Read text 1.4 again, find English equivalents to the Russian words

Read the text once more and match the following words from A to their meanings from B.

A B

1. living thing a) a quality of not being the same

2. to discover b) growing crops

3. to contribute c) to rescue, to keep from danger or harm

4. variety d) a plant or animal

5.farming e) to have as its result

6. to solve f) to obtain knowledge of something

7. disease g) the process of solving the problem

8. to save h) to help to bring about

9. to prevent i) to find the answer to a problem

10. to cure j) to keep from happening

11. to lead k) an unhealthy condition

12. solution l) to restore to health

1.7 What do the following words refer to? Read the sentences with them.

Value, information, function, biological, prevention, knowledge, cause, to save, method, mystery, solution, to increase, contribution, disease, naked, instruments, observations.

Complete the sentences from the text above.

1. Biology is…

2. Biologists study…

3. They’ve increased…

4. Biologists control…

5. They have solved…

6. Biologists have saved…

7. They have discovered…

8. Their studies lead to…

9. In a biologist's laboratory you may find...

10. One of the most important tools...

11. It always keeps...

Answer the questions to the text.

1. What is biology?

2. What does biology study?

3. Are their discoveries of great value?

4. What mysteries of the body have the biologists solved?

5. What is biologists’ contribution to farming?

6. What about medicine? (disease, prevention, cure)

7. Why is a biologist's laboratory a fascinating place?

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