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Class work

14. Decide whether the following statements are true (t) or false(f), if the sentence is false, correct it. While answering use the following phrases:

I can agree in principle, but…

I agree entirely with…

My opinion is exactly the same…

I don`t have any opinion about…

I don`t think that`s right…

1. The wonderful storehouse is the Earth.

2. In springtime the storehouse is locked.

3. Kate is sure she will work in a scientific laboratory in the USA.

4. Theme of Kate’s report is “Role of soil” on the earth.

5. Weeds choke the shoots of grain, robbing them of water and sunlight.

6. Soil is always in a process of formation or destruction (erosion).

7. Grain, fruits and vegetables are food products obtained by man indirectly from the soil.

8. Soil management is the science of tillage operations, cropping practices, using fertilizers, lime and other treatments conducted on, or applied to, a soil for the production of crops.

9. A lazy master always gets weeds instead of vegetables.

10. In springtime the master comes to collect what the wonderful storehouse has put away for him.

15. Match the word and its explanation:

1. fertilizer

a. A new growth on part of a plant.

2. soil

b. The reproductive unit of some plants.

3. seed

c. A natural, constantly-changing substance that is made up of minerals, organic materials, and living organisms. Plants grow in it.

4. grain

d. A material that is added to soil to increase is fertility and output. It may include manure, compost, and chemical mixtures.

5. shoot

e. It a single particle of pollen (пыльца).

16. Answer the questions to the text:

a) Why does the author of the text call the earth “the wonderful storehouse”?

b) What can a handful of seeds turn into if you put it into the earth in spring?

c) What season does a master come to collect what the wonderful storehouse has put away for him?

d) What does a master have to do to have a good crop?

e) What is scientific definition of the soil?

f) How has man depended upon the soil during his existence upon Earth?

g) What does soil management study?

h) How can man increase plant growth?

i) Why is it important to make soil tests?

j) What are the most important toxic soil pollutants?

k) What’s the most important work for soil scientist?

l) Where does Kate want to work in future?

Homework

17. Discussion:

a) Kate is sure she will become a good professional in sphere of selection of plants. She hopes she will work in one of the agricultural universities of Saint Petersburg. What are your thoughts about your future career? Where would you like to work?

b) Prepare the report on the topic “The soil management”.

Unit 5

Grammar: Review of the Unit 4

The Future Simple (Indefinite) Active / Passive

New material:

The Present Continuous (Progressive) Active / Passive

Topic: Types of plants