XI Read and translate the text C.

"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 Channel and the Continent of Europe. The soil in many parts of Highland Britain is thin and poor.

Lowland Britain is a area with fertile soil.

Rivers in Britain are narrow, but the Thames. Most of the farms are less than 50 acres 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 here. 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 complete with modern big industrial farms.

Britain has a mild climate. The westerly winds from the Atlantic carry the warmth and moisture of lower latitudes 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 C or falls below zero. The driest period is from March to June and the wettest months are from October to January.

This 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.

 

XII Be ready to speak on one of the topics:

1) Agriculture in Kazakhstan

2) Agriculture in America

3) Agriculture in Great Britain

 

Апта

Грамматикалық материал: Infinitive Лексикалық материал: Мамандық бойынша мәтін. Text 7. "Food" Idiom:7.know one`s onions- know one`s subject or how to do something very well; e.g. When it comes to car repairs, David certainly knows his onions. Phrasal verb: Pass away – die: e.g.Sadly, Georgia’s uncle passed away yesterday after a short illness.

 

 

I Read and translate the following words and word combinations:

 

provide, fiber, feed, forage, crop, alfalfa, clover, grass, fish, game, cattle, hog, sheep, major, divide, cereal, grain, nourishment, barley, corn, millet, oat, rice, rye, wheat, root, crop, potatoes, pulses, beans, peas, flour, meal, oil, chickens, goats, meat, eggs, milk, honey, mill, demand, fur.

 

I. Find definitions to the following words:

 

fiber, forage, game, cattle, cereal, grain, nourish, root, pulses, flour, meal, food.

1. Any kind of grain used for food

2 Keep (a person) alive and well with food.

3 Fine powder, made from grain, used for making bread, cakes.

4 Bulls, cows.

5 Small, hard seed of food plants such as wheat and rice.

6 Food for horses and cattle

7 That part of a plant, tree, etc. which is normally in the soil and which takes water and food from it.

8 Kind of plants which consist mainly of dry beans and peas.

9 One of the very thin threads of which many animal and vegetable growths are formed, e.g. cotton, wool, nerves, muscles.

10 Food that is eaten: grain coarsely ground (oat meal) it is collective term for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, supper.

11 (Flesh of) animals and birds hunted for sport and food.

12 A general term for anything that people eat.

 

II. From the list below please pick up words which have the same meaning and which are the opposites:

 

a) Synonyms: food, provide, animals, grain, demand, livestock, supply, cereals, important, request, major.

b) Opposites: possible, divide, solid, eat, liquid, go hungry, impossible, combine.

 

III. Word – building

- en short – shorten

- ize sympathy -sympathize

 

Build verbs with the help of the suffixes – en, -ize and translate them:

Soft, weak, local, collective, national.