- •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
Exercises
Answer the following questions:
What can you say about the beginning of biology as a science?
Who dignified the study of the universe?
What do you know about these people?
What is the essence of the philosophy of rationalism?
Whose name is rationalistic beginning of biology associated with?
What service did Hippocrates render to biology?
What graduates is the Hippocratic oath recited by?
When was the book "On Sacred Disease" written?
What was the main idea of the book?
Can we point the exact date of the beginning of the science of biology?
2. Give all possible variants and translate them into Russian:
precise (observations, measurements, values);
mutual (cooperation, understanding, penetration);
to consider (a problem, data, the results);
to found (a tradition, a theory, a hypothesis);
to receive (a degree, a diploma, a medal, one's training).
3. Give Russian equivalents for:
to attribute smth. to, to be conscious of oneself, to be bound to, to cure oneself of ailments, to alleviate pain, to restore health, the affairs of the universe, by a capricious will, to encompass smth., to deduce smth. from, except that, one's service to biology, to study the animal body for its own sake, virtually, to found a tradition, a rational treatment, any form of excess, whereas.
4. Find English equivalents in the text:
за исключением, нет основания считать, люди не могли не наблюдать, саморегулирующее устройство, получить степень, центральное ядро методики, уделять много внимания, с целью изучения, несомненно, пока, лучшие умы, дать любую возможность, указать на дату, почетное положение, для того чтобы, простая и здоровая пища.
5. Say if these sentences true or false, using the following introductory phrases:
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Agree
Disagree
You are quite right
I am afraid you're wrong
I quite agree with you
I think you're mistaken
Exactly so
Nothing of the kind
I absolutely agree
On the contrary
Modern biology has much in common with ancient biology.
The early anatomists were the diviners who forecast the fate of nations.
The progress in biology was glacially slow.
The Ionian Philosophers believed the Universe to be under the absolute dominion of capricious demons.
Hippocrates is associated with the rationalistic beginning of biology.
Hippocrates did not deal with medicine.
Natural law itself affects the cure.
Hippocratic oath was written by him.
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:
As far as I could understand…, it is an extract from chapter of the book entitled…;
As far as I know the book is written by a professional scientist…;
The style of the book is (not) simple, lucid (understandable), vivid…;
The author gives a detailed account (description) of…;
The purpose of the book is to acquaint the reader with…;
The subject matter of the book relates to…;
The book is addressed to… undergraduates, interested laymen (non-specialists), those studying the problem of, research workers, etc.