Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1. I’ll ask Tom if I see him today. 2. We would go to the party if we had time tomorrow. 3. She would pass her exam next month if she worked harder. 4. She would be happy if she met him at the party next Sunday. 5. We’ll go nowhere tomorrow if it rains. 6. If she knew his phone number, she would call him next week. 7. If J. London had not learned life from his own experience, he could not have written his great works. 8. Had the science of radio not been developed so rapidly, we should not have got such remarkable changes in the technique today. 9. Had he been a young man, he would have taken part in the expedition. 10. If you had applied this method, you would have got better results.

 

Fill in the gaps with the suitable verb form.

1. The trains all (stop) … if it snowed heavily.
2. If you (go out) … in cold weather without a coat, you would catch  a  cold. 3. If  I saw a cheap  second- hand  car, I (buy) … it.

4. If you ate well and exercised regularly, you (live) … 100 years. 5. You would have had stomach ache if you (eat) … too much of that cake. 6. If it (rain) … this afternoon, I (take)… my umbrella. 7. If you did not drive carefully, you (have) … an accident. 8. If you (study) … for a higher qualification, you (get) … a better job next year. 9. If you sent the letter by first class mail, it (get) … there the following day. 10. If the weather is fine, we (go) for a picnic.

 

Text A

Vocabulary list

ability – способность

growth habit – специфика (особенность) роста

annual – однолетний

barley – ячмень

bean – боб

biennial – двухлетний

to define – определять

edible – съедобный

fiber – волокно

flax – лен

grass – трава, злаковое растение

hemp – конопля

like – подобный

manure – удобрение (органическое)

to mention – упоминать

nitrogen – азот

object – цель

perennial – многолетний

to raise – выращивать

root crop – корнеплод

rope – веревка, канат

tuber – клубень

root crop – корнеплод

oats – овес

forage crop – кормовая культура

cotton – хлопок

rye – рожь

1. Translate the following word combinations into Russian:

the aim of classification, according to growth habit, cereals raised by man, to improve soil fertility, grain crop, the main object, to fix free nitrogen, field peas, a thickened underground stem, root crop, a specific purpose, forage crops, green manure crops.

 

Read and translate the text using a dictionary.

Classification of Field Crops

The aim of classification of field crops is to group them either according to their growth habit or according to their use.

On the first principle the crops are classified as annuals, biennials and perennials.

If you took a text-book of agronomy, you would find there the following classification of crops based on their use.

Cereal or Grain Crops

If an agronomist were asked to define a cereal, he would say that it is the grass grown for its edible grain. Corn, barley, oats, rice, and rye to be mentioned as the main cereals raised by man.

Large-Seeded Legumes

The principle legumes grown for seeds are field peas, field beans and soybeans. Sometimes the main object in growing legumes is to improve soil fertility for they are able to fix free nitrogen out of the air through the bacteria living on their roots.

Root Crops

Unlike cereals, root crops as beets, for instance, are grown because of the food value on their roots. If they had not such an ability, they could not live and produce seeds the second year.

Forage Crops

If you look for a definition of a forage crops, you will find that it is a crop grown because of its stems and leaves that are to be used in to fix free nitrogen. Forage crops include all grasses cut for hay, legumes cut for forage, sorghum and corn fodder.

Tubers

A tuber is a thickened underground stem. The most important tuber cultivated throughout the world is potato. We should make a great mistake if we called it a root crop, because its habit of life is quite unlike that of the root crop.

Fiber Crops

Several plants are grown because of their fiber which is used in making textile, ropes and similar materials. The principle fiber crops are cotton, flax and hemp.

Crops for Special Farm Uses

A special purpose crop may be any of the other types grown for a specific purpose. For instance, crops, like legumes, are grown to be plowed under for soil improvement and are called green manure crops.