2.Переведите на русский язык следующие английские словосочетания:

1. organic chem­istry;

2. development of techniques;

3. destruction of yew forests;

4. unusual system;

5. extremely difficult;

6. expanded knowledge;

7. increased research attention;

8. in a previously unrecognized way;

9. the shortage in supply;

10. to recreate in the laboratory.

3.Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих словосочетаний:

1. химическая промышленность;

2. производство пластики;

3. исследовательские группы;

4. расширять знания;

5. простые химические компоненты;

6. тщательный контроль за температурой;

7. сохранять энергию;

8. низко-температурные оксиданты;

9. температура воды;

10. природный газ.

4. Найдите в тексте слова, имеющие общий корень с данными словами. Определите, к какой части речи они относятся, и переведите их на русский язык:

1. Usual;

2. to create;

3. separate;

4. to assemble;

5. to recognize;

6. link;

7. type;

8. industry;

9. important;

10. to treat.

5. Задайте к выделенному в тексте предложению все типы вопросов (общий, альтернативный, разделительный, специальный: а) к подлежащему; б) к второстепенному члену предложения).

6. Выполните анализ данных предложений, обратив внимание на следующие грамматические явления: времена группы Indefinite ( Present, Past, Future Active& Passive); глаголы to be, to have; конструкция there is, there are; все типы вопросов; степени сравнения прилагательных; модальные глаголы:

1. But scientists said that the work could have the way for a simpler total synthesis and that it had expanded knowledge about synthesizing com­plex molecular structures.

2. Researchers long have sought cheaper and better ways for exploiting the methane in natural gas as a raw mate­rial for making industrial chemicals that currently must be made from petroleum.

3. The researches regarded the new process as an impor­tant first step toward exploiting the methane in natural gas.

4. Many organic compounds are formed from ringlike arrays of atoms that are attached by chemical bonds between atoms.

5. The two techniques to taxol synthesis are different and were devel­oped by separate research groups.

6. Some scientists suggested that life on Earth originated in such a way, with simple chemical components spon­taneously growing more complex and developing the ability to replicate.

7. The reaction, which can be summarized asCH₄ + CO + 1/2O₂ -> CH₃COOH,

gives high yields and produces only methanol and formic acid as by­products.

7. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту:

1. What did two research groups announce in 1994?

2. What was regarded as a promising treatment for a variety of cancers?

3. What is natural gas?

4. What did Ayusman Sen and Minren Lin of Pennsylvania State University report?

5. What is most industrial acetic acids obtain from?

6. What kind of discovery was announced at the university of Birmingham?

7. Why do many consumers want to do laundry in cooler water?