Exercises

1. Translate the text into your own language and learn by heart the new words.

2. Now answer these questions:

1. A meal you don’t mind cooking

2. A sport you enjoy watching

3. Something you like doing with your family

4. Something you hate doing at school

5. Something you spend a lot of time doing

6. Somebody you dream of meeting

7. Something you don’t like doing alone

8. A country you are interested in visiting

9. Something you are thinking of doing this weekend

10. Something you have stopped doing

11. Something you are not very good at doing

3. Food production.

Now translate the text and retell it.

American farmers use modern equipment and scientific methods to produce the enormous quantities of raw materials used by food processors. The great majority of farmers specialize in raising one kind of crop or one kind of livestock.

Most US farmers who specialize in crops raise a field crop. Field crops require a fairly large amount of land to be profitable. The chief field crops are grains, especially corn and wheat, peanuts, potatoes, soybeans and sugar beet. Some farmers grow such produce as celery, green beans, lettuce, onions or tomatoes. Others raise berries, grapes, nuts or such free fruits as apples, cherries, oranges, peaches and pears.

Livestock farmers who raise beef cattle, hogs, and sheep produce most of the nation’s meat. Many other livestock farmers keep dairy cattle or raise poultry. Some farmers raise bees, fish, goat or rabbits.

The production of basic foods also includes the activities of commercial fishing fleets. These fleets catch huge quantities of fish and shellfish. In addition, about 10 per cent of the world’s annual fish harvest comes from fish farms, enclosures built on land, or areas in natural bodies of water.

4. Complete each sentence with one of the following verbs (in the correct form): answer apply be forget listen live lose make read try use

1 He tried to avoid...........my question.

2 Could you please stop.............................................so much noise?

3 I enjoy.............................................to music.

4 I considered..............for the job, but in the end I decided against it.

5 Have you finished.............................................the newspaper yet?

6 We need to change our routine. We can't go on .................like this.

7 I don't mind you........the phone as long as you pay for all your calls.

8 My memory is getting worse. I keep.............................................things.

9 I've put off................the letter so many times. I really must do it today.

10 What a stupid thing to do! Can you imagine anybody ..........so stupid?

11 I've given up........................................to lose weight - it's impossible.

12 If you invest your money on the stock market, you risk ...................it.

5. Complete the sentences so that they mean the same as the first sentence. Use -ing.

1 I can do what I want and you can't stop me. You can’t stop me doing what I want.

2 It's not a good idea to travel during the rush hour.

It's better to avoid ........................................................................

3 Shall we paint the kitchen next weekend instead of this weekend?

Shall we postpone .......................................until.......................................

4 Could you turn the radio down, please?

Would you mind ...................................................................................

5 Please don't interrupt me all the time.

Would you mind ....................................................................................