- •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:
8.2. Answer the questions:
1. For what animals is silage important?
2. Is silage unpalatable?
3. When do cattle and sheep become constipated and unthrifty?
Check yourself
1.1. Find the meaning of the following words and word combinations used in the previous texts: корма животного происхождения, бобовое сено, ткани животных, рыбная мука, травяное сено, скармливать, съедобность корма, солома, силос, сочные корма, грубые корма, концентрированные корма, слабительное действие, высокопродуктивные молочные коровы, сорго, переваривать.
1.2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
1. Fish meal usually contains from 50 to 60 % of protein and from 15 to 25% of mineral water, which is chiefly fish bones. 2. Milk is rich in protein, and the protein is of exceptionally high quality, supplying an ample amount of all the essential amino acids. 3. Early-cut hay is much richer in protein and also is higher in total digestible nutrients than that which is cut at a late stage of maturity. 4. Horses are fond of good legume hay and therefore they must not be allowed to eat all they desire. 5. The less hay is exposed to sunlight, the greener will be its colour and the higher the content of vitamin A. 6. Roots and young grass are called succulent feeds. 7. Roots and raw potatoes in considerable quantity are excessively laxative for young and fattening pigs, but when boiled, this characteristic disappears. 8. Oat straw with its soft, pliable stems is the most nutritious, followed by barley. 9. Because of high content of fibre little straw is fed to hard-working horses. 10. Cows will generally produce more milk on a ration containing both silage and good hay than they will when only dry roughage is fed. 11. Sufficient amount of concentrates is required for good milk production.
1.3. Say if the statements are true or false. Correct the false statements:
1. Milk is rich in protein, and the protein is of high quality, supplying an ample amount of all the essential amino acids.
2. Silage is important for feeding dairy cattle, beef cattle and pigs.
3. Early-cut hay is much richer in protein and also is higher in digestible nutrients than that which is cut at a late stage of maturity.
4. Legume hay in considerable quantity is excessively laxative for young and fattening pigs, but when boiled, this characteristic disappears.
5. It is much more important to supply some legume hay to sheep than to beef cattle or even to dairy cattle.
6. Well-cured legume and alfalfa hays are called succulent feeds.
1.4. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Молоко, мясо и яйца являются кормами животного происхождения. 2. Силос обладает легким слабительным действием. 3. Состав молока, его питательная ценность изменяются в зависимости от периода лактации, породы животного, его кормления и содержания, состояния здоровья и других факторов. 4. Рыбная мука богата кальцием и протеином. 5. Силос необходим для молочного, мясного скота и овец. 6. Солома обычно используется как подстилка для сельскохозяйственных животных. 7. Солома овса, скошенного в стадии озеленения, содержит некоторое количество сахара. 8. Солома используется в животноводстве как грубый и объемистый корм. 9. Корнеплоды являются удовлетворительным сочным кормом для телят. 10. Сочные корма способствуют поддержанию кишечного тракта высокопродуктивных молочных коров в хорошем состоянии. 11. Хорошо высушенное бобовое сено является богатейшим источником витаминов А и D. 12. Бобовое сено содержит значительное количество кальция. 13. Хорошее сено зеленого цвета всегда богато витамином А.