- •Кафедра иностранных языков б1. Б.3. Иностранный язык (английский)
- •111100 Зоотехния
- •Unit 1 constituents of plants and animals active vocabulary
- •Read and translate the text using a dictionary:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Give the plural of the nouns:
- •Give the singular of the nouns:
- •1.6. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •1.7. Read the text and choose the best statement (a or b) to each paragraph:
- •1.8. Translate the sentences into English:
- •Тне proteins
- •2.1. Read and translate the text using a dictionary:
- •2.2. Answer the following questions:
- •2.4. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false statements:
- •2.5. Read the text and give the main idea of the text:
- •2.6. Translate the sentences into English:
- •The carbohydrates
- •3.1. Read and translate the text using a dictionary:
- •3.2. Answer the following questions:
- •3.6. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •3.7. Read and translate the text with a help of a dictionary. Then divide it into the main paragraphs and name each of them:
- •3.8. Translate the sentences into English:
- •Minerals
- •4.1. Read and translate the text using a dictionary:
- •4.2. Answer the following questions:
- •4.4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •4.5. Read the text and speak about the main mineral requirements for growth according to the plan:
- •Vitamins
- •1. Vitamin a
- •1.1. Read the following text and translate it into Russian:
- •1.2. Answer the following questions:
- •Vitamin b
- •Read the text and say what disease vitamin в prevents:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •3. Thiamine (vitamin b1)
- •3.1. Read the text using a dictionary and say what disease thiamine deficiency can lead to:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Riboflavin (vitamin b2)
- •4.1. Read the text and speak on characteristic features of riboflavin deficiency in different farm animals:
- •4.2. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Vitamin b6
- •5.1. Read the text and say how a lасk of vitamin b6 influence different animals:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •6. Vitamin b12
- •6.1. Read the text and say what minerals Vitamin b12 contains:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •7. Nicotinic acid (niacin)
- •7.1. Read the text and say what disease nicotinic acid prevents:
- •7.2. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Vitamin d
- •8.1. Read the text and say why vitamin d is essential vitamin for animals:
- •8.2. Answer the following questions:
- •Check yourself
- •1.3. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •1.4 . Fill in the blanks with proper words or word combinations:
- •1.5. Match the words given in column a with the synonyms from column b:
- •1.7. Read the text and mark the correct letter (a, b, c or d) for the paragraphs:
- •1.8. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •1.9. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements:
- •Unit 2 farm animals active vocabulary
- •Classes of animals
- •Read the text and translate it with a help of the dictionary:
- •1.2. Answer the following questions:
- •1.3. Fill in the chart with the words from the text and speak about main classes of animals:
- •1.4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •1.5. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words:
- •1.6. Translate the sentences into English:
- •2.1. Read the text and translate it with a help of the dictionary:
- •2.2. Answer the following questions:
- •2.4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •2.5. Complete the sentences with the words from the text:
- •2.6. Read the text and match the titles with the paragraphs:
- •2.7. Translate the sentences into English:
- •Read the text and translate it with a help of the dictionary:
- •3.2. Answer the following questions:
- •3.4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •3.5. Say if the statements are true or false. Correct the false statements:
- •3.6. Read the text and speak about major swine breeds in the United States
- •3.7. Translate the sentences into English:
- •The sheep
- •Read the text and translate it with a help of the dictionary:
- •4.2. Answer the following questions:
- •4.4. Fill in the blanks with the proper words from the text:
- •4.5. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •4.6. Read the text and say how the sheep are classified:
- •4.7. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •4.8. Say if the statements are true or false. Correct the false statements:
- •Unit 3 animal feeds active vocabulary
- •1. Composition of feeds
- •1.1. Read the following text and translate it with a help of the dictionary:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •1.4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •1.5. Ask questions to the words in italics:
- •1.6. Render the following text in Russian:
- •1.7. Translate the sentences into English:
- •Classes of feeds
- •2.1. Read the text and translate it with a help of the dictionary:
- •2.2. Answer the following questions:
- •2.3. Complete the sentences with the following words and word combinations from the text:
- •2.4. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •2.5. Fill in the chart with the information from the text and speak about the main classes of feeds:
- •Hay from grasses
- •3.1. Read the text and speak about hay from different grasses:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Feeds of animal origin
- •4.1. Read the text and say what feeds belong to the feeds of animal origin:
- •4.2. Answer the questions:
- •5. Legume hay
- •5.1. Read the text using a dictionary and say for what animals legume hay is more important:
- •5.2. Answer the questions:
- •6. Succulent feeds
- •6.1. Read the text and say why succulent feeds are more important for dairy cattle:
- •Answer the questions:
- •7. Straw
- •7.1. Read the text using a dictionary and speak about nutritive value of straw:
- •7.2. Answer the questions:
- •8. Silage
- •8.1. Read the text and find the information about silage made from different crops and translate it into Russian in written form:
- •8.2. Answer the questions:
- •Check yourself
- •1.2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •1.3. Say if the statements are true or false. Correct the false statements:
- •Unit 4 feeding of farm animals active vocabulary
- •1.Feeding dairy cows
- •Read the text and translate it with a help of the dictionary:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •1.4. Translate the following sentence into Russian:
- •1.5. Read the text and give the main idea of the text. Choose the proper title to the text:
- •1.6. Translate the following text into English:
- •Nutrient requirements of swine
- •Read the text and translate it with the help of the dictionary:
- •2.2.Answer the following questions:
- •2.3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the text:
- •2.4. Translate into Russian:
- •2.5. Read the text and say what types of diets are used in the feeding of swine and speak about nutrients required for swine:
- •2.6. Translate into English:
- •3. Nutrient requirements of sheep and lambs
- •3.1. Read the text and translate it with a help of the dictionary:
- •3.2. Answer the following questions:
- •Translate into Russian:
- •3.4. Fill in the blanks with the suitable word from the text:
- •3.6.Translate into English:
1.9. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements:
1. Nicotinic acid is required for the growth and functioning of аll the cells of higher animals.
2. Hay and other dry roughages that have been field-cured by exposure to sunlight are important sources of vitamin A.
3. Vitamin В prevents the polyneuritis.
4. Night-blindness is one of the clinical manifestations of vitamin A deficiency.
5. А lack of riboflavin in chicks results in convulsion and tetany.
6. Vitamin B6 is found in yeast, lеаn meat, kidneys, mi1k, molasses, legumes, cereals, wheat by-products and other foods.
Unit 2 farm animals active vocabulary
beef cattle |
мясной скот |
calf |
теленок |
calving |
отел |
carnivorous |
плотоядные |
cattle |
крупный рогатый скот |
cleft upper lip |
рассеченная верхняя губа |
coarse |
грубый |
colostrum |
молозиво |
compоund |
сложный |
consume |
потреблять |
consumption |
потребление |
dairy cattle |
молочный скот |
dual purpose cattle |
мясомолочный скот |
evaporation |
испарение |
ewe |
овцематка |
farrowing |
опорос |
fertility |
плодовитость |
fleece |
шерсть |
gestation |
стельность |
grind |
молоть, измельчать, пережевывать |
herbivorous |
травоядные |
lamb |
ягненок |
lamb crop |
приплод |
lambing |
окот |
laxative action |
слабительное действие |
abomasum |
сычуг |
omasum |
книжка (отдел желудка) |
omnivorous |
всеядные |
parturition |
роды |
reticulum |
сетка |
rumen |
рубец |
ruminants |
жвачные |
simple |
простой |
sow |
свиноматка |
stomach |
желудок |
suckle |
вскармливать молоком |
thrive |
процветать, расти |
Classes of animals
Read the text and translate it with a help of the dictionary:
The ordinary farm animals belong to the large group known as Vertebrata, or animals with a backbone. Fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals all have a backbone. All of these animals do not suckle their young, but the ordinary farm animals do, and hence they are classified as Mammalia. (Mamma is the Latin word for breast).
The capability to produce milk is оnе of the distinct features оf this group. All domestic animals аrе divided into the three classes: herbivorous, carnivorous and omnivorous. Herbivorous animals are those that live chiefly on plants. These аrе: cattle, deer, horses, shеер аnd rabbits. Аs they соnsumе coarse foods, е. g. leaves and stems of plants, they need considerably larger amount оf соmmon salt than is supplied bу their usual feeds.
The cow, the ох, the sheep and the goat belong to the ruminants (animals which chew the сud). Unlike the pig they are сараblе оf digesting а large quantity оf coarse fibrous material duе to their соmpound stomachs. Carnivorous (flesh-eating аnimаls) such as cats, dogs, sharks, etc. nееd no additional salt because they live on the bodies оf other animals. Omnivorous animals, such аs pigs, bears, rats and others utilize both plant and animal fооd.