortex of experimental animals must be described in detail. The process of inhibition in the cortex of experimental animals must have been described after the observations.

2. Recall the usage of the word ‘one’. Translate the following sentences:

1. The brain is one of the most complicated, mechanisms that has ever been constructed by nature. 2. In patients with tuberculosis the morning temperature is usually normal but the evening one is high. 3. In pneumonia one may observe considerable changes in the white blood cell count. 4. It is in infancy that one begins to develop first conditioned reflexes. 5. The right lung has three lobes and the left one only two.

2. Put the verbs given in brackets in the appropriate tense. Translate the sentences:

1. Important findings (to obtain) by the investigator before he finished his observations. 2. All the observations (to analyse) and (to summarize) by the physiologist by the end of his experimental work next month. 3. The patient (not to feed) since early morning because he will be operated on today.

2. Supply participles instead of subordinate clauses:

1. The pleura is a special tissue which covers the lungs with a thin layer. 2. Different actions which are repeated every day before going to bed also act as stimuli which produce the process of inhibition.

2. Read Text D. Say about the influence of sleeplessness the human organism:

TextD

One of the scientific research institutes in Chechoslovakia carried out an interesting experiment. Six young persons—four men and two girls did not sleep for 124 hours. They were under the constant observation of the doctors who took their cardiograms, determined the pulse and blood pressure and carried out many other investigations.

Not to fall asleep they were allowed to do physical exercises, dance and play, but they were not allowed to take any stimulants. Vision, hearing and various reflexes were often examined during the experiment.

The experiment was successful. Its findings showed that prolonged sleeplessness increased the amount of sugar in the blood, decreased the level (amount) of vitamins B, and B₆, produced considerable increase of white blood cells and decreased the amount of iron in the blood.

LESSON 23

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1. Повторите правила чтения, способы словообразования, грамматичес­кие правила, лексический и текстовой материал цикла Ш (уроки 17—22).

2. Прочтите следующие слова:

few, quip, rule, most, quinsy, tissue, quite, delute, old, lunar, told, quiet, grew, question, exclude, true, cold, new post

Ш. Прочтите следующие слова, найдите в них суффиксы и префиксы и переведите эти слова:

estimate, separate, dislike, perform, decrease, infancy, significant, extensible, considerable, discover, abnormal, summarize, efficiency, weakness, academician, clinician, complete, exchange, organize, constant, cleanness

4. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. Назовите формулу страдательного залога группы Perfect. 2. Как переводится усилительная конструкция if is (was)... that (who)? 3. В чем заключается сущность правила согласования времен? 4. Какие придаточные предложения употребляются без союзов, и как они переводятся? 5. Какие формы инфинитива вы знаете?

4. От следующих глаголов образуйте инфинитивы в страдательном залоге группы Perfect (письменно):

observe, find out, prove, accomplish, count, prolong

4. Задайте вопросы к выделенным словам (письменно):

1. The treatment has been prolonged as the patient is still complaining of a general weakness. 2. The patient will have been sent to the X-ray examination by the end of the week. 3. The number of red blood cells had been counted before the surgeon began the blood transfusion.

4. Укажите, какой член предложения выделен и при помощи какой конструкции. Переведите эти предложения:

1. It was not until 1911 that a first really successful theory of atomic structure was developed by Rutherford. 2. It is on the large surface of the alveoli that oxygen passes from the air into the blood vessels. 3. It is per minute that the human being breathes in 300-330 ml of oxygen and breathes out 225-250 ml of carbon dioxide. 4. It was not until Roentgen discovered X-rays that scientists were able to examine many inner organs.

4. Переведите письменно вторую часть предложения (а) и (б), соблюдая правило согласования времен:

1. The scientists determined that... (а) уровень белка в крови в среднем составляет 5 % — 8 %; б) плазма является жидкой частью крови) 2. Our professor of Physiology said that... (а) капилляры были открыты в 1661 году Марчелло Мальпиги, профессором медицины из Болоньи;^ первым человеком, который наблюдал ток крови через капилляры при помощи микроскопа, был голландский ученый Антоний ван Левенгук) 3. The doctor thought that... (а) температура понизится после курса соответствующего лечения; б) это лекарство успокоит боль)

4. Прочтите и переведите следующие предложения:

1. The air we breathe in enters the lungs through the trachea. 2. The investigations the scientists have carried out show that the process of inhibition can be produced by sleep. 3. We were told the patient had slept soundly the night before. 4. The most interesting lecture the professor delivered last week was that on conditioned reflexes. 5. The food the children receive for their proper development must contain many vitamins.

4. Переведите следующие предложения (письменно):

1. Известно, что за одну минуту вся кровь в теле человека проходит через легкие и поглощает (to absorb) 1/3 литра кислорода. 2. При выдохе (когда выдыхают) наружные межреберные мышцы и мышцы диафрагмы расслабляются (to become relaxed). 3. Известно, что быстрый сон длится менее получаса. 4. Установлено, что эритроциты являются самыми многочисленными клеточными элементами крови. 5. Нужно определять первый сердечный тон над поверхностью желудочков или клапанов. 6. При глубоком вдохе (inspiration) вдыхается 1,5—2 литра воздуха.

4. Переведите Текст А. Расскажите о кровеносных сосудах и дайте обоснование их роли в организме человека.