- •Башкирский государственный аграрный университет r.A. Yusupova, l.F. Kharisova English for agronomists
- •Soil Active vocabulary
- •Text 1 Agronomy
- •1.4 Translate the following words having the same stem. Check your translation with the help of a dictionary:
- •1.5 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •Agronomy cars
- •1.6 Answer the questions to the text.
- •Text 2 What is soil?
- •2.3 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •2.6 Answer the following questions:
- •2.7 Read the text without a dictionary. Try to catch its main idea.
- •Text 3 Soil formation
- •3.4 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •Text 4 Soil Physics
- •4.3 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •4.4 Give English equivalents:
- •4.5 Answer the following questions:
- •4.6 Say if these statements are correct:
- •Text 5 Soil chemistry
- •5.4 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •Text 6 Living Soil
- •6.4 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •Soil Food Web Model in picture form
- •6.6 Fill in the gaps using the words given below the text:
- •Text 7 Soil fertility
- •7.3 Read and translate the text with the help of dictionary.
- •7.5 Find the paragraph speaking about results of applying too much fertilizers. Discuss it.
- •7.6 Fill in the gaps using the words given below the text:
- •Text 8 Soil Classification
- •8.3 Read the following pairs of words and translate them:
- •8.4 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •8.6 Render the text into Russian using no dictionary:
- •Text 9 Soil Zones
- •9.3 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •9.5 Choose the right statement:
- •9.6 Fill in the gaps using the words given below the text:
- •Unit VI Soil chemistry Active vocabulary
- •Text 1 Chemical Properties of Soil
- •1.3 Translate the following sentences; pay attention to grammar
- •1.4 Read and translate the text with a dictionary
- •1.5 Choose the proper definition from the right column
- •1.6 Translate the following words having the same stem.
- •1.7 Answer the following questions
- •1.8 Explain the meaning of the symbol “ph”.
- •1.9 Explain the terms “acid soils” and “alkaline soils” in English.
- •1.10 Read the following text and briefly retell it. Plant Foods in the Soil.
- •Text 2 Organic Matter in the Soil
- •2.3 Say it in Russian
- •2.4 Translate the following sentences; pay attention to the grammar
- •2.5 Read and translate the text with a dictionary
- •2.6 Fill in gaps using following words: decomposition, undecomposed, decomposing, decomposed
- •In land-applied biosolids, a portion of ammonium
- •2.12 Read the following text without dictionary and say what a new information you’ve got
- •Text 3 Fertilization
- •3.3 Say it in Russian
- •3.4 Translate the following sentences; pay attention to the grammar
- •3.5 Read and translate the text with a dictionary
- •3.6 Say it in English
- •3.7 Choose the correct statements from the following ones:
- •3.8 Find the paragraphs speaking about results of applying complex fertilizers.
- •3.9 Make an annotation of the text “Fertilization”.
- •3.10 Read the following text without dictionary. Title the text.
- •Text 4 Environmental Problems
- •4.4 Read and translate the following texts with the help of a dictionary. Part 1
- •Part 2 Acid rains
- •Part 3 Harmful effects of pesticides
- •4.5 Answer the questions to the text.
- •4.6 Match the words with the definitions:
- •4.7 Fill in the gaps using the words given below the text:
- •Text 5 Organic agriculture
- •5.3 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •5.5 Answer the questions to the text.
- •5.6 Translate the following words having the same stem. Check your translation with the help of a dictionary:
- •Text 6 Organic practices and species diversity
- •6.4 Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary.
- •6.5 Answer the questions to the text.
- •6.6 Say if these statements are false or true:
- •Vocabulary
- •Библиографический список
- •Содержание
Башкирский государственный аграрный университет r.A. Yusupova, l.F. Kharisova English for agronomists
Учебное пособие по дисциплине «Иностранный язык (английский)»
Уфа
Издательство Баш ГАУ
2010
УДК 811
ББК 81.2.Англ
А 64
Рекомендовано к изданию редакционно-издательским советом Башкирского ГАУ
Авторы: Р.А. Юсупова, Л.Ф. Харисова
Рецензенты: д.б.н., проф. кафедры агрохимии и экологии Башкирского ГАУ Ф.Я. Багаутдинов; ст. преп. кафедры иностранных языков Башкирского ГАУ Р.А. Исмагзамова.
А 64 English for agronomists. Учебное пособие по дисциплине «Иностранный язык (английский)» / Р.А. Юсупова, Л.Ф. Харисова. – Уфа: Издательство Башкирского ГАУ, 2010. – 200 с.
Учебное пособие предназначено для выработки навыка чтения англоязычной специализированной литературы у студентов, изучающих агрономию. Упражнения направлены на выработку лексических и грамматических навыков чтения литературы на английском языке, связанной со специальностями «Агрономия», «Агрохимия и агропочвоведение», «Плодоовощеводство и виноградарство», «Агроэкология». Пособие может быть использовано в аудиторной и внеаудиторной работе студентов для развития коммуникативной компетенции – умения получать, перерабатывать и передавать информацию.
УДК 811
ББК 81.2.Англ © Р.А. Юсупова, Л.Ф.Харисова, 2010
© Башкирский государственный
аграрный университет
Unit I
Soil Active vocabulary
soil |
почва |
particle |
частица |
mineral matter |
минеральное вещество |
organic matter |
органическое вещество |
parent material |
материнская порода |
weathering |
атмосферное влияние |
fertility |
плодородие |
subsoil |
подпочва |
surface |
поверхность почвы |
composition |
состав |
compounds |
соединения |
erosion |
эрозия |
glaciation |
оледенение |
gravel |
гравий |
stone |
камень |
sand |
песок |
clay |
глина |
density |
плотность |
porosity |
пористость |
salinity |
соленость |
fine-textured soils |
мелкозернистая почва |
coarse-textured soils |
крупнозернистая почва |
irrigation |
орошение |
acidic |
кислый |
alkaline |
щелочной |
neutral |
нейтральный |
decomposition |
разложение |
residue |
остатки |
nutrition |
питание |
deficiency |
недостаток |
texture |
строение |
structure |
структура |