Сільське господарство країни, мова якої вивчається

1. Read following words and word-combination: and translate them:

toward, toward the English Channel; arable, arable farms; dairy, dairy farms; mention, as we have mentioned; divide, divided into many fields; main, the main tendency; gradually, gradually disappearing; compete, compete with somebody; carry, to carry the warmth and moisture; range, ranging from polar to tropical regions; say, we have already said; exceed, seldom exceeds; fall, falls below zero; kind, different kinds of meat; comparatively, a comparatively^ high level; provide, to provide about half of the food; estimate', the estimated woodland area; private, private woodlands; size, the size of private woodlands; walk, a ten minutes' walk; be sure, I am not sure

Read following sentences and translate them:

1. The agricultural area of England is toward the English Channel.

2. In the Eastern part of Britain most farms are arable.

3. In the Western part of the country most farms are dairy.

4. Small farms in Britain are mixed farms.

5. As we have mentioned most of Britain is farming land divided into many fields.

6. Small farms are gradually disappearing.

7. They cannot compete with modern big farms.

8. The westerly winds carry the warmth and moisture.

9. The temperature seldom exceeds 32°C or falls below zero.

10. The main agricultural products of Britain are potatoes, milk and different kinds of meat.

11. A comparatively high level of agriculture enables Britain to provide about half of the food from its soil.

12. Britain imports butter.

13. The estimated woodland area in Great Britain is 4.9 million acres.

14. The size of private woodlands ranges from a few acres to many thousands.

1. Запишіть наступні слова та словосполучення у словник та вивчіть:

Topical vocabulary:

1. river ['riva] n река

2. narrow ['naerou] а узкий; ant wide, broad

3. toward [ta'wa:d] prep к, по направлению к

4. arable ['аегэЫ] а пахотный

5. dairy ['dean] а молочный

6. mix [miks] v смешивать;

mixed [mikst] а смешанный, разнородный;

mixture ['mikstfa] n смесь

7. mention ['menfan] v упоминать;
don't mention it не стоит (благодарности), в ответ на благодар ность за что-л.

8. divide [di'vaid] v делить(ся);

division [di'vi33n] n деление

9. main [meinj а главный, основной;

syn chief; mainly adv главным образом

10.gradually adv постепенно

11.disappear v исчезать;

ant appear; appearance 1. появление; 2. внешность;

ant disappearance исчезновение

12.compete v конкурировать;

competition конкуренция, соревнование

13.carry v нести, переносить;

carry on продолжать, вести (дело);

carry out выполнять (работу и т. п.)

14.range v колебаться в известных пределах

15.say (said) v говорить, сказать;

syn tell (told);

speak (spoke, spoken)

16.seldom ad редко; ant often

17.exceed v превышать

18.fall (fell, fallen) v падать, спускаться, понижаться

19.below adv ниже, внизу

20.zero нуль

21.pofafo картофель

22.milk молоко; v доить

23.kind n сорт, разновидность

24 eat n мясо

25 omparatively ado сравнительно;

compare v сравнивать;

comparison сравнение

26.level уровень

27.enable v давать возможность

28.provide v снабжать, обеспечивать;

syn supply; provide for v предусматривать;

provided cj при усло­вии, если только.

29. half (pi halves) половина;

half past two половина третьего;

quarter четверть (четверть часа);

а quarter to one (12.45) без четверти час;

a quarter past one (1.15) четверть второго

30.bufferмасло

31.estimate v оценивать, подсчитывать приблизительно;

estimation оценка

32.private а частный, личный

33.size размер, величина

34.excuse v извинять, прощать;

excuse me извините,виноват;

syn sorry, I'm sorry виноват, простите

35.walk зд. расстояние; прогулка; ходить пешком

36.pass v двигаться вперед проходить;

pass an exam выдержать, сдать экзамен;

passerby прохожий

37.sure а уверенный;

be sure быть уверенным

Read and translate the text:

Farms in Britain

Geographically Great Britain consists of Highland Britain and Lowland Britain. Highland Britain is in the north and in the west. The agricultural area of England is toward the English Channel¹ and the Continent of Europe. The soil in many parts of Highland Britain is thin and poor.

Lowland Britain is a rich area with fertile soil. Rivers in Britain are narrow, but the Thames. Most of the farms are less than 50 acres² each. The types of farms are dif­ferent in different soil and climatic areas. In the eastern part of Britain most farms are arable the farmers grow different crops there. In the western part of the country most farms are dairy. Small farms in Britain are usually mixed farms on which farmers both grow crops and keep farm animals.

As we have mentioned most of Britain is the farming land divided into many fields.

Today the main tendency in agricultural development of this country is that small traditional farms are gradually disappearing because they cannot compete with modern big industrial farms.

Britain has a mild climate. The western winds from the Atlantic carry the warmth and moisture of lower latitudes³, into Britain. The weather changes with the wind. Winds from different parts of the world ranging from polar to tropical regions often visit Britain.

Britain has a mild climate. The temperature seldom exceeds 32°C⁴ or falls below zero. The driest period is from March to June and the wettest months are from October to January. Thus farmers work fields all the year round.

The main agricultural products of Britain are wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, milk and different kinds of meat. A comparatively high level of agriculture enables Britain to provide about half of the food from its soil.

Britain usually imports meat, butter, wheat, tea, fruit, tobacco etc. There are a few millions of acres of woodland in Great Britain. The estimated private forests make up about a half of the forest area. The size of private woodlands ranges from a few acres to many thousands.

 

8. Translate words: to reconstruct, to reappear, to recollect, to reform, to reim­port, to recover, to re-do, to re-house, to remake, to rename, to reopen, to reorganize, to replace, to replant

Ø Form nouns from adjectives with the help of the suffix –ness and translate the words:

Ø goad, black, busy, fine, green, large, light, near, open, red, sad

Ø Translate words into Ukrainian: co-operation, co-operative, co-operator, co-ordination, co­author

Ø Translate words into Ukrainian without using the dictionary: farm, geographically, agricultural, acre, type, climatic, tendency, traditional, modern, industrial, polar, tropical, region, visit v, temperature, period, product, import v, fruit, tobacco, policeman, information

Ø Read and translate words, name the Part of Speech: farms, different, climatic, farmer, development, tradition­al, industrial, disappearing, warmth, moisture, tropical, driest, wettest, comparative, usually

9. Retell the text” Farms in Britain “