Херсонський державний аграрний університет

Методичні розробки

щодо розвитку вміння читання

та перекладу текстів зі спеціальності

біолого-технологічного факультету

згідно з програмою кредитно-модульної системи

(модуль № 8)

Херсон – 2005

Херсонський державний аграрний університет

Методичні розробки

щодо розвитку вміння читання та перекладу

текстів зі спеціальності біолого-технологічного факультету

згідно з програмою кредитно-модульної системи

(модуль № 8)

Упорядники:

Викладачі кафедри іноземних мов ХДАУ

канд. філол. наук, доц. Лебідь О. М.

викл. Макухіна С. В.

Херсон – 2005

Методичні розробки розглянуто і ухвалено

на засіданні кафедри іноземних мов економічного факультету

Протокол № 2 від 05.10.2005р.

Методичні розробки рекомендовані для розвитку вміння читання та перекладу з англійської мови для студентів II курсу та магістерської форми навчання зі спеціальності біолого-технологічного факультету.

Мета методичних розробок – допомогти виробленню вмінь читання та перекладу, підготувати студентів до самостійної роботи з оригінальною літературою на англійській мові

Рецензенти:

Мелконян В.М., канд.пед.н., доц., завідувач кафедри теорії і практики англійської мови ХДУ;

Коваленко В.П., д.с.-г.н., проф., член-кор.УААН, завідувач кафедри генетики та розведення с-г тварин ХДАУ

Unit 1. The english village

Task 1. Memorize the following words.

farmer – фермер

food supplies – продукти харчування

part – частина

population – населення

grain – зерно

dairy products – молочні продукти

village – село

farm – ферма

strong drinks – міцні напої

weather – погода

harvest – врожай

news – новини

town – місто

sheep farm – вівцеферма

cattle farm – тваринницька ферма

dairy farm – молочна ферма

poultry farm – птахоферма

domestic animals – домашні тварини

horse – кінь

cow – корова

sheep – вівця

pig – свиня

hen – курка

turkey – індичка

hedge – жива огорожа

fence – паркан

plantation – плантація

berry – ягода

to produce – виробляти

to grow – вирощувати

to gather – збирати

to keep – зберігати

important – важливий

different – різноманітний

Task 2. Read and translate the word combinations.

food supplies; only small part of the British population; a lot of grain; dairy products; a village shop; strong drinks; the men of the village; gather to talk; village news; dairy farms; poultry farms; the south of England; the Garden of England; in this part of the country; large plantations of different berries.

Task 3. Read and translate the text.

The English village

The profession of the farmer is very important; farmers produce food supplies which people eat every day. Only small part of the British population are farmers, but they grow a lot of grain, vegetables and fruit and produce much meat and dairy products.

The farmers live and work in the villages and on the farms. An English village usually is not very large – there are several houses, a village shop and a pub. A pub is a place where strong drinks are sold and where the men of the village gather to talk about the weather and the harvest or about football and village news. Usually there is no secondary school in the English village and the village children go to school in the nearest town.

There are many different farms in England: sheep farms, cattle farms, dairy farms, poultry farms and others. On the farm there are various buildings: a farm house, a cowshed, a barn, a poultry yard. The English farmers keep a lot of domestic animals and birds on their farms: cows, sheep, pigs, hens, turkeys.

Fields in England are not very large; they usually have hedges, fences and stone walls around them. The south of England is often called the “Garden of England”; in this part of the country there are many gardens and large plantations of different berries.

Task 4. Read the text and answer the questions.

The Village of Knightshouse

Mr. Jackson, a village priest, lives in the village of Knightshouse. In the village there are 4 shops, a pub, two petrol falling stations, 25 houses and a church. Near the church there is an ancient cemetery with old trees around it.

In Knightshouse there is a post-office, too. Near the post-office there is a mail-box and several telephone boxes.

In the village there is also a Community centre, a pub and a motel.

The village of Knightshouse is situated on the bank of a wide canal. In Knightshouse there is a big bridge over the canal. Many cars, buses and lorries run through the village every day.

Not far from the bridge on a green hill you can see an ancient castle. The tourists often come to Knightshouse to visit the castle. Near the castle on the bank of the canal you can see several windmills. Behind the castle there is a forest.

Answer the questions:

1. Who lives in the village of Knightshouse?

2. What is there in the village?

3. What is there in the church?

4. Is there any post-office in Knightshouse?

5. What is the village of Knightshouse situated?

6. Is there a bridge over the canal?

7. Where is ancient castle situated?

8. What is situated near the castle?

9. What is there near the castle?

Task 5. Read the text and answer the questions.