Find in text English equivalents to the following words and word combinations:

широко известный, виды растений, быть посаженным, биологический факультет, наслаждаться экскурсионными турами, удивительный остров, полезные растения, коллекция разновидностей деревьев, дикие травянистые растения, фруктовые деревья, частично, тропические растения, оранжерея

 

4. Find in text synonyms to the following words:

house, to erect, to supply, splendid, various, to seek, to grow, correct, previous

 

5. Find in the text antonyms to the following words and word combinations:

    destruction, to break, bad, to lose, wrong

 

6.   Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the active vocabulary:

1) We plan to expand our business … in East Africa. 2) The company will finance the … of a new sports centre. 3) Over 120 … of flowers have been recorded in this hothouse. 4) Adults study for a … of reasons. 5) Our office can … information on the local area. 6) The play has been a remarkable success. 7) The tunnel was … in 1996. 8) She joined the … in 2007. 9) The … number of wounded people is unknown. 10) She has … an impressive reputation as a negotiator.

 

Give a written translation of the text. Arrange a competition for the best

  translation.

 

Grammar Exercises

Translate into Russian paying attention to the Infinitive:

1) To grow the plants is pleasant. 2) He is glad to be growing the flowers now. 3) He is glad to have already been growing the flowers for three hours. 4) He is glad to have already grown the flowers. 5) I remained there to see what would happen. 6) He was glad to grow the flowers. 7) He was glad to be growing the flowers the whole evening. 8) He was glad to have already grown the flowers. 9) He was glad to have already been growing the flowers for three hours. 10) He will be glad to be growing the flowers the whole evening.

 

2. Translate the following sentences into English paying attention to the Infinitive:

1) Мне очень жаль, что я тебя не встретил. 2) Он всегда счастлив поговорить с вами. 3) Он счастлив, что говорит с вами сейчас. 4) Он счастлив, что поговорил с вами. 5) Он счастлив, что говорит с вами уже более часа. 6) Он был всегда счастлив поговорить с вами. 7) Он был счастлив, что проговорил с вами весь вечер. 8) Он был счастлив, что поговорил с вами. 9) Он был счастлив, что говорил с вами уже 2 часа. 10) Он всегда будет счастлив поговорить с вами.

 

 

Speech Exercises

 

1. Answer the questions to the text:

1) When was the Botanical Garden of Moscow State University founded?

2) What collection has the arboretum?

3) What do the departments of the Garden at the Vorobyovy Hills demonstrate?

4) What departments are there in the Garden at the Vorobyovy Hills?

5) What plants are there in the Botanical Garden?

6) When was the hothouse collection founded?

 

 2. Retell the text.

 

 

                  Text 9.. Botanical garden in London

 

    There are eighty parks in London, large and small. Three of them are in the

centre of the city: Hyde Park, Regent’s park and St.James’s Park. The others are in different parts of London. London is a very green city. 

    In the south-west London, near the river Thames1 there is  a fantastic park of of Great Britain — the Kew Gardens.2 It is a botanical garden. All year round you see lots of flowers there because Kew gets its plants ß 100,000 different plants -  from almost all countries of the world. The plants, whichа like hot weather live in greenhouses, for example, palms grow in the palm house. The first palm was planted here 150 years ago. Now not only palm trees, but bananas and oranges grow here too. Another house, which people like to visit, is the cactus house. Cactuses came here from deserts where month after month it doesn’t rain.

        There are hundreds of different trees in 120 hectares of Kew. Some of the trees are 200 years old. The workers of the garden planted them when Kew was quite young. In some countries trees become scarce. The workers of Kew go to these countries and come back with the seeds of these trees and plant them at Kew. Thus the trees which are few in the world live in this garden.

        Kew is important for men, who are fond of nature, trees and flowers, and for young men who are going to study botany and gardening. Every year sixty young men from all over the world come here for three-year-course of gardening at Kew. After this course they work in big parks and gardens in many different countries. In three museums of Kew visitors see timber from the trees of many countries, food plants, medicine plants and industrial plants. 300 people work at Kew now. In fine weather about 20,000 people a day come to visit Kew.

 

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

greenhouse –   парник

palm –              пальма

cactus –           кактус

hectare –         гектар

scarce –          редкий, недостаточный

seeds –            семена

to be fond of – нравиться

botany –               ботаника

gardening –          садоводство

 

EXERCISES

Vocabulary Exercises

 

1.Practise the pronunciation of the following words:

The Thames, Hyde Park, Regent’s Park, St.James’s Park, Kew gardens, palm, cactus, greenhouses, hectare, scarce, botany, banana, orange.

2.Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and word  

combinations.

Три из них, на юго-западе, ботанический сад, круглый год, почти со всех стран мира. Были посажены, которых мало в мире, любить природу, 3-х годичные курсы, в хорошую погоду.Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

Near the river Thames, fantastic park, to live in greenhouses, palm trees, cactus house, month after month

 

4.Find in the text antonyms to the following words

village                         plant 

far from                       young people

cоld weather                in greenhouses

in the open air              different

identical                       near

cut down                     city

old people                    hot weather

 5.Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the active vocabulary.

1. … is a building used for growing plants.

2. … is a science of the structure, distribution of plants.

3. … is a public garden or public recreation ground in a town.

4. There are a lot of … in our museum today.

5. … is a metric measure of area.

6. All young men …. Sports.

7. … tools are used for cutting trees and bushes.