1. Memorize the following words and expressions:

1) to be founded – быть основанным

2) soil science – почвоведение

3) ecology – экология

4) physiology – физиология

5) biochemistry – биохимия

6) plant protection – защита растений

7) microbiology – микробиология

8) land-use management – землепользование

9) environment – окружающая среда

10) to influence – влиять

11) harmful - вредный

12) grassland – луг, пастбище, травяные угодья

13) landscape – ландшафт, пейзаж

14) pollution – загрязнение

15) damage – ущерб, вред

16) it is necessary to establish – необходимо установить

17) to breathe the oxygen – дышать кислородом

18) source – источник

19) pathogenic bacteria – патогенная болезнетворная бактерия

20) virus – вирус

21) parasite – паразит

22) germ – микроб

23) to contaminate – загрязнять

24) processing – переработка

25) storage – хранение

26) disease – болезнь

27) rural district – сельская местность

28) on the other hand – с другой стороны

29) fertilizer – удобрение

30) concern – забота

2. Answer the following questions:

1) Where do you study?

2) When was your higher educational establishment founded?

3) What year-student are you?

4) What faculty do you study at?

5) When was your faculty founded?

6) What specialists does your faculty train?

7) What main subjects do you study?

8) What is your future speciality connected with?

9) What is the environment?

10) What can pollution lead to?

11) Is life possible without plants?

12) What role does water play in our life?

13) What can you say about soil pollution?

14) Is climate an important factor too?

15) What should be of great concern to the ecologist?

16) Where do the students of your faculty carry out their experiments and research work?

17) Do you like your future speciality? Why?

3. Give English equivalents to the phrases:

1) защита окружающей среды

2) комплекс различных факторов

3) влиять на жизнь и здоровье

4) мы дышим кислородом

5) землепользование

6) нужно определить болезнетворные бактерии

7) аспекты общей экологии

8) инфекционные болезни

9) химические удобрения

10) вредное влияние на сельское население

4. Agree or disagree with the following statements using the expressions. Give the right answer.

For agreement For disagreement

That’s right I don’t agree with you

I agree with you I wouldn’t say so

Sure You are wrong

Quite right No, I don’t think that’s correct

1) The Agro-ecology faculty trains Agro ecologists.

2) My future speciality is connected with the environmental protection of grasslands and landscapes.

3) There are no harmful factors on the environment nowadays.

4) Plants breathe carbon dioxide.

5) Chemical fertilizers are used both in farm and private agriculture.

6) I’m a fourth-year student of the Economy faculty.

7) The students of our faculty carry out their experiments and research work at different plants.