- •Сыктывкар 2009
- •The subject of biology
- •Learning activities
- •I. Group the words according to the root.
- •II. Choose Russian equivalents for English words.
- •III. What is the meaning of the following words in the text?
- •IV. Find in the text synonyms for these words.
- •V. Choose in the right-hand column the correct definition for each term in the left-hand column.
- •VI. Define the tense of the predicate and put the sentences into interrogative and negative forms.
- •Is he studying Biology?
- •VIII. Arrange the items of this plan logically.
- •The stuff of life
- •Learning activities
- •X. Read and translate the text into Russian and then back into English, compare your version with the original:
- •XI. Read the text and reproduce it in Russian.
- •XII. Speak about protoplasm.
- •Animals and plants
- •Learning activities
- •V. Translate into English.
- •VI. Translate into Russian, paying attention to the underlined words.
- •VII. Group the words according to the type of building.
- •IX. Translate into English.
- •X. Answer the questions:
- •XI. Translate the text into Russian and then back into English, compare your version with the original.
- •General zoology.
- •Learning activities.
- •II. Find Russian equivalents for the English words and expressions. Arrange them in pairs.
- •III. Choose the correct word corresponding to the definitions below.
- •IV. Restate the following sentences according to the pattern.
- •V. Here are some answers. What are the questions?
- •VI. Rearrange these series of words to form sentences.
- •VII. Put in “little”, “a little”, “few”, “a few”.
- •VIII. Give Russian equivalents to the following English phrases.
- •IX. Give short answers to the following questions.
- •X. Study these sentences with Participle I and II. Define the function of the Participle. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •XI. Are these statements true or false?
- •XII. Make up a plan of the text in the form of special questions. Retell the text using your plan.
- •I. Answer the questions.
- •II. Choose the correct word corresponding to the definitions below.
- •IV. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases.
- •IX. Make up a plan of the text. Retell the text according to your plan.
- •I. Vocabulary.
- •II. Answer the questions.
- •III. Choose the correct word corresponding to the definitions below.
- •IV. Restate the following sentences according to the pattern.
- •V. Rearrange these series of words to form sentences (or questions).
- •VI. Paraphrase the following sentences. Remember that
- •Instead of we can say
- •VII. Here are some answers. What are the questions?
- •VIII. Check your comprehension.
- •IX. Give English equivalents of the following phrases. Use them in sentences of your own.
- •X. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •XI. Correcting mistakes.
- •I. What is missing? Find the missing adverbs in the reading.
- •II. Vocabulary.
- •III. Answer the questions.
- •IV. Change the following statements to questions supplying short answers.
- •V. Choose the correct word corresponding to the definitions below.
- •VI. Restate the following sentences according to the pattern.
- •VII. For or since?
- •VIII. Rearrange these series of words to form sentences ( or questions).
- •IX. Form the comparative and superlative of the following adjectives.
- •X. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases.
- •XI. Here are some answers. What are the questions?
- •XII. Check your comprehension.
- •XIV. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •XV. Correcting mistakes.
- •I. Vocabulary.
- •II. Answer the questions.
- •III. Change the following statements to questions supplying short answers.
- •IV. Choose the correct word corresponding to the definitions below.
- •V. Restate the following sentences according to the pattern.
- •VI. Rearrange these series of words to form sentences (or questions).
- •VII. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases.
- •VIII. Using prepositions.
- •IX. Here are some answers. What are the questions?
- •X. Check your comprehension.
- •XI. Give English equivalents of the following phrases. Use them in sentences of your own.
- •XII. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •XIII. Correcting mistakes.
- •I. What is missing? Find the missing adjectives in the reading.
- •II. Vocabulary.
- •III. Oral questions.
- •IV. Choose the correct word corresponding to the definitions below.
- •V. Restate the following sentences according to the pattern.
- •VI. Rearrange these series of words to form sentences (or questions).
- •VII. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases.
- •VIII. Use 'no' / 'none' or 'not any'.
- •IX. Here are some answers. What are the questions?
- •X. Add 'it', 'them', ‘one', 'ones', 'some' or 'any' — or nothing.
- •XI. Check your comprehension.
- •XII. Give English equivalents of the following phrases. Use them in sentences of your own.
- •XIII. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •XIV. Correcting mistakes.
- •Learning activities
- •I. Group the words according to the root.
- •II. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms.
- •III. Find the Russian equivalents of the English words arrange in pairs.
- •IV. Fill in articles where necessary. Explain the use of articles in these sentences.
- •V. Translate the sentences paying attention to the Infinitive. Define the function of the Infinitive.
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Memorize the expressions from the text, use them in translating the Russian sentences into English.
- •VIII. Read and translate the text with a dictionary:
- •IX. Write a dictation.
- •X. Give the key words to the text. Give the summary.
- •I .Arrange, the words to form a sentence.
- •II. Answer these questions in short simple sentences. Your answers must follow each other so that all your sentences will form a complete paragraph. Your paragraph will be a precis of the piece.
- •III. Explain the meaning of the italicized words and phrases as they are used in the passage.
- •IV. Join the following sentences using the connecting words in brackets. Omit the words in italics.
- •VI. Study the form of the sentences.
- •VII. Explain the meaning of "since" in these sentences.
- •VIII. Write all kinds of questions (general, special, alternative, disjunctive) to the following sentences.
- •IX. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •X. Translate into English.
- •A white-eyed fly
- •Learning activities
- •I. Find synonyms for the following words in the text.
- •II. What is the meaning of the following words in the text?
- •III. Pay attention to the combination/translate them into Russian.
- •IV. Find the Russian equivalents of the English words arrange in pairs.
- •V. Fill in the missing words. Compare your variants with those in the text.
- •VI. Analyse the constructions Complex Subject with the Infinitive and Complex Object with the Infinitive. Translate the sentences.
- •VII. Translate the sentences into English, using words and expressions from the text.
- •VIII. Here are the answers. What are the questions?
- •IX. Write a dictation.
- •X. Give the key words (phrases) to the text. Give the summary.
- •XI. Translate without a dictionary. Guess the meaning of unknown words from the context. Give the main idea of each paragraph:
- •Improvement of plants
- •Learning activities
- •I. Form nouns from the verbs below, according to the model
- •II. Find synonyms for the following words in the text.
- •III. Find the Russian equivalents of the English words, arrange in pairs
- •IV. What is the meaning of the following words (in the text)?
- •V. Read and translate the following sentences bearing in mind the various meanings of the words in bold type:
- •VII. Memorize the following phrases. Translate the sentences into English, using the phrases below.
- •IX. Translate into English.
- •X. Ask 10 special questions to the text in written form.
- •XI. Give the key words to the text. Give the summary.
- •XII. Translate the text without a dictionary:
- •XIII. Translate the text in writing with a dictionary paying attention to infinitive constructions (you are given 30 min.)
- •Food factors
- •Learning activities.
- •I. Read and translate the following attributive word combinations.
- •II. Arrange the following words in pairs of
- •III. What is the meaning of the following words in the text?
- •IV. What parts of speech are the following words in the text?
- •V. Find the Russian equivalents of the English words arrange in pairs.
- •VI. Write questions to the following sentences beginning with the words in brackets.
- •VII. Analyse the “-ing” and “-ed” forms in the sentences, state their functions.
- •VIII. Translate the following into Russian.
- •IX . Answer the questions:
- •X. Translate the sentences using words and expressions from the text.
- •XI. Translate the text without a dictionary. Guess the meaning of the unfamiliar words.
- •XII. Read the following passages and present their summary in Russian to your class-mates. Work in pairs.
- •Learning activities.
- •I. Give Russian equivalents to these words:
- •II. Use the words from Ex. I in the correct form to complete the sentences:
- •IV. Find English equivalents to the following word and combinations in the text:
- •V. Read and translate the sentences with the emphatic construction It is (was) … who(that) …
- •VI. Write as many questions as possible to the following sentences.
- •VII. Read the sentences containing non-finite forms of the verb (Infinitive, Gerund, and Participle). Define their functions. Translate into Russian.
- •VIII. Study the following sentences. Define forms of the Subjunctive Mood. Translate into Russian.
- •IX. Answer the questions:
- •X. Write out the sentences expressing the main idea of the text. Give the title to the text.
- •Antarctica: the world park?
- •Iceberg-a source of fresh water
- •Cold? Britain Is Actually Getting Hotter
- •The day of the dinosaur
- •The microscope
- •The basis of life in the sea
- •Yosemite
- •America's Last Great Wilderness
- •Список литературы:
IX. Form the comparative and superlative of the following adjectives.
Example:
healthy healthier healthiest
great
obvious |
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small |
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high |
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big |
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deficient |
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poor |
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good |
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numerous |
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invisible |
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hairlike |
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fashionable |
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fit |
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bad |
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plump |
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ordinary |
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X. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases.
Virus diseases, typical example, fashionable diagnosis, minor disturbances of the stomach/intestines, upper respiratory tract, common cold, to feel miserable, for a considerable length of time, filterable viruses, to be too large, the exact nature of the viruses, the crux of the matter, under certain circumstances, in other words, to have much in common with smb/smth, to be on the border-line.
XI. Here are some answers. What are the questions?
By a Russian scientist, D. Iwanowski.
Filterable viruses.
All parasites on the cells of plants.
The exact nature of viruses.
On the border-line between the living and the dead.
In the nucleus of the virus.
Much like genes.
Only 10 millimicrons.
XII. Check your comprehension.
Decide if each statement below is true or false according to the reading. If the statement is false, tell why.
Viruses are the largest microbes.
"The virus" diagnosis is seldom used.
Ordinary bacteria can pass through a filter.
Yellow fever in man is caused by a virus.
The principal rickettsial disease is smallpox.
We know what the exact nature of viruses is.
The configuration of nucleic acids is unknown.
There are no similarities between genes and viruses.
The largest known virus is as big as a red blood cell.
Viruses come in only two kinds of shapes — spheres and balls.
Give English equivalents of the following phrases. Use them in sentences of your own.
Другими словами, суть дела, фильтрующиеся вирусы, простуда, верхние дыхательные пути, чувствовать себя несчастным, типичный пример, быть слишком большим, при определенных обстоятельствах, не иметь ничего общего с кем-либо/чем-либо, вирусные заболевания, модный диагноз.
XIV. Translate the following sentences into English.
Вирусы могут разрушить клетки, в которые они вторгаются.
Ученые только что обнаружили новый вид бактерий.
Доктор Гердон из Оксфордского университета клонировал лягушку в 1968 году.
Некоторые микробы — наши давние враги.
Сколько вирусов вы уже изучили?
Клетки в теле человека всегда содержат генетическую информацию?
Риккетсии крупнее вирусов.
Самый большой известный вирус имеет размер (длину) 450 миллимикрон.
XV. Correcting mistakes.
In each of the following sentences there is one mistake. Find it and correct it.
How microbes are small?
What did stop ordinary bacteria?
These hairy cells was called molds.
We have knowed this disease for ages.
A virus lives inside a houst cell.
Lee Silver has written a book about "cloning and beyond" some time ago.
I feel mizerable today.
There isn't many news.
A lot protozoans prey on soil bacteria. 10.I never have talked to the Queen.
TEXT 8.
Read and translate the following words:
congregation, estimate, essentially, circumscribe, crudely, span, division, waste products, metabolism, degenerate, respond to, stimulus, design, total, stretch, contract, perform, heal, striped, smooth.
CELLS
Cells are the fundamental units of all living things — human, animal, plant, microbe. There are one-cell creatures, for example, the ameba; and many-celled creatures, for example, man. The human body is a congregation of an estimated 26 trillion cells that all started with a single fertilized egg cell.
Most cells are so small that they can be seen only when greatly magnified; the cells of the human body vary in size from about 1/10,000 to 1/1,000 of an inch.
A cell is essentially a mass of protoplasm — a jellylike living substance — circumscribed by a cell wall and containing a nucleus. The nucleus is, crudely, the heart and reproductive system of the cell. New cells are formed by division of old ones, a process called mitosis. A group of cells form a tissue, like muscle tissue.
Each cell has its own life span. It is born (by the process of cell division), lives, feeds itself and gets rid of waste products (the process called metabolism), grows, reproduces itself by division or degenerates, dies, and is replaced. Cells respond to stimuli from the environment outside their walls. They also function, that is, perform the special task designed for them in the total economy of the living body. Thus, for example, muscle cells stretch and contract, nerve cells carry signals, endocrine-gland cells manufacture hormones.
Cells can be damaged and killed by direct injury, by poison from chemical substances or bacterial invasion, and by lack of foodstuff or oxygen. Anything that cuts off the blood supply to a part of the body kills and damages cells. A disease process is in essence damage or deformity of cells, which can no longer perform their functions. Many injured cells can replace themselves or be replaced by other tissue; a broken bone, for example, heals by replacement of cells. Unfortunately nerve cells do not regenerate.
There are many different kinds of cells in the human body, but they can generally be classified as follows:
Epithelial cells, which are found in the skin, membranes, and glands. Their function is to protect surfaces and pour out secretions.
Connective tissue cells, found in bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons, make up the supporting tissues of the body. Scar tissue is a replacement of other tissue with connective tissue cells.
Muscle cells, which have the power to expand and contract, are of three kinds: (a) striped (striated) muscle cells, found in the voluntary muscles of the body; (b) smooth muscle cells, which appear in the walls of blood vessels, the alimentary canal, and other body tubes and organs that operate by involuntary control; and (c) cardiac muscle cells, found only in the heart.
Nerve cells, found in the brain, spinal cord, ganglia, and all other nerves.
Blood cells, red and white, found in the blood stream and the blood-forming organs (bone marrow).
Sex or germ cells, which are the egg cells (ova) formed in the female ovary and the sperm cells generated in the male testes.
Wordlist
mitosis – митоз, кариокинез
gland- железа
cartilage – хрящ
ligament - связка
tendon – сухожилие
striated – борздчатый, полосатый
alimentary – пищеварительный
spinal cord – спинной мозг
ganglion- ганглий, нервный узел
bone marrow – костный мозг
ovary – яичник
testis – семенник, мужская половая железа
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