Pre-Reading exercises. Ex.1. Underline the suffixes, state what part of speech they in­dicate and translate the following words into Russian:

Ex.1. Underline the suffixes, state what part of speech they in­dicate and translate the following words into Russian:

Important, environment, cultural, infrastructure, apartment, partition, permanently, shelter, functional, occupancy, masonry, recreational, healthy, naturally, significant, maintenance, technological

Ex.2. Make up opposition pairs. Couple the following words from group A with words having the opposite meaning from group B:
A) usually, cold, permanent, heating, thick, regular, interior, significant, high, natural, require, healthy, available, large, close, increase, similar, include, intricate, important, many, with, local, comfortable

B) impermanent, global, exterior, artificial, uncomfortable, small, far, decrease, low, unusually, different, insignificant, offer, exclude, cooling, simple, irregular, unimportant, unhealthy, few, without, unavailable, warm, thin

Ex. 3. Make up similarity pairs. Couple the following words from group A with words close in meaning from group B:

A) man-made, construction, to apply, to protect, continuous, unit, way, divide, building, rock, exterior, domestic, important, component, role, energy, type, development, to function, comprise, near

B) residential, to shelter, significant, evolution, stone, human-made, to use, involve, element, to operate, division, split, close, kind, house, outside, function, long, manner, power, structure,

Ex.4. Form verbs from the following nouns according to the model. Translate both words and comment on the word formation suffixes.
Model: exhibition —> to exhibit

Building, occupancy, foundation, dwelling, protection, settlement, attractor, construction, storage, communication, maintenance, development, location, difference, knowledge, decision

Ex.5. Give derivatives (adjectives) of the following words and translate them.

to invent, to relate, to produce, to function, industry, distance, nature, comfort, to differ, health, to locate, structure, to create, society, base, culture

Ex.6. Choose a synonym or the correct explanation for the word in bold type from the three suggested words or word combinations given below:

1. permanently adv.

A. indefinitely long B. for a short period C. no longer

1. maintenance n.

A. first in importance B. construction of buildings C. servicing and correction

residential adj.

A. President’s residence B. suitable for living C. having residence problems

1. healthy adj.

A. having good health B. needing health C. patient in hospital

1. dwelling n.

A. doing well B. being a resident C. place of residence

1. shape n.

A. outer form B. size C. pressure

1. change v.

A. to make different B. to enlarge C. to make less

1. plaster n.

A. piece of timber B. mixture of flour and water C. soft mixture of lime, sand, water

1. property n.

A. physical power B. special feature C. long, narrow pas­sage

1. increase v.

A. to make better B. to make smaller in size C. to make greater in size

Ex. 7. Translate the following word combinations:

real estate; used for sheltering; human habitat; to protect somebody’s property; direct harsh effect; a civil engineering construction; frame construction; walls of wooden framework; sheathed with wood; serve the needs of society; to provide privacy; to store belongings; residential buildings; multi-million dollar high-rise buildings; adobe dwellings; to house thousands of people; settlement density; close to work; similar attractors; storage facilities; extremely intricate systems; to require regular maintenance; to comply with basic functions; to last for many years; due to cultural differences; to resist the cold; require a lot of knowledge; availability of materials.

Scan Text 1 “Buildings and Their Types” and define the functions of the units marked I, II and III.