- •English for biochemists английский язык для биохимиков
- •Содержание
- •Предисловие
- •Unit 1.
- •1. Read the text about different types of restaurants and translate it. You are what you eat
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Give Russian equivalents for the following words:
- •4. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •5. Make a special diet for 3 types of people. Work out from the checklist the things you can and you can’t eat. Take care about all necessary vitamins and elements.
- •Обстоятельства времени, с которыми обычно употребляется Present Simple
- •Unit 2.
- •Read the text and translate. Fields of Chemistry
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Give English equivalents for these words.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with suitable words given below.
- •5. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •6. Read the text without the dictionary and retell it in Russian:
- •7. Read and translate the following derivatives:
- •8. Translate into English История химии
- •9. Make a report or presentation about the famous chemist you know. Tell it to your group and vote for the most interesting report/ presentation. Past Indefinite (Simple) Tense
- •Обстоятельства времени, указывающие на время Past Simple
- •Exercises
- •1. Read the whole text about biology and translate.
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
- •7. Match the sentence halves. Make complete sentences:
- •8. Answer the questions:
- •9. Find English equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •Обстоятельства времени, указывающие на время Future Simple
- •Обратите внимание!
- •Exercises
- •1. Read the text about biochemistry and translate it. Biological chemistry
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Fill in the gaps in this sentences:
- •7. Translate into English using the proper degrees of the words in bold type.
- •Present Progressive (Continuous) Tense
- •Обстоятельства времени, указывающие на время Present Progressive Tense
- •Exercises
- •Aids/ hiv
- •1. Read the following text and translate. Basic things about aids and hiv
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Change the Russian words into the English using the correct forms. Use proper articles if necessary.
- •3. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words in italic.
- •4. Answer the following questions according to the sense of the text.
- •5. Find the propriet definitions to the following words.
- •Past Continuous Tense
- •Обстоятельства времени, указывающие на время Past Progressive Tense
- •Exercises
- •1. Read and translate the text. Water is the most abundant substance
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Answer the questions
- •3. Make a report “Why is water so important?” Future Continuous Tense
- •Обстоятельства времени, указывающие на время Future Continuous Tense
- •Exercises
- •1. Read the text and translate it. A devastating disease
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Complete the sentences using the words from the vocabulary list.
- •3. Find Russian equivalents to these English word-combinations.
- •4. Answer the questions according to the sense of the text.
- •5. Are the following sentences true or false? Correct the false statements if any.
- •6. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.
- •8. Read this article and translate it. Pay attention to the underlined phrases and correct the word order. Sunshine may prevent cancer
- •9. Match the following synonyms from the article:
- •Present Perfect Tense
- •Обстоятельства времени, указывающие на время Present Perfect Tense
- •Exercises
- •1. Read and translate the text about cloning. Cloning and concerns about it
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Translate into English.
- •3. Fill in the gaps in these sentences according to the text you’ve read:
- •4. A) Make sentences in Russian with the words from vocabulary and give them to your partner to translate into English.
- •5. Make 10 questions on the text.
- •6. Read interesting facts about cloning, discuss them and find your own. Did you know…?
- •7. Talk with your partner(s) about cloning the people / animals in the table. What are the pros and cons of each?
- •9. Do we have a right to clone dead people? What if they didn’t want to be cloned? Make a report/essay on this topic.
- •10. Study the example of the official letter. Make a conclusion about the rules of letter writing.
- •11. Write your own formal (official) letter.
- •12. Role Play Game.
- •Past Perfect Tense
- •Обстоятельства времени, указывающие на время Past Perfect Tense
- •Exercises
- •Elements and Compounds
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Ask three questions to each of the passages. Let your group mates answer them.
- •2. Retell the text.
- •3. Give brief characteristics of the elements that you have met in the text.
- •Modal Verbs
- •Модальный глагол Can (эквивалент to be able to)
- •Модальный глагол Should
- •Модальный глагол May/Might (эквивалент to be allowed to)
- •Модальный глагол Must (эквивалент to have to)
- •Модальный глагол Ought
- •Модальный глагол Need
- •Exercises
- •Методические указания к выполнению аннотирования
- •The Plan of Rendering Newspaper Article
- •Союзы и коннекторы:
- •Advanced Chemistry Projects – Corrosion
- •18 February 2016 “Telegraph”
- •Список использованной литературы
- •Душкова Александра Михайловна English for biochemists: Английский язык для биохимиков
Vocabulary
To accept coded information
To accompany to complete
To acquire to define
Advance to determine
To allow to develop
Apparent to describe
To arise to destroy
Blood dimension
To bring about to display
To carry out to dispose
circumstance to evolve
2. Decide if the following statements are true or false.
a) The earliest people must have known about plants or they would have died.
b) The microscope allowed biologists to treat illnesses.
c) Darwin`s theory was one of the most important in biology.
d) The study of biology has not changed at all over the centuries.
3. Fill in the missing words:
Term (verb) |
Noun |
Respond |
....... |
Transform |
....... |
Move |
....... |
Develop |
....... |
Respire |
....... |
Create |
....... |
define |
....... |
4. Use monolingual English dictionary and write down what could the words given below mean:
nutrient; sunlight; poison; breakdown; harmful.
5. Find synonyms among the pool of words:
Pool of words |
Synonyms |
1) 1.determine/2.start/3.change/4.alter/5.define/6.begin |
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2) 1.breath/2.initiate/3.happen/4.respiration/5.occur/6.start |
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3) 1.investigation /2.dimension /3.research /4.size |
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4) 1.due to/2.possess/3.ruin/4.because of/5.have/6.destroy |
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Make up your own sentences, using all the synonyms.
6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
1. Биологическая наука изучает все живые организмы, населяющие нашу планету.
2. Даже в самые отдаленные времена люди пытались понять окружающий их мир и обладали довольно обширными знаниями о растениях и животных.
3. Современная биология начала развиваться в XVII веке.
4. Микроскоп, изобретенный Левенгуком, позволил ученым обнаружить мир микроорганизмов.
5. В XVIII веке Карл Линней заложил основы современной классификации живых существ.
6. Законы наследственности и принцип естественного отбора были сформулированы в XIX веке.
7. В наши дни знания человека в области биологии растут очень быстро благодаря компьютерным технологиям.
7. Match the sentence halves. Make complete sentences:
1. |
Biologists are making discoveries |
A. |
those of non-living things by being energy-requiring processes arising from within cells. |
2. |
Growth is accompanied by |
B. |
one of the main features of living things. |
3. |
DNA contains genetic information which |
C. |
are transforming one form of energy into another. |
4.
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Movements of living things differ from |
D. |
all living things share certain basic characteristics. |
5. |
Reproduction is |
E. |
chemicals are packed into highly organized structures. |
6. |
To stay alive living thing |
F. |
an increase in complexity. |
7. |
Most scientists think that |
G. |
determines the characteristics of an organism, including how it will grow and develop. |
8. |
In living things |
H. |
which will affect all our lives. |