Англ. Темы образцы / My Field of Science Exercises

science

biology

biologist

to deal with

environment

to bind (bound)

broad

a division

a branch

to classify

related organisms

gene

genetics

genus

species

phylum

subdivision

to make a great contribution

to develop

to increase

to obtain

enzymes

a discovery

value

mankind

a field of science

a department at the faculty

наука

биология

биолог

заниматься чем-либо,

изучать

окружающая среда

связывать

широкий

раздел

отрасль (науки)

классифицировать

родственные организмы

ген

генетика

род

вид

раздел

подразделение

внести большой вклад в

развивать

увеличивать

получать

ферменты

открытие

цена, ценность

человечество

область науки

кафедра на факультете

5.2. Answer the questions:

1. What is your field of science?

2. Why have you chosen biology as your field of science?

3. When have you got interested in biology?

4. Do you think that biology is a very broad science?

5. Is biology a very old science?

6. Can you say that classification of living things is an important question for biologists?

7. What do you study in biology?

8. Do you know what contribution biologists have made to science?

5.3. Read and translate:

Text A

My speciality is biology. It the science of life. Biology studies all kinds of living organisms and living systems. It deals with their nature, reproduction, classification and their place in the environment. Biology is bound closely with 17

many sciences such as physics, chemistry, geology, agriculture, medicine and many others.

Biology is a very broad science. There are many subdivisions of biology. There are two principal divisions in it: botany which deals with plants and zoology which deals with animals. They are old branches of biology, and there are many other branches such as genetics, biochemistry, biophysics, microbiology, ecology, cytology and others. Some branches are new, such as gene engineering, space biology, molecular biology, cytology.

Classification of living things is a very important question for biologists. The first scientist who tried to classify all living things was Aristotle. Karl Linneus grouped related organisms into 1. phylum, 2. class, 3. order, 4. family, 5. genus, 6. species. This classificatory system is still used with some modifications.

Biologists have made a great contribution to science: they have developed new and better varieties of plants and animals, increased our food supply, they control many diseases, they obtained various active substances such as enzymes, vitamins, hormones, antibiotics, amino-acids and also protein for human and animal consumption.

Biologists study the secrets of living things and their discoveries are of great value to all mankind.

Text B

Biology Faculty

I am a student of the Biology Faculty. Our faculty is one of the largest and one of the oldest in the University. The faculty was founded in 1934. We study different subjects: Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and others. Besides these special subjects we also study social sciences and English.

During the first two years students also attend lectures in mathematics, physics, chemistry. In the third year narrower specialization begins. Students have specialized courses, practical and research work in the subject they have chosen as their future speciality. The students of correspondence department have two fields of science at the faculty: biology and ecology.

There are many departments at the faculty: the department of Botany, the department of Zoology, the department of Biochemistry, the department of Physiology of man and Animal, the department of Ecology, the department of Soil Science and others. There are research laboratories and museums at the faculty where students work and study. My field of science is …(Biology or Ecology).

Graduates of the Biology Faculty work at research laboratories, institutes schools, hospitals, health centers and environmental centers; etc.

5.4. Answer the questions:

Text A

1. What is your speciality?

2. What does biology study?

3. What subdivisions of biology do you know?

4. What are two oldest and principal divisions of biology?

5. What new branches of biology do you know?

6. How did Karl Linneus group related organisms?

7. Is his system of classification still used by biologists?

8. What contribution did biologists make to science?

9. What are their most important discoveries?

Text B

1. When was the Biology faculty founded?

2. What subjects do you study at your faculty?

3. What do students attend during their sessions?

4. What fields of science have the students of correspondence department?

5. What is your field of science?

6. What departments are there at the faculty?

7. Where do graduates of the Biology faculty work?

5.5. Choose words from the box to complete the gaps: