- •Фгоу впо «Кубанский государственный аграрный университет»
- •Contents
- •Unit 2 Animals Kingdom Unit 3 People and Nature
- •Introduction
- •Unit 1 Plants Kingdom
- •Warm up
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •1. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words:
- •3. Translate the following word combinations:
- •4. Match a word from list a with its definition in list b.
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •Reading for Speaking and Discussing
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the sentences in which the predicate is:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms. Translate the sentences.
- •5. Finish the sentences using the text.
- •6. Translate.
- •7. Summarize the text “Plants”. Use the following beginnings:
- •8. Work in pairs. Discuss the facts from the text. Use the following expressions:
- •Reading for Understanding
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •3. Select the statement that best expresses the main idea of the text.
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •5. Retell the text.
- •Speaking
- •Unit 2 Animals Kingdom
- •Warm up
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •1. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words:
- •2. Guess the meaning of the underlined words. Translate the sentences.
- •3. Translate the following word combinations:
- •4. Match a word from list a with its definition in list b.
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •Reading for Speaking and Discussing
- •People and Animals
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the sentences in which the predicate is:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •7. Summarize the text “People and Animals”. Use the following beginnings:
- •Reading for Understanding
- •1. Read the text and choose the headline.
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •9. Find some interesting information about animals on the Internet. Retell it. Reading for Translating Tigers Return to India
- •Speaking
- •Unit 3 People and Nature
- •Warm up
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •Reading for Speaking and Discussing
- •People and Nature
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the sentences where the predicate is:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •7. Summarize the text “People and Nature”. Use the following beginnings:
- •Reading for Understanding
- •1. Read the text and choose the headline:
- •A Mystery of Nature
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •Speaking
- •Part II
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •Interrelate, prominence, coined, ecology, applied, interaction, gained, highlighted, environment, goals
- •Reading for Speaking and Discussing
- •Ecology as a Science
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •6. What are the subjects of the following sciences?
- •8. Summarize the text “Ecology as a Science”. Use the following beginnings:
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •Unit 2 Biosphere
- •Warm up
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •1.Give the Russian equivalents to the following words:
- •5.Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •Reading for Speaking and Discussing
- •Biosphere
- •Evolution
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the sentences with:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •6. Complete the definitions.
- •8. Summarize the text “Biosphere”. Use the following beginnings:
- •9. Work in pairs. Discuss the facts from the text. Use the following expressions:
- •Reading for Understanding
- •1. Read the text and choose the headline.
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •6. What other migrating animals do you know? Where do they migrate and why?
- •Is migration one of the ways of survival? Find the information on the Internet and retell it. Reading for Translating Biosphere Cycles
- •Speaking
- •Unit 3 Ecosystem
- •Warm up
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •Reading for Speaking and Discussing
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the sentences with:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •6. Complete the definitions.
- •8. Summarize the text “Ecosystem”. Use the following beginnings:
- •Reading for Understanding
- •Ecosystems. Biomes. Habitats
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •7. Find the information about an endangered species on the Internet. Retell it. Use the following questions as a plan:
- •Reading for Translating
- •Speaking
- •Warm up
- •What is a nature (natural) reserve?
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •Reading for Speaking and Discussing
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the sentences with:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •6. Complete the definitions.
- •8. Summarize the text “Protected Areas”. Use the following beginnings:
- •Reading for Understanding
- •Yellowstone National Park
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •6. Find the information about a world national park or reserve on the Internet. Retell it. Use the following questions as a plan:
- •Reading for Translating
- •Unit 1 Climate Change
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the complex sentences with:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •6. Complete the definitions.
- •7. Complete the sentences below with the appropriate words.
- •9. Summarize the text “Climate Changes”. Use the following beginnings:
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •It should be mentioned, double, waste, fisheries, results in, population, depletion, challenge
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the sentences with:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •7. Summarize the text “Population and the Environment”. Use the following beginnings:
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •6. Find on the Internet the information about the demographic situation in Russia. Retell it.
- •The interview of a correspondent of “Time” with Rwandan President Paul Kagame (extract)
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the sentences with:
- •7. Summarize the text “Traffic and Air Pollution”. Use the following beginnings:
- •At Home
- •Buy Smart
- •Drive Wise
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •6. Find on the Internet the information about the air pollution in Russia and in your region. Retell it.
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the sentences with:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •7. Summarize the text “Acid Rain”. Use the following beginnings:
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •6. Find on the Internet the information about the problem of acid rain in Russia. Retell it.
- •Is Acid Rain Killing Off Wood Thrushes?
- •Unit 5 Water Pollution
- •Warm up
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •Reading for Speaking and Discussing
- •Water Pollution
- •1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the complex sentences with:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •7. Summarize the text “Water Pollution”. Use the following beginnings:
- •Reading for Understanding
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.
- •6. Find on the Internet the information about Gulf of Mexico oil spill, 2010. Retell it. Reading for Translating
- •Speaking
- •Unit 6 Soil Pollution
- •Warm up
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
- •Reading for Speaking and Discussing
- •Soil Pollution
- •1.Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the complex sentences with:
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
- •4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
- •7. Summarize the text “Soil Pollution”. Use the following beginnings:
- •Reading for Understanding
- •Creek –ручей inhospitable –негостеприимный
- •Evaporate –испаряться trash -отбросы, мусор
- •2. Find in the text the equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •6. Find on the Internet the information about soil contamination in Russia. Retell it. Reading for Translating
- •Speaking
- •Great Need to Avoid Soil Pollution
- •2 Этап обучения
- •350044, Г. Краснодар, ул. Калинина, 13
1. Grammar Revision. Find in the text and translate the complex sentences with:
Attributive Subordinate Clause
2. Answer the questions.
What is water pollution?
What are the major water pollutants?
What are the sources of water pollution?
What are the examples of point pollution?
What are the examples of non-point pollution?
Why is non-point pollution hard to control?
How can water pollution be detected?
3. Ask your partner some more questions on the text.
4. Substitute the words in bold type for their synonyms:
changing, agents, a harmful, proposed, undrinkable, contaminants, qualities, issue, reduces
Water pollution is a major problem in the global context.
It has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases.
Water pollution is any chemical, physical or biological change in the quality of water that has an adverse effect on any living thing.
There are several classes of water pollutants.
When large populations of decomposing bacteria are converting wastes it can deplete oxygen levels in the water.
Large quantities of these compounds will make water unfit to drink.
Excessive growth of algae and other water plants depletes the water's oxygen supply.
Water can also be polluted by a number of organic compounds.
Specific properties of these organisms can give information on the sort of pollution in their environment.
5. Finish the sentences using the text.
Water pollution is a major …
It is the leading worldwide …
Water pollution is any …
There are several …
The first are …
The second category of water pollutants is …
The third class of water pollutants is …
Another class of water pollutants is …
Water can also be polluted by …
Water pollution is usually caused by …
There are two sorts of sources, …
Water pollution is detected in …
6.Translate.
Загрязнение воды – одна из главных глобальных проблем, которая вызывает болезни и смерть.
Загрязнение воды – это химическое, физическое и биологическое изменение качества воды, которое имеет вредное воздействие на живой организм.
Когда люди пьют загрязнённую воду, это всегда отрицательно сказывается на их здоровье.
Существует несколько видов загрязнителей воды:
-вещества, вызывающие болезни;
-отходы, нуждающиеся в кислороде;
-питательные вещества;
-растворимые в воде неорганические вещества;
-органические загрязнители;
-растворимые в воде радиоактивные компоненты.
Основная причина загрязнения воды – человеческая деятельность.
Существует два вида источников загрязнения воды – относящиеся к определённому месту и не относящиеся к определённому месту.
Уровень загрязнения воды определяется в лабораториях, где небольшие образцы воды анализируются на наличие различных загрязнителей.
Лаборатории также используют компьютерные программы для определения угроз, которые имеются в воде.
7. Summarize the text “Water Pollution”. Use the following beginnings:
The text reports on…
The text touches upon…
A careful account is given to…
It is reported that…
Much attention is given to…
The text points out that…
The text deals with the problem of…
The text provides information on…
The text defines the phenomenon of…
The text covers such points as…
The effects of… on … are considered.
8. Work in pairs. Speak and express your opinion on the facts below. Use the following expressions:
I agree (don’t agree) that…
I think that …
I suppose …
I am sure that…
Water pollution is a major problem in the global context.
Water pollution is usually caused by human activities.