Pre-text exercises to the text "Organic Chemistry"
1. Read word combinations that can be predicates:
Involve, lies, use, using, to use, products, hold, meeting, were able to, determined, is determined, contain, a defined science, understanding, understood, effective, was chewed, chewing, roasted ox, for maintaining, to make new organic molecules, isolating, isolated, managed to isolate, find, was found, known, to represent, consumed, was consumed, was permitted, be obtained, were obtained, obtain, obtained, adding, added, are called.
2. Read word combinations where subjects 1) act; 2) are acted upon:
The answer lies…, organic chemistry is known…, we use…, plants are used…, its applications touch, plants were boiled…, plants contain …, science has determined …, chemistry became, compounds are used…, it was discovered …, a compound was synthesized …, plants provided…, people began to look for … .
3. Translate the following words paying attention to the suffixes and prefixes:
Chemistry, chemist, chemical, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, organic, inorganic, specific, mix, mixture, to boil, boiled, to compose, composition, to decompose, apply, application, purify, purification, purified, contain, container, isolate, isolation, to represent, representation, to produce, production.
4. Read the following international words:
mammalian [mæ'meɪlɪən], pharmaceutical [ֽfɑːmə'sju:tɪk(ə)l], logo ['lɔgəu], quinine [kwɪ'ni:n] , malaria [mə'leərɪə], synthesized ['sɪnθəsaɪzd], vitamin ['vɪtəmɪn], acetylsalicylic acid [ֽasɪtʌɪlsalɪֽsɪlɪk] 'æsɪd] aspirin ['æsp(ə)rɪn], ethyl alcohol ['eθɪl 'ælkəhɒl], fermentation [ֽfɜ:men'teɪʃ(ə)n], indigo ['ɪndɪgəu], medicine ['medsɪn], emperor ['empərə], specific [spɪ'sɪfɪk], calcium ['kælsɪəm], citric ['sɪtrɪk], component [kəm'pəunənt], contain [kən'teɪn], extract ['ekstrækt], isolate ['aɪsəleɪt], molecule ['mɒlɪkju:l].
5. Indicate the English equivalents among the words given above:
Млекопитающее, определённый, вмещать, экстракт, цвет индиго, фармацевтический, кальций, этиловый спирт, ацетилсалициловая кислота, молекула, изолировать, медицина, логотип, хинин, аспирин, компонент, ферментация, малярия, синтезированный, император, витамин, лимонный.