The cell. Кулагина Ж.Д. - 4 стр.

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                                        Unit I

                                         Step 1

       Ex. 1. Practise the following for pronunciation:

     protoplasm ['proutəplæzəm]                        sugar ['ʃugə]
     protoplasmic [proutə'plæzəmik]                    liquid ['likwid]
     furthermore ['fə:ðə'mɔ:]                          exact [ig'zækt]
     phosphorus ['fɔsfərəs]                            minute [mai'nju:t]
     abundance [ə'bʌndəns]                             carbon ['ka:bən]
     gelatinous [dʒi'lætinəs]                          protein ['prouti:n]
     digestion [di'dʒestʃən]                           tensile ['tensail]
     transparent [træns'pɛərənt]                       oxygen ['oksidʒən]
     hydrogen ['haidridʒən]                            sulphur ['sʌlfə]
     chemical ['kemikəl]                               nitrogen ['naitridʒən]

       Ex. 2. Translate the following words paying attention to the affixes.

to respire (v), respiration (n); to examine (v), examination (n); to live (v), life
(n), alive (adj), lifeless (adj); to appear (v), appearance (n); to compose (v),
composition (n); to remain (v), remainder (n); to vary (v), variety (n), various
(adj); to close (v), to disclose (v), close (adj); to act (v), activity (n), active (adj);
to base (v), base (n), basis (n); to grow* (v), growth (n); to produce (v), to
reproduce (v), product (n), reproduction (n); to contract (v), contractility (n);
granule (n), granular (adj); elasticity (n), elastic (adj); sensitivity (n), sensitive
(adj); irritability (n), irritable (adj).

       Ex. 3. Using the suffix "ly" form adverbs from the following adjectives.

physical, near, chemical, ultimate, true, active, deceptive, ordinary, wide,
different, extreme, exact, large, simple, high, clear, considerable, close.

       Ex. 4. Give Russian equivalents for:

living (matter, thing, plant, animal, organism, being), basis of life, lifeless
matter, truly alive; protoplasm, ordinary protoplasm, protoplasm (substance,
activity, structure), protoplasmic body of cells; elasticity, contractility and
tensile strength of protoplasm, irritability of protoplasm, to convert lifeless
organic matter into a new protoplasm; (compound, electron) microscope; (thick,
clear) liquid, a droplet of a liquid; under different (temperature, physiological,
environmental) conditions; deceptively simple appearance of (protoplasm);