DEVELOP YOUR READING SKILLS: COMPREHENTION AND TRANSLATION PRACTICE ОБУЧЕНИЕ ЧТЕНИЮ И ПЕРЕВОДУ (АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК)

Предисловие......Page 7
От автора......Page 16
PART I: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR PRACTICE......Page 17
Unit 1. Text: Encyclopedias Grammar: Present Simple Active; there is/are......Page 18
Unit 2. Texts: Adrenalin; The Jutes, the Saxons and the Angles Grammar: Past and Future Simple Active......Page 26
Unit 3. Text: Stem Сells Grammar: Past Participles......Page 35
Unit 4. Text: Van Gogh Grammar: Present Participles......Page 45
Unit 5. Text: The Gene of Speech Grammar: Modal Verbs......Page 52
Unit 6. Text: Man and the Environment Grammar: Progressive and Perfect Tenses; Modal Verbs......Page 60
Unit 7. Text: History of Universities Grammar: The ‘Simple’ Verb Forms in the Passive......Page 66
Unit 8. Text: A Sophisticated Evaporation Scheme Grammar: The ‘Progressive’ Verb Forms in the Passive; The Infinitive......Page 76
Unit 9. Text: Areas of Study Grammar: The Passive: Difficult Cases......Page 82
Unit 10. Text: Smallpox Grammar: The ‘Perfect’ Verb Forms in the Passive; Conditional Clauses......Page 90
Unit 11. Text: The Ancestry of Birds Grammar: Perfect Infinitives......Page 98
Unit 12. Text: Scientific Research Academic Style......Page 106
Unit 13. Text: Global Warming......Page 112
Unit 14. Text: DNA to Unravel the History of Humans Grammar: ‘-ing’ Forms: Participles and Gerunds......Page 123
Unit 15. Text: Where Do We Come From? Grammar: Participle Clauses......Page 132
Unit 16. Texts: Gene Therapy; The Human Genome; Climate Change Impact Grammar: Gerunds; Infinitive Constructions; ‘the’… the Construction; Modal Verbs......Page 140
Unit 17. Text: Concrete Grammar: Infinitive Constructions......Page 154
Unit 18. Text: MyGrid Computer System Grammar: Infinitives; Modаl Verbs......Page 163
Unit 19. Text: Communication Satellites Grammar: Infinitives and Gerunds......Page 168
Unit 20. Text: The Death Penalty Grammar: Infinitive Constructions......Page 181
Unit 21. Texts: Climate Change Impact; Water and the Earth Grammar: Modal Verbs; Perfect Infinitives; Infinitive Constructions......Page 186
Unit 22. Text: What Influences Success in Higher Education? Grammar: Conditional Clauses......Page 198
Unit 23. Texts: History Teaching in Britain; Symbolic Language Grammar: Functions of ‘should’ and ‘to be to’; Inversion......Page 203
Unit 24. Texts: Sedimentary Rocks; Language and Hhinking Grammar: Emphasis......Page 211
Unit 25. Text: Problems of Garbage Disposal in Britain Grammar: Emphasis; Functions of ‘do’......Page 218
Unit 26. Text: Languages; Water; Governments and Companies; Ethics and Archaeology Grammar: Inversion; Concessive Clauses......Page 227
Unit 27. Text: Ecobalance Grammar: Inversion......Page 239
PART II: COMPREHENSION      PRACTICE......Page 247
Practice  test 1: Education......Page 248
Practice  test 2: Computer Technology......Page 255
Practice  test 3: Genetic Engineering......Page 262
Practice  test 4: Man and Nature......Page 266
Practice  test 5: Ecology......Page 271
Practice  test 6: Historical Wonders......Page 280
Practice  test 7: Physiology and Diseases......Page 290
Practice  test 8: Language......Page 299
Practice  test 9: Political, Social and Economic Issues......Page 307
Practice  test 10: Unusual Things......Page 317
Practice  test 11: Arts......Page 325
Practice  test 12: Culture......Page 336
Practice  test 13: Some Theoretical Issues and Scientific Discoveries......Page 346
KEY......Page 355
GRAMMAR INDEX......Page 361
GLOSSARY......Page 362
БИБЛИОГРАФИЯ......Page 370