Sugar Beet

Sugar beet is a biennial plant closely related to the red beet. Sugar beets are white- coloured. Their sugar content amounts to from 13 to more than 20 per cent of their weight.

Sugar beet is now cultivated in Europe and America. It is widely spread in many temperate countries throughout the world. The main object of growing beet is the production of sugar. The by-products, tops and pulp are also important for many plant breeders.

The best soil for beet is a deep loam. Stony soils are not suitable. Beet grows not very well on land that requires liming. The best quality is obtained when the beet is grown on light land and the worst on peaty land.

A full germination of the seed depends on an adequate moisture supply. It is necessary to protect the roots in really hard weather because sugar beet can withstand only 8 degrees of frost when lifted.

The yield of the crop depends very largely on the number of beets that can be grown to the acre. Beet is attacked by a number of the fungoid diseases and insect pests, but their incidence is serious only if the crop is grown for several years on the same land.

Найдите в тексте ответы на следующие вопросы:

1) What colour is sugar beet?

2) Is sugar beet a biennial or annual plant?

3) What are the by-products of sugar beet?

Vocabulary:

root crop- корнеплод

biennial- двухлетний

weight- вес

object- цель

by- product- побочный продукт

tops- ботва

pulp- мякоть плода

manure- удобрение, навоз

loam- суглинок

liming- известкование

to lift- выкапывать

fungoid diseases- грибковые заболевания

incidence- заболеваемость

Вариант № 5

/. Перепишите и переведите на русский язык предложения Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием —s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т. е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

1.1. Man's food and clothing are produced directly or indirectly by plants.

1.2. Chemicals protect plants against certain pests.

1.3. Sunlight warms animal environment and animals themselves.

1.4. Deciduous trees are not evergreen trees: they lose their leaves in winter.

//. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, учитывая особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным.

2.1. Seed germination depends on an adequate moisture supply.

2.2. Soil formation is due to the process of weathering rock and to the activity of plants, animals and man.

///. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, переведите их на русский язык.

3.1. The ploughing should be as deep as the nature of the soil will permit.

3.2. Rye is a hardier plant than wheat and can grow on poorer soils and in colder climates.

3.3. This soil contains less humus than that one.

3.4 Wheat, rice, rye, barley, oats and millet are the most important source of food for man and domestic animals.

IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, обращая особое внимание на перевод неопределённых и отрицательных местоимений.

4.1. In some areas we grow cold-resistant varieties.

4.2. Neither birch nor oak grow in this region.

4.3. Both beans and peas are legumes.

4.4. Do you know any varieties of wheat?

V. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видо-временные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык

5.1. They have already planted carrots and sugar beets.

5.2. We will soon sow the seeds of cabbage.

5.3. He saw the transplanting machines in the field.

5.4. They will have prepared the seedbed for rye by the end of the week.

VI. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент; предложения переведите на русский язык.

6.1. They must grow peas in mixture with oats.

6.2. Barley may grow in this climate.

6.3. If you want to plant a tree you have to dig the ground, loosen it and water it.

6.4. Crops are able to grow well if there is enough water in the soil.

VII. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст.

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