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Pre-Reading exercises

 

Ex. 1. Match the adjective in A with a noun in B and translate thephrases, e.g.:fibrous plant ‘волокнистое растение’.

 

A B
fibrous structure
various production
large material
mass size
dimensional species
modern cladding
structural style
standard lumber
coniferous uses
exterior plant

 

Ex. 2. Translate the following verbs. Consult the dictionary to make sure. Divide the verbs into two groups:

A) – standard (regular),

B) – non-standard (irregular).

 

cut; press; use; keep; be; compress; bend; grow; decide; process; need; strip; notch; have; harvest; build; tend; put; make; supply; finish; require; shape; include; begin; find; know; fell; saw; form; pour.

Revise the forms of the non-standard verbs.

Ex. 3. Translate the word combinations, consisting of participles in the attributive position and nouns:

A) participle I + noun;

B) participle II + noun.

A) growing conditions; supporting material; building materials; mechanizing saws; shuttering material; differing qualities;

B) unprocessed form; needed length; finished lumber; timber-framed construction; felled trees; sawn planks; reinforced concrete; engineered wood; oriented strand board.

 

Ex. 4. Fill in the gaps with the proper preposition from the suggested list: of, for, in, under, as.

 

product ____ trees; used ____ construction purposes; used ____ building; flexible ____ load; different types ____ wood; important ____ deciding quality; production ____ dimensional lumber; material ____ construction; available ____ many species; to supply ____ standard sizes; commonly known ____ lumber; unsuitable ____ construction

 

Ex. 5. Look through the nouns which are to be transformed into verbs. Divide them into two groups:

A) conversion verbs (requiring no changes in the form);

B) derivational verbs (adding suffixes or prefixes).

 

Product; strength; quality; condition; form; length; bark; part; harvest; material; construction; shape; industry; shelter; house; frame; shutter; chip; engineer

Make the necessary changes.

Consult a dictionary and translate both the nouns and the verbs.

 

Ex. 6. Translate the following words and word combinations:

 

flexible under load; incredibly strong; to compress vertically; tree species; for deciding quality; in unprocessed form; stripped of bark; a personal wood-lot; to harvest trees; to tend to a wood-lot; invention of mechanizing saw; dimensional lumber; to put up a building; lumber/timber; wood pulp for paper production; to supply rough lumber; finished lumber; pulpwood; furniture-making; shaping; hardwood; in standard sizes; softwood from coniferous species; high-grade flooring; building shelters; domestic housing; timber-framed construction; supporting material; in roof construction; interior doors; door frames; exterior cladding; felled trees; sawn planks; shuttering material; to form mould; wood in its native form; may be broken down mechanically; chipboard; engineered wood; medium-density fiberboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB); wood derivatives; wood fiber; laminate flooring.

 

Read text 1 ‘WOOD’ and find information on the following:

· unprocessed wood, its forms and uses,

· processed wood, its form and uses,

· engineered wood, its forms and uses.

 




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