Contents

Unit I Animals and Humans……………………………………………..2

Animals and Humans…………………………………………….............2

Zoos and nationals parks…………………………………6

Unit II Animals around us……………………….18

Different kinds of animals……………………………….18

Unit III Animals care and feeding ……………...37

Animals care and feeding

Food and diet…………………………………………….37

Unit IV Animal’s structure……………………..51

Senses and feelings……………………………………...51

Animal’s structure……………………………………...58

Unit V Animal’s diseases……………………….73

Veterinary………………………………………………73

Diagnosis and therapy of animal diseases……………..75

Unit VI Breeding and Cloning…………………100

The plan for rendering the text ………………..106

Supplementary reading ……………………….107

English-Russian Dictionary……………………111

Unit I Animals and Humans. Pets are good for us

1. Read the text and choose from sentences (a-e) the one which fits each gap in the article. There is one sentence that does not fit anywhere.

1. A pet can be something different to each member of the family.

2. Rightly we teach children to be good to their pets.

3. But pets offer us more than mere companionship — they invite us to love and be loved.

4. A pet in the family keeps people in touch with the more natural, animal world.

5. Cats were tamed and trained to keep down the rats and the mice in houses.

Perhaps, the British are too good to their pets, but more interesting is a recent theory amongst psychologists that pets are very good for us. Dr. R. writes:

"The basic meaning of «pet» is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons. A pet animal is kept as a companion, and we all need companions to keep us feeling happy. [1] Many owners feel, their pets understand them, for animals are quick to sense anger and sorrow. Often a cat or dog can comfort us at times when human words don't help. We feel loved; too, by the way pets depend on us for a home, for food and drink. Dogs especially look up to their owners, which make them feel important and needed. [2] Another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to an only child, a grandchild to I the elderly, but for all of us pets provide pleasure and compan- I ionship. It has even been suggested that tiny pets should be sent as companions to astronauts on spaceships, to help reduce j the stress and loneliness of space flights.

In this Plastic Age, when most of us live in large cities, pets are particularly important for children. [3] Seeing an I animal give birth brings understanding of the naturalness of childbirth. Learning to care for a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who feels responsible towards those dependent on him.

2. Make a word rose “pets are good for us”: feeling happy

good campaigning

Pets are good friend understanding

For us