2. What is the part of the plant that lives underground?
3. What is the part of the plant that we eat?
LESSON 19.2 BEETS
1. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word.
1. One cannot secure a high yield ... the condition of the soil does not favour free circulation of air (provided, unless).
2. Onions had produced rather low yields ... farmers began applying lime (until, unless).
3. It is known that plant growth may be a retarded ... lacking primary elements in the soil (because, because of).
5. Early planting will allow any crop to establish ... the period of high temperatures begins (after, before).
6. Deep seedbed is necessary for roots to grow and develop well ... the latter grow under ground (since, science).
7. ... crops do well depends on the environmental conditions as well as on cultural practices performed (when, whether).
8. Much hand labour had been required ... special root drills and mechanical thinners were developed (after, before).
2. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate conjunction.
1. ... roots are grown on acid soil, the latter should be limed.
2. ... the soil was rather heavy the farmers applied much organic matter and obtained a high yield of carrots.
3. Root crops will grow and develop well ... the soil is deep and fertile enough.
4. All root crops are high ... in starch ... in sugar.
5. Food in fleshy roots and tubers is ... ... concentrated ... that in cereal or legumes seeds.
6. The by-products ... the sugar beets produce are a valuable food for livestock.
7. It is known that the root crops are ... easily stored ... transported.
9. Corn yields better ... it follows deep-rooted legumes in the rotation.
10. There are table beets and sugar beets, the former are grown as human food, ... the latter as a raw material for sugar industry.
11. All root crops are biennials ... man grows them as annuals ... it is the fleshy underground root developing during the first season that is nutritious and valued by people.
3. Find the equivalents of the following words in text A and put them down in your notebooks.
All over the world, unlike, to be high in, to vary with, some, achievements, to need, to destroy weeds, carefully.
4. Translate from Russian into English. Use the Vocabulary Focus and text A of this Unit. Complete the task in written form.
а)
1. Корнеплоды трудно хранить.