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2. Exercises

2.1 Mark the stressed syllable on the following words from the text:

nitrogen, carbonization, characteristic, oxidation, bacteria, organism, impregnation, phosphorus, favorable, unrecognizable.

2.2 Find the words to the following definitions in the text and translate them into Russian.

tending to take away; detract

that which is understood; deduction

to point out; to show; to suggest

having fixed (distinct) limits; certain

ultimate; finishing

to place in

to oppose; withstand

diminish

a hint; key

explanation

to acknowledge; to admit

to change

to keep in a good state

2.3. Give the Russian equivalents to the following word combinations and phrases:

  • the word fossil carries a distinctly derogatory implication

  • the term soon became to be restricted

  • certain fossils were characteristic of the strata

  • immediately after death

  • in the presence of oxygen

  • in the absence of oxygen

  • other organisms that live on dead material

  • under favorable conditions

  • a reduction with increasing pressure

  • for all practical purposes

  • thereby resistant to attack

  • past events are recorded cryptically in sedimentary rocks.

2.4 Read the text below and think of the word that best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning.

(0) Animals and plants were not always as they are today. We can tell the history from the (1)___________ remains that they have left behind in the rock. A fossil can be (2)_____________ in many ways. More usually only the hard part of (3) _________ remains. The original material is (4) _____________ by mineral substances. The fossil (5) _____________ the original cellular structure but in a different material. This process is called (6) ____________. We study fossils for a number of reasons. Perhaps the most common is to understand the life of the (7) _____________. We can appreciate the life of the world (8) ____________, if we know what has preceded it.

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today, retains, petrifaction, past, replaced, fossil, preserved, organisms.

2.5 Form nouns from the following verbs and find the sentences in the text with these new words.

-ion, -ation, -tion, -sion, -ssion суффиксы абстрактных существительных

e.g. to form (образовывать) – formation (образование)

to oxide

to crystallize

to ferment

to preserve

to decompose

to evolve

to reduce

to petrify

to impregnate

to imply

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