The cell. Кулагина Ж.Д. - 34 стр.

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to absorb (oxygen, water, mineral salts), absorption of various substances;
animal cells, cold-blooded animals, warm-blooded animals; acid, organic acids,
nucleic acids; breaking down of substances; burning up of substances; calorie,
kilocalorie, total calorific value of food; carbon, carbon dioxide, carbohydrate;
chemical (changes, processes, composition); (environmental, physiological,
geographical, indispensable) condition; constant state of metabolic exchange,
constant exchange of matter, to maintain one’s body temperature constant; to
consume (food, energy, water, sunlight); (radiant, potential) energy, source of
energy, to liberate energy, to expend energy; in the long course of (development,
evolution); requirement, oxygen requirement, (daily, average) requirement of a
(sleeping) person in oxygen.

      Ex. 5. Make up sentences with the following word combinations.

     To posses (common features, specific features, ability for reproduction,
some potential energy, some inherent properties, a system of regulators)
     To lead* to (the transmission of hereditary traits, increase in size, the
protracted period of development, the state of quiescence, breaking down of
substances, burning up of substances, the inhibition of the activity of all organs,
the formation of malignant tumors, the marked decrease in oxygen requirement,
outer changes in the structure of an organism, better state of health, intensive
metabolic activity, the process of assimilation and disassimilation)
     To store (foods, nutritive substances, complex organic substances)
     To lose* the capacity (to divide, to multiply, to develop normally, to absorb
oxygen, to respond to stimuli, to rapid reproduction)

      Ex. 6. Translate into Russian, paying particular attention to the Complex
Subject.

1. A camel’s hump has been found to contain fat, not water. 2. Tropical
butterflies in general are believed to breed all year round. 3. Seeds of many
plants are known to germinate after passage through the digestive track of the
black-tailed deer. 4. He is supposed to be one of the greatest writers of our time.
5. He appeared to be quite another man. 6. I happened to be present at this
experiment. 7. She is likely to take all her exams successfully. 8. Some of the
explanations of natural processes offered by biologists proved to have been
wrong. 9. Bacteria can be expected to be found in any kind of food. 10. Oxygen
given off by aquatic plants has been found to be toxic to certain insect larvae.
11. Most cells are said to be microscopic in size. 12. Michurin is known to be a
famous selectionist and practical gardener. 13. Sound is known to travel in water
at the speed of about a mile a second. 14. Deepsea bacteria have proved to be
even more sensitive to heat than those from shallow waters. 15. Substances
acting like hormones but which are not known to be produced by plants are
called plant regulators.