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- •VII. Translate into English:
- •India II
- •Exercises
- •I. Be careful to pronounce the following words correctly:
- •II. Give the English equivalents of the following Russian nouns, adjectives and verbs:
- •III. Translate the following phrases into English:
- •IV. What do you call it?
- •V. Give a word close in meaning to:
- •VI. Give a word opposite in meaning to:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •IX. Translate into English:
- •General exercises
- •I. A. Translate into Russian.
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Exercises
I. Be careful to pronounce the following words correctly:
A. cease, habitat, rhinoceros, altitude, bamboo, meadow, tributary, plateau, drought, desert, arid, coniferous, multifarious, manganese, perennial, mineral.
B. the Brahmaputra, Deccan, the Thar Desert.
II. Give the English equivalents of the following Russian nouns, adjectives and verbs:
слон, носорог, высота, пальма, папоротник, джунгли, дуб, чаща, долина, бамбук, подножие (предгорье), приток, судоходство, засуха, граница, марганец, нефть, руда, культура (сельскохозяйственная), урожай, почва, сахарный тростник, пшеница, пустыня, каучук, плоскогорье, непроходимый, болотистый, разнообразный, вечнозеленый, хвойный, вечный (неувядаемый, многолетний), плодородный, засушливый, ядовитый, аллювиальный, искусственный, благоприятный, прибрежный, орошать, следовать за, прекращаться, брать начало, впадать (о реке), прибегать к, простираться.
III. Translate the following phrases into English:
создавать (представлять) благоприятные условия, сменяться (уступать место ч.-л.), к югу от, собирать урожай, давать урожай (о почве), прибегать к ч.-л., на крайнем севере, залежи полезных ископаемых, большое количество осадков, сменяться хвойными лесами, оросительные каналы, ответвляющиеся от Ганга, простираться вдоль границы, состоять в основном из краснозема.
IV. What do you call it?
1. land, usually in the tropics, thickly covered with trees or tangled vegetation and inhabited by wild animals; 2. a huge animal with a long trunk, and two ivory tusks, native to India and Africa; 3. a large striped animal of the cat-family; 4. a tall plant with hard hollow stems, which grows in tropical and subtropical climate; 5. an animal most closely resembling man; 6. low hills at the foot of a mountain; 7. a long, legless, crawling creature; 8. a plant, cultivated in flooded fields, and forming the staple food of Eastern peoples; 9. supplying land with water from canals, ditches etc.; 10. a period of dry weather; 11. the skin of an East Indian plant, used for making coarse canvas, rope, etc. 12. a long, narrow piece of land (water, etc.).
V. Give a word close in meaning to:
height, land, wilderness, precipitation, wood, to stop, to follow, dry, various, never-ending, average.
VI. Give a word opposite in meaning to:
barren (land), damp (climate) , scarce (precipitation), suitable, passable, ancient, lowlands, drainage, top, to cease.
VII. Answer the following questions:
1. What do you know about the Indian jungle? 2. Describe the flora of the Himalayas. 3. What kind of place are the foot-hills of the Himalayas? 4. How will you describe the lowlands of the Indus and the Ganges? 5. Why do they resort to artificial irrigation in India? 6. What crops are grown in the lowlands of the Indus and the Ganges? 7. What are the natural conditions in the extreme west of India? 8. What can you say about the Peninsula of Hindustan? 9. How will you characterize the mineral deposits of India?