2. Reading activities

2.1 Read and translate the text Male Reproductive System

The male gonads (organs in male which produce sex cells) are a pair of testes, the scrotum (a sac enclosing the testes on the outside the body), the prostate gland and the penis. The interior of a testis is composed of a large mass of the seminiferous tubules. These tubules contain cells which manufacture spermatozoa. Other cells in the testes produce an important male hormone, testosterone. Sperm cells move through seminiferous tubules and are collected in the ducts which lead to a large tube at the epididymis (upper part of each testis). Semen is a combination of fluid spermatozoa which is ejected from the body through the urethra. The prostate gland secretes a thick fluid which as a part of semen aids the motility of the sperm. The penis is composed of erectile tissue and a soft sensitive part called the glans penis. The glans penis can be visible when the foreskin (prepuce) is removed or invisible when a fold of skin covers it.

3. Vocabulary exercises:

3.1 Suggest the Ukrainian for:

male reproductive system; the interior of a testis; a large mass of the seminiferous tubules; contain cells which manufacture spermatozoa; a combination of fluid spermatozoa; aids the motility of the sperm.

3.2 Find in the text the following words and words- combinations: чоловіча репродуктивна система; сім'яникові канальці; виробляють сперматозоїди; важливий чоловічий гормон; передміхурова залоза; густа рідина; рухливість сперми.

3.2 Answer the questions to the text:

1. What does the male reproductive system consist of?

2. What is the interior of a testis composed of? 3.What do these tubules contain? 4. What are the male gonads? 5. What does the prostate gland secrete?

3.4 Fill in:

1. The interior of a testis is composed of a large mass of the ... tubules. 2. Other cells in the testes produce an important male ..., testosterone. 3. The prostate gland secretes a thick fluid which as a part of semen aids the ... of the sperm.

3.5 Get ready to speak about the reproductive system.

Grammar незалежний дієприкметниковий зворот (the absolute participle construction)

Місце звороту	Перекладається	Приклади
На початку речення	підрядним реченням із сполучниками: коли, після то­го, як тощо	The work having been done, the students went home. (Після того, як роботу було зроблено, студенти пішли додому.)
У другій частині речення (після коми)	самостійним реченням із сурядними сполучниками: при цьому, і, а	The doctor examined the patients, the students helping him. (Лікар оглядав пацієнта, при цьому студенти допомагали йому.)

1.Визначте незалежний дієприкметниковий зворот у реченнях і перекладіть їх українською мовою:

I. The doctor having made the morning round, the nurses began to fulfill his prescriptions. 2. The case being urgent, the doctor gave some directions to the nurse. 3. The patient having fallen asleep, the nurse left the ward. 4. The patient being very weak, the operation was postponed. 5. Our professor delivered two lectures about grippe, the students listening to him attentively. 8. The students helped the nurse to fulfill the doctor's prescriptions, the patients being satisfied with their help.

2. Перекладіть речення, звертаючи увагу на вживання дієприкметника у функції обставини в незалежному звороті:

1. The work at the hospital having been done, the doctor went home. 2. Having operated this patient, the doctor said the nurse to give him an injection. 3. The course of treatment having been fulfilled, the patient’s condition became better. 4. Having made the morning round, the doctor began to fill in the patients' case histories. 5. The operation being over, the doctor asked the nurse to use the heart apparatus. 6. My father suffering from the pain, I called in a doctor. 7. Examining the patients, the doctor was attentive.

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