Higilight the sentences containing the Absolute Participial Construction in the following sentences. Translate these sentences from English into Russian orally.
1. Farmers growing improved crop varieties usually obtain good results.
2. Being reproduced by seeds, these plants are known as seed plants.
3. Crop plants may have fibrous roots or tap roots, the rots of legumes belonging to the latter.
4. Potato being the most important tuber crop, all farmers throughout the world grow it widely
| Значения слова “that” (“those”) |
Слово “that” (“those”) может употребляться:
1. Как указательное местоимение в значении “тот (же)”
| That soil is better for growing potatoes than this one. | Та почва лучше для выращивания картофеля, чем эта. |
2. Как заместитель упомянутого существительного. В этом случае часто употребляется с предлогом “of” и на русский язык переводится существительным, которое “that” заменяет
| The yields of corn was higher than that of oats. | Урожай кукурузы был выше, чем урожай овса. |
1. Как союзное слово “который” (стоит после существительного)
| The soil should provide the plant with nutrients that are necessary for its growth. | Почва должна обеспечивать растению питательные вещества, которые необходимы для его роста. |
2. Как союз “что” (стоит после глагола-сказуемого)
| We know that plowing is the first step in the preparation of the soil. | Мы знаем, что вспашка является первым шагом в подготовке почвы. |
3. Как часть усилительной конструкции “It is… that…”, которая переводится словом “именно”
| It is the rotation of crops that helps to maintain the fertility of the soil. | Именно севооборот культур помогает поддержать плодородие почвы. |
4. Как союз “чтобы” в предложениях типа “It is necessary that…”
| It is necessary that the soil for this crop be plowed in the fall. | Необходимо, чтобы почва под эту культуру была вспахана осенью. |
5. в выражениях:
| that is | то есть |
| that is why | вот почему, поэтому |
| so that | так что, так чтобы |
LESSON 6.1. CROP BREEDING AND IMPROVEMENT.
Grammar and vocabulary activities
1. Provide Russian equivalents of the words containing suffixes –er (or).
higher, longer, larger, later, shorter, smaller;
grower, producer, cultivator, supplier, harvester, planter.
2. Higilight the Absolute Participial Construction in the following sentences. Translate the sentences.
I. 1. Corn being a good source of grain and roughage, farmers grow it widely.
2. Winter wheat having been sown in August, its roots can develop well before winter. 3. The soil containing much plant food, the crops will produce high yields.
II. 1. It is necessary to apply nitrogen into the soil, the amount varying with the crop. 2. Cereals are widely grown for obtaining grain, the latter being mainly used food for people and feed for livestock. 3. There are many root crops grown by man, the most important being sugar beets, carrots and radishes.
3 . Highlight the Absolute Participial Construction in text А (4) and explain your choice.
Vocabulary Focus
| Handwrite the words and word combinations related to text A and give their Russian equivalents. Check them in the agronomy and soil science dictionaries. |
| to breed, plant breeding, plant breeder, selection, hybridization, introduction, species, to cross, winter hardiness, maturity, disease, insect drought, science, desirable, successful, to precede, to follow, to differ (in), to compare, to vary with, available, to change, early, late, that. |
4. Read aloud and translate text A.