- •Reading Material Text a
- •Before reading the text try to discuss the following questions.
- •Now read the text, translate it and get ready to do the exercises after the text. Geography
- •Word Study
- •Comprehension and Discussion
- •Origin and development of geography. Early history
- •Geographic methods. Map location and measurement
- •The Round Earth on Flat Paper
- •Dialogue
- •Listening Comprehension Text “Geography”
- •Revision
- •What is science?
- •Становление географии как науки
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Additional Reading Geography and people: Ptolemy
- •Components of maps
- •Maps and graphs Maps
- •Isoline maps
- •Choropleth
- •Topological maps
- •Proportional flow maps
- •Dot maps
- •Line graphs
- •Scattergraphs
- •Pie charts
- •Reading Material Text a
- •The History of Exploration
- •Word Study
- •Comprehension and Discussion
- •Captain Cook
- •Text c The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
- •Text d
- •The History of Maps
- •Dialogue
- •Listening Comprehension Text “Christopher Columbus”
- •Revision
- •Questions:
- •II. Первое русское кругосветное путешествие
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Additional Reading Famous Russian navigators
- •Navigation Tools
- •Unit III
- •Reading Material Text a
- •Before we start reading let’s recollect the composition of the solar system.
- •What does the solar system consist of?
- •What heavenly object is the most beautiful (mysterious, important)?
- •The Universe and the Solar System
- •Word Study
- •Comprehension and Discussion
- •Our local star
- •Text c The Evolution of the Universe
- •Text d Galaxies
- •Dialogue
- •Is the Sun Good or Bad for Us?
- •Is the sun good or bad for us?
- •Listening Comprehension Text “Stars”
- •Fill in the gaps.
- •Note down the temperature of:
- •Note down the colours of :
- •Revision
- •The Lunar Surface
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Additional Reading The Planets
- •Mercury
- •Jupiter
- •Uranus and Neptune
- •Stellar Evolution
- •Unit IV
- •Reading Material Text a
- •Before reading the passage discuss these points with a partner.
- •Is the earth a perfect sphere?
- •This Earth of Ours
- •Word Study
- •Comprehension and Discussion
- •Volcanic Eruptions
- •Text c The Earth. Size. Shape.
- •Text d The Earth
- •Dialogue Discussing the age of the earth
- •Listening Comprehension Text “The Earth’s shape”
- •1. What is the “equatorial bulge”?
- •2. Are all three models only approximations?
- •Revision
- •History of the Earth
- •Latitude and Longitude
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Additional Reading Yellowstone National Park
- •The geological setting
- •Hydrothermal features
- •Reading Material Text a
- •The Atmosphere: Properties and composition
- •Word Study
- •Comprehension and Discussion
- •Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle
- •The Ozone Layer
- •The Ionosphere
- •Dialogue
- •Listening Comprehension Text “The Atmosphere”
- •Part b. Listening activities
- •Revision
- •Air pollution
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Additional Texts Greenhouse gases
- •The air we breathe
- •Unit VI
- •Reading Material Text a
- •Before reading the text discuss these points with a partner.
- •Now read the text, translate it and get ready to do the exercises after the text. Climate
- •Word study
- •Climate
- •Comprehension and Discussion
- •The climate of the uk
- •The World’s Inconstant Climate
- •Methods of weather modification
- •Weather
- •Days of Abnormal Weather
- •Vocabulary
- •Days of Abnormal Weather Text 1
- •Interpretation
- •Weather Forecast
- •Listening Comprehension Text “The Climate”
- •Revision
- •Climate
- •Weather maps
- •Project Writing
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Additional Reading Climatic Change
- •Origin of Climatic Change
- •Ocean Currents
- •Unit VII
- •Reading Material Text a
- •Before reading the passage discuss these points with a partner.
- •Into how many parts is the earth’s surface divided?
- •How are land and sea distributed?
- •Now read the text, translate it and get ready to do the exercises after the text. Land Forms of the Earth
- •Word Study
- •The Alps
- •Comprehension and Discussion
- •The Surface of the Ground
- •Continental Drift
- •Wegener’s Theory
- •Text d The Soil Beneath our Feet
- •Dialogue Discussing the process of erosion
- •Listening Comprehension Text “Continental drift”
- •Fill in the gaps.
- •Note down the terms used by the lecturer.
- •Note down the thickness of the asthenosphere.
- •Revision
- •Relief form of the earth
- •Earthquake waves
- •Earthquakes
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Additional Reading Erosion
- •Weathering
- •1999 A bad year for earthquakes
- •Limestone in Europe
- •Vulcanism
- •Volcanic Eruptions
- •Glaciers
- •Minerals
- •What Minerals Are
- •Mineral Properties
- •The Earth’s Interior
- •Interior Structure
- •Rock Classification
- •Igneous Rocks
- •Sedimentary Rocks
- •Grammar focus the system of tenses
- •Charles Robert Darwin
- •Passive voice
- •The Greenhouse Effect
- •Participle
- •The gerund
- •Функции герундия в предложении и способы его перевода на русский язык
- •Infinitive
- •I. Образование
- •II. Функции инфинитива в предложении.
- •Complex Object
- •Complex Subject
- •Subjunctive mood
- •Subjunctive Mood Conditional Sentences
- •Modal verbs
- •(Выражение «вероятности», «предположения»)
- •The system of tenses
- •Charles Robert Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin
The famous naturalist and thinker, Charles Darwin, (to be born) on February the 12th, 1809. The family (to live) near Shrewsbury, not far from the river Severn. Charles’ father was a well-known physician, a son of scientist Erasmus Darwin. Charles’ father (to hope) that his son also (to become) a Fellow of Royal Society.
As a boy Charles always (to walk) in the fields, shooting or rathunting. He was observing nature and comparing his observations with everything he (to read) in natural science books.
At sixteen Charles (to go) to Edinburgh University to become a doctor. He had no vocation for it but he was interested greatly in the natural history. During the hours of low tide he (to collect) various sea animals on the shore and (to study) them. Even while he was a student he (to make) two minor discoveries.
After two years of Edinburgh Charles still (to take) no interest whatsoever in his future profession so his father sent him to Cambridge to work for his degree so that he (may become) a parson (священник).
In the spring of 1831 Charles took his degree but refused to become a parson. Two of his professors (to encourage) him to make a special study of geology and in August of the same year he went to the Welsh mountains with a geological expedition.
Some time later he (to hear) that H.M.S.Beagle (to be to set off) on a trip to South America for a cartographical survey of the coast and wanted a naturalist. His biology professor’s advice was to go.
The expedition was away almost five years. The Beagle (to make) a very thorough study of the waters off the east and west coasts of South America and of the adjacent islands. The Beagle also (to visit). New Zealand, Australia and the Coral Islands in the Indian Ocean and on the way home Brazil and the Azores. His work on the geology of these countries and that of coral islands (to become) the subject of volumes that he (to publish) on his return.
Like most people in those days he (to think) that each species (to exist) thousands of years and never (to change). But during his travels he (to see) that different species of plants and animals, found in different parts of the earth in some ways (to be) similar.
It was when he was trying to explain the wild life of the Galapagos islands that he hit upon a solution: plants and animals (to change) to suit their surroundings.
In 1859 Darwin (to finish) his book “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”. It (to cause) a sensation. So did his later book “The Descent of Man”. The clergy, politicians, even some scientists came to agree with him. Darwin continued his research until his sudden death in 1882. He (to be buried) in Westminster Abbey, near I. Newton’s grave.
Ex. 12. Complete the sentences with the best form of the verbs in brackets.
People (to observe) the Moon since old days. The Moon (to be) a spherical heavenly body, much smaller than the Earth. It (to rotate) on its axis in a period which it (to take) it to orbit the Earth. As a result the same side of the Moon is visible from the Earth. The Moon (to appear) bright but it is not self luminous like the stars. It (to reflect) light and is really an opaque body. The Earth (to pull) the Moon and the Moon (to pull) the Earth according to the law of universal gravity.
Besides this natural satellite the Earth (to have) a large number of artificial ones. Indeed, several minor satellites (to rotate) around the Earth just now, which (to manifest) the power of human knowledge. Their distances from the Earth and the rates of movement (to differ). A great number of them (to flow) in space since the 60s of the 20th century.
There (to be) a universal law (to explain) the make-up and the movement of all heavenly bodies. There (to be) also major and minor laws which (to grasp) the whole scope of differences between these bodies.
Task 13. Look at this timetable for the Earth Sciences department at a university. The time now is 6 o’clock on the Wednesday evening. Say what has already happened and what is going to happen.
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
09.00 |
Prof. Jones (L) Energy |
Prof. Jones (S) Energy |
Mr. Roberts (L) Properties of the earth |
Mr. Roberts (L) The moving earth |
Mr. Roberts (S) The earth in space |
10.00 |
Mr. Smith (L) Earth materials |
Prof. Jones (T) Energy |
Mr. Roberts (L) The earth in space |
Prof. Jones (S) Matter |
Mr. Smith (T) Soil |
11.00 |
Mr. Smith (L) Minerals |
Mr. Smith (L) Rocks |
Mr. Smith (T) Soil |
Mr. Roberts (S) The earth as a planet |
Prof. Jones (S) Matter |
14.00 |
|
|
Mr. Smith (S) Earth materials |
Mr. Smith (T) Minerals |
Mr. Smith (T) Rocks |
L= lecture; S = seminar; T= tutorial
Task 14. Translate from Russian into English.
К чему приведет вмешательство человека в естественные процессы окружающей среды?
Новые технологии и подходы помогут более эффективно и экономно использовать природные богатства.
Task 15. Think how you would say if in English.
Человек столетиями добывал соль из океана.
Ученые Туркменистана составили атлас грязевых вулканов.
Туман на море всегда представлял опасность при навигации.
Миллионы звезд постоянно движутся в космосе.
Земля совершает полный оборот вокруг Солнца за 365 ¼ дня.
Погода изменилась к лучшему.
Географы пользуются большим разнообразием инструментов для выполнения своей работы.
За последние 600 лет вулканические извержения унесли жизни 200000 человек.
В настоящее время большое число людей уезжает из больших городов в сельскую местность.
География возникла в результате описания первых исследователей того, что они увидели во время своих путешествий.