Irregulars

Adjectives	Comparatives	Superlatives
good, well хороший bad плохой many, much много little маленький	better лучше worse хуже more больше less меньше	the best самый лучший the worst самый худший the most больше всего the least самый маленький

Сравнительные союзы

as …as такой же …как

для сравнения двух предметов одинакового качества

E.g. The street is as long as that one.

not so … as не такой … как

для выражения неравной степени качества двух сравниваемых предметов

E.g. Dnieper is not so long as the Volga.

the … the чем … тем

E.g. The sooner the better.

7. Read the words in the list. Say in what form each adjective is, then say another two form of each of them:

Freshest, larger, faster, biggest, more less, better, most fertile, more favorable, shallower, smallest, most important, purer

8. Read and translate the sentences, then find the opposites to the words in italics:

1. The highest mountain is Mount Everest, it is 29.000 feet high.

2. The largest ocean is the Pasific which has a total area of 64.000.000 square miles.

3. The largest river is the Nile which is more than 4.000 miles long.

4. The Amozon, South Africa’s longest river, is a few miles shorter.

5. The biggest island is Greenland which belongs to Denmarkand is 840.000 square miles though most of it is covered with ice and not suitable for living.

6. The largest lake is the Caspian Sea geographers call it a lake because it is not connected with any of great oceans.

7. The largest city is Tokyo, Japan’s capital with 11 million inhabitants.

9. Find in the text the sentences with the degrees of comparison and translate them:

10. Read text B and render the following in English:

Text B

The Jenisei River

The Jenisei River flows through the vast expanses of the Siberian taiga into the Arctic Ocean. Its length is about 35000 kilometers. Its main tributaries are the Angara and Tunguska rivers.

Every second it discharges 20.000 cubic meters of water into the Arctic Sea, whereas the Volga, the largest river in Europe, brings only 8.000 cubic meters to the Caspian Sea. The Jenisei is navigable it is so deep that ocean-going ships can go 800 kilometers upstream.

The Jenisei has great power resources. Some large hydropower stations were built on it which generates a large amount of electricity.

Due to the rich mineral deposits of the Jenisei basin some industrial complexes were built and new cities appeared on the banks of the Jenisei River.

The Jenisei River plays an important part in the economic Development of Siberia.

11. Speak about the topic using the questions in exercise – 3 as a plan.

UNIT 4

BAIKAL’S PURE WATER

1. Repeat these words:

to adopt, below, both … and, to change, complete, to cover, enterprise, to flow, to keep, measures, a pine, to preserve, to protect, rapid, source, waste

2. Key Vocabulary:

available – благоприятный

to cause – быть причиной, причинять, вызывать

clear – чистый

composition – состав

to contain – содержать

cellulose – целлюлоза

cedar – кедр

degree – 1.степень 2. градус

equal – равный

to exceed – превышать

efficient – 1.действенный 2. рациональный, целесообразный

globe – земной шар

installation – установка

landscape – ландшафт

to purify – очищать

rare – редкий, необычный

reasonable – (благо)разумный, умеренный

to rise- подниматься, вставать

reservoir – бассейн, водохранилище

resolution – решение, резолюция

reconstruct – перестраивать, реконструировать

scale – масштаб, размер

to serve – служить, работать

slope – склон

square – квадрат

valuable – ценный, дорогой

whole – целый, весь

3. Read and translate text A: