- •020201 "Биология"
- •Contents
- •Введение
- •Unit 1 Biology Word Study
- •Learn the meaning of the following words:
- •Practice the following for pronunciation:
- •3. Think of the translation of the following word combinations:
- •4. Give nouns corresponding to the verbs:
- •Text a Biology
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions:
- •Continue the sentences based on the text:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •Speak on the following:
- •9. Render the article into English:
- •Text b The Beginning of Biology
- •Exercises
- •Answer the following questions:
- •2. Give all possible variants and translate them into Russian:
- •3. Give Russian equivalents for:
- •4. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •Make up a question plan for the text.
- •Try to develop the idea of every item in 5-7 sentences of your own.
- •8. Render the text in English. Use some introductory phrases:
- •Unit 2 Classification Word Study
- •1. Learn the meaning of the words:
- •Practice the following for pronunciation. Use these words in the sentences of your own:
- •Text a Classification
- •Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents of the following:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Give definitions of the following:
- •4. Choose the right variant:
- •5. Speak about:
- •6. Render the text into English:
- •1. Learn the meaning of the words:
- •2. Practice the following for pronunciation:
- •History of Classification Systems
- •Exercises
- •2. Work in pairs. Make up all types of questions to the given sentences and answer them:
- •Find in the text the synonyms of the following words:
- •Explain the following in English:
- •5. Render the articles into English:
- •6. Give the extended answer proving that:
- •Unit 3 Botany Word Study
- •1. Learn the meaning of the following words:
- •2. Read and translate the words:
- •3. Translate the given word combinations:
- •Text a Botany
- •I. Introduction
- •III. Classical Studies
- •IV. Botany Today
- •Exercises
- •1. Translate from Russian into English:
- •2. Are the following statements true or false? If yes, say why.
- •3. Give definitions:
- •4. Ask questions of all types about the statements:
- •5. Translate the questions into English and give the extended answers to the following questions working in pairs:
- •Text b The Higher Land Plants
- •Exercises
- •6. Complete the sentences:
- •Unit 4 Zoology Word Study
- •1. Learn the meaning of the words:
- •2. Read and practice the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Text a Zoology
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Join the parts of the definitions:
- •3. Say what you have learnt about:
- •4. Give the English equivalents of the following words:
- •5. A) Study the scheme thoroughly:
- •6. Render the text into English:
- •Text b The Animal Investigators
- •Exercises
- •Check up your comprehension:
- •2. Ask one another questions about the text, try to give detailed answers.
- •3. Render the content of the article in 20-25 sentences.
- •Ethology
- •Word Study
- •Learn the meaning of the words:
- •Practice the following for pronunciation:
- •Translate the word combinations into Russian:
- •Text a Ethology
- •Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents of the following:
- •2. Suggest as many word combinations as possible and put them in the sentences of your own:
- •3. Make up sentences matching one part with the other:
- •4. Make up 10 questions about the text and ask your group mates to answer them.
- •5. Give the detailed description or examples for the following:
- •6. Render the text into English:
- •Text b Types of Communication Chemical communication
- •Mechanical communication
- •Visual communication
- •Imprinting
- •Unit 6 Evolution Word Study
- •1. Learn the meaning of the words:
- •2. Translate the word combinations and use them in sentences of your own:
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Complete the sentences based on the text:
- •3. Give definitions of the following:
- •4. Give 2-3 sentences that develop from the leading statement using such introductory phrases as:
- •3. Form the opposite of the following words by using the prefixes:
- •Text a Evolution
- •Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents of the following:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Continue the sentences using your knowledge about evolution:
- •Правила эволюции
- •Text b How Scientists Study Evolution
- •1. While reading the article complete the table with proper information:
- •A. Fossils
- •B. Distribution of Species
- •C. Anatomical Similarities
- •D. Molecular Similarities
- •E. Direct Observation
- •F. Determining Life's Origins
- •2. Comment on the ways of studying the evolutionary mechanisms using the table from ex. 1.
- •3. Give definitions of the following:
- •4. Work in pairs. Make up all possible questions to the sentences and answer them.
- •5. Say what you have learnt about:
- •Unit 7 Development of Evolutionary Theory Word Study
- •1. Learn the meaning of the words:
- •2. Practice the following for pronunciation:
- •3. Translate the word combinations into Russian and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •Text a Development of Evolutionary Theory I
- •Exercises
- •1. Try to find out several semantic parts in the text (there must be 6 of them).
- •2. Suggest the titles for the extracts. Justify your choice.
- •3. Give the English equivalents of the following:
- •9. Say what you have learnt about (part 6):
- •10. Make up a complex plan of the text.
- •11. Render the articles into English:
- •Значение эволюционной теории Ламарка
- •Основные положения эволюционного учения ч. Дарвина
- •Text b Development of Evolutionary Theory II Population Genetics and the Modern Synthesis
- •New Techniques in Molecular Biology
- •Sociobiology
- •Punctuated Equilibria
- •Role of Extinction
- •Exercises
- •1. Continue making the complex plan of the text "Developing of Evolutionary Theory".
- •2. Find evidence for or against the statements:
- •3. Get ready to speak on every point of the plan.
- •Render the studied text in English. Use introductory phrases.
- •What theory of origin of life do you personally embrace? Give arguments to support your point of view. Unit 10 Physiology and Anatomy
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions:
- •Talk it over:
- •Prove that:
- •4. Render the text into English:
- •Unit 11 Human Anatomy
- •I. Circulatory System
- •What is blood?
- •The functions of blood
- •1. Transport
- •2. Protection
- •Circulation of blood
- •The heart
- •Diseases of the circulation system
- •Exercises
- •1. Continue the sentences based on the text:
- •2. Say whether the statements are true or false:
- •3. Work in pairs. Make up 2-3 questions to every paragraph and answer them.
- •5. Render into English.
- •6. Speak about circulatory system according to the plan.
- •II. Respiratory System
- •Gas exchange in the lungs
- •Cellular respiration
- •Respiration in all living things
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •6. Topics for discussion:
- •III. Digestive and Excretory Systems
- •Exercises
- •1. Work in pairs. Ask questions to the following statements and give full answers.
- •2. Make up sentences matching one part with the other.
- •3. Develop the idea expressing your point of view about the following:
- •4. Reproduce the article using the key-words:
- •5. Render the text into English.
- •IV. Immune System
- •Exercises
- •1. Render the text into English.
- •V. Nervous System
- •Exercises
- •1. Render the text into English.
- •Senses and responses
- •1. Detecting changes and responding
- •2. Detecting light – the eye
- •3. Detecting sound and balancing – the ear
- •4. Detecting smell and taste – the nose and mouth
- •5. Detecting temperature and touch – the skin
- •Exercises
- •1. Render the text into English.
- •VI. Reproduction Sexual and asexual reproduction
- •Sexual reproduction
- •Asexual reproduction
- •Exercises
- •1. Render the text into English.
- •Unit 12 Histology Word Study
- •1. Learn the meaning of the words:
- •2. Practice the following words for pronunciation and translate them into English:
- •3. Translate the word combinations into English and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •Histology
- •Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents of the following:
- •2. Work in pairs: make up 2-3 questions to each paragraph and answer them using the introductory phrases.
- •3. Extract specific information and reproduce it about the following:
- •4. Render the text into English.
- •Supplementary texts Most cot deaths due to "natural causes"
- •More evidence of genetic basis for cot death
- •Sex selection
- •Cloning monkeys
- •Monkey embryo cloning success
- •How emotions can hurt the heart
- •Progenitor cells offer heart attack hope
- •Viral infections
- •Vocabulary
- •Библиография
The heart
Each pump in the heart has two chambers: an entry chamber called an atrium (plural atria) and a pumping chamber called a ventricle. A one-way valve between each atrium and ventricle prevents blood being pumped the wrong way. There is also one-way outlet valve from each ventricle to stop blood flowing back. The ventricles have thick muscular walls. When these contract, the pressure inside increases and blood is forced into the arteries. This causes your pulse. When the muscles relax, the ventricles expand and blood flows into them from the atria.
Your heart beats about 70 times every minute, day and night. To do this, the heart muscles must have a good supply of oxygen. This is supplied through a system of arteries spread over the heart wall. These are called the coronary vessels.
Diseases of the circulation system
As the heart pumps blood into the arteries, there is an increase in pressure. This pressure on the walls of our arteries is called blood pressure. If the blood pressure is too low, blood circulates around the body too slowly. If the blood pressure is too high, there is greater strain on the heart and on the walls of the arteries. The walls of the arteries may be stretched so much that they burst. If an artery in the brain bursts, the leakage of block will damage cells in the brain. We call this a stroke. This may result in paralysis (loss use) of parts of the body and speech difficulties. The causes of high blood pressure are not fully understood. However, it is more likely to occur when someone is old, overweight, under stress or a heavy smoker.
As we get older, our arteries become thicker and harder. This is due to a layer of fat forming on the inside of the vessels. The arteries become narrower and the flow of blood slows down. An artery may become blocked by a clot of blood. This is called a thrombosis. If a thrombosis occurs in one of the coronary vessels (called a coronary thrombosis), the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen and may stop beating. We call this a heart attack. Hardening of the arteries is thought to be made worse by eating too much animal fat, by drinking too much alcohol and by smoking.
Tobacco smoke contains several poisonous substances, including nicotine and carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide affects our blood because it combines with haemoglobin in red blood cells about 300 times more readily than oxygen. This means that the blood can carry less oxygen to our body tissues. In order to improve the supply of oxygen, the heart pumps faster, putting strain on itself and increasing the blood pressure.
People with heart problems in which their heart beats too weakly can be helped by pacemakers. Pacemakers contain very small nuclear batteries with a long life. The battery is placed inside the chest near the heart. It produces tiny regular shocks to keep the heart beating steadily.
Exercises
1. Continue the sentences based on the text:
Blood looks like ordinary… .
…transports food, waste products and other chemicals.
…carry oxygen around the body.
…help protect us against disease.
Phagocytes are cells which … by engulfing them.
Lymphocytes are cells which… .
…help the blood to clot.
Fibrinogen can be removed from… .
…is stored in hospitals for transfusions.
Blood carries …, …, … .
Blood helps to keep our body temperature constant by… .
The main organ involved in blood circulation is… .
…carry blood from the heart.
…carry blood back to the heart.
…divide from the arteries and them rejoin to form veins.