Vocabulary Tasks. Exercise 1. Найдите в текстах все слова, относящиеся к категориям и заполните таблицу:

Exercise 1. Найдите в текстах все слова, относящиеся к категориям и заполните таблицу:

Растения	Наука	Химические элементы	…

Exercise 2. Подберите подходящее слово к следующим определениям:

1) to include a wide range of ideas, subjects etc., to completely cover or surround smth;

2) a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and that prevents crops or garden flowers from growing properly;

3) the amount of profits, crops etc. that you get;

4) the grain that bread is made from;

5) extremely important and necessary for smth to succeed or exist; necessary in order to keep you alive;

6) a substance that is put on the land to make crops grow;

7) not containing or having enough of smth.

Exercise 3. Найдите синонимы к следующим словам и словосочетаниям:

lacking, earth, practical use, raise, advantageous, reduce, take in, important, make better, composition.

Exercise 4. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами:

1. Agronomic biotechnology is applied to … crop …, to … crop vulnerability to environmental stresses, improving health and taste of food.

2. Agronomy programs … classes in agriculture, biology, chemistry and physiology.

3. Past agricultural research has … yielding crops, crops with better resistance to … and plant pathogens and more effective … and pesticides.

4. Research is necessary as soil … and water quality continue to need improvement.

5. The term “food system” is used in discussions about … of food, health, community economic development and agriculture.

6. Such commodity farm products like … and maize do not have the ripeness problems and are sold off in bulk to the local granary.

Exercise 5. Составьте предложения из разрозненных частей:

1. In many parts of Britain a great number of former houses…   2. After grass and rubbish have been cleared...     3. Most crops will grow more successfully…     4. There are two informal ponds in the garden where...     5. A true country garden should not be...

when planted direct into ground.     too tidy, but have many flowers and fruit trees.     have been lost as productive gardens.   there is often very good soil for planting crops.     frogs will breed, birds drink and bathe.

Exercise 6. Составьте предложения из следующих слов:

1) Machinery, fields, rows, allows, the, long, planting, cultivate, to, in.

2) Variety, farms, in, large, a, some, vegetable, specialize, grow, one, others.

3) Consumption, a, plants, to, vegetable, and, garden, human, useful, other, for, vegetables, exists, grow.

4) Pots, kitchen, herbs, created, containers, garden, planting, a, or, can, by, in, different, be.

Exercise 7. Переведите предложения на английский язык:

1. Если у вас небольшой участок, вы можете выращивать овощи в контейнерах у теплой стены, выходящей на юг.

2. Семена следует сажать прямо в землю, на открытом солнечном месте.

3. Божьи коровки очень эффективны против тли.

4. Я люблю пряные травы. Я наслаждаюсь их ароматом.

5. Чтобы сделать эту землю более плодородной, вам следует удобрять ее навозом. Он лучше, чем химические удобрения.

6. Если вы хотите разводить пчел, то вы должны получить участок земли для ульев.