Vocabulary
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 604.
Read the text «What is Geology?»
READING COMPREHENSION
1.Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms:
| geology | Earth | palaeoclimatology | Mesozoic Era |
| knowledge | structure | microscopic | palaeonotology |
| geochemical | discipline | mammoth | technological |
| geophysical | stratigraphy | dinosaur | uniformitarianism |
2. Read the following word formations and remember their pronunciation:
| apply-applicable-application | transport-transportive-transportation |
| destroy-destructive-destruction | develop-development |
| literally- дословно | principally- принципиально |
| relatively- относительно | essentially- существенно |
| primarily- главный, основной | completely- полностью, совершенно |
| particularly- особенно | firstly- во-первых |
| especially- особенно | daily- постоянно |
| constantly- постоянно | considerably- значительно |
| reconstruct- восстанавливать | irregularity- неровность |
| predominant- преобладающий |
3. Pay attention to the underlined terms and expressions in the text:
| crust (Earth) | кора (земная) |
| force (s) | сила |
| endogenous | эндогенный |
| exogenous | экзогенный |
| weathering | выветривание |
| erosion | эрозия |
| transport (of rock material) | перенос |
| to level (v) / level (n) | выравнивать; уровень, горизонт |
| sedimentary rock | осадочная порода |
| geological time | геологическое время |
| remain ( trace) | остаток, след |
| geological process | геологический процесс |
| horizontal movement | горизонтальное движение |
| vertical movement | вертикальное движение |
| earthquake | землетрясение |
| agent | агент |
| alga | водоросль |
| in terms of | In particular |
| it is possible (to+V) | only recently |
| summing up | by contrast |
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| Fig. 1. James Hutton (1726-1797) | | | TEXT: What is Geology? |