- •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
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Word Study
1. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words:
population, human, civilization, to train, specially, llama, distance, tractor, intelligent, to guide, to control, police, criminal, laboratory, to test, medicines, genetic, producing, clone, identical, public, to conserve, category, characteristics, to separate, bacteria, barakuda, eukaryotic, heterotrophic
2. Guess the meaning of the underlined words. Translate the sentences.
1) Breeding farm animals is done under human management and control. 2) Animal can work as assistants in various human activities. 3) The tractor has now replaced the cattle that supplied most of the farm draft power.4) Great physical changes have taken place in domesticated animals.5) Using selection, much experience has been gained. 6) Now domesticated animals differ considerably from their wild forms. 7) People cannot live without producing food. 8) Satisfying the people of the country with food products is the main task today. 9) The new method of improving this old breed of cows has been discussed at the conference.
3. Translate the following word combinations:
to tame wild animals; to breed animals; the process of domestication; to rear animals for food; many breeds of dogs; to look different from wild ancestors; to be particularly intelligent; to sniff out drugs; to guide blind people, to help find cures, certain diseases, the genetic makeup of animals; to place the emphasis (on); to conserve wild animals; in return for food and shelter; to suffer from stress; several characteristics; to feed directly or indirectly on other living things;in every kind of terrain and every kind of climate
4. Match a word from list a with its definition in list b.
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5. Place the appropriate word from the list in each of the blanks below:
blind, hunted, distinguished, adults, to tame, digest, sniff out, to rear, suffer, wild ancestors, skills, behaviour, habitat
Animals generally … food in an internal chamber.
Animals are also … from plants, algae, and fungi by lacking cell walls.
Since the earliest times, people have … wild animals.
The first farmers began … wild animals.
People continued … animals for food and clothing.
Many dogs look different from their …
Many animals are trained to work for people because of their ...
Dogs can be taught to guide … people.
Some breeds of dogs can easily … drugs or explosives.
Zoos allow people to learn about animal ...
Many … and children keep animals as pets.
People with pets … less from stress.
An animal's living place is called its …