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UNIT 10
Ideas for sunny beds and borders
Beds and borders in sunny situations allow you to grow flowers in abundance. Many of the perennials that form the mainstay of herbaceous borders are sun-loving species. If your garden gets the sun, you will be able to grow these wonderful flowers year after year for their stunning colors and intoxicating fragrance.
However, you must select plants that actually enjoy direct sun: moisture-loving species can survive in sunny spots – but only if you are willing to devote much of your time to watering them.
1.Read the text.
2.Translate into Russian: - beds and borders;
- intoxicating fragrance - perennials;
- to form the mainstay; - stunning color
3.What is the difference?
To enjoy direct sun; to be in sunny situation; to be in sunny spots; to get the sun
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Find the two types of species from the text. |
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Answer the questions: |
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What beds can you grow if your garden gets the sun? |
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What is the difference between the sun-loving and moisture-loving species? |
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What shall you do if you have moisture-loving plants in a sunny spot? |
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Read the summary of the text and learn it: |
The text is about ideas for sunny beds and borders. You can read about them in the first passage of the text. You have no restrictions in planting different species. Most of them enjoy direct sun.
The next part of the text describes moisture-loving species in sunny spots. They need much watering.
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UNIT 11
Ideas for shaded beds and borders
Flower beds and borders in a shaded situation will never be quite as colorful as those in full sun, but you can still enjoy a rich and varied range of flowers and greenery. Use cool colors – blues, purples, greens – to create a tranquil, relaxing feel.
There are also some simple ways of creating the illusion that more light reaches the area than is actually the case: plant pale-colored flowers to accentuate what little light there is, paint neighboring walls a light color, or position a mirror to reflect light outward. The plants you choose can help, too: small, feathery-leaved plants are better than large, solid-looking species as they give a lighter, less dense overall effect.
1.Read the text.
2.Translate the text in the written form.
3.Give the summary of the text, paying attention to the key ideas: 1) Special colors for shade to create a relaxing feel.
2) Ways to increase light in a shady place: - pale-colored and small plants or flowers; - light paint around;
- a mirror to reflect the light.
UNIT 12
Water gardens
Water garden is one of the most peaceful and tranquil of all types of garden; the soothing sound of trickling water and the gentle buzz of insects make it wonderful place for a person to relax.
Once your water garden is in place, taking care of it is merely routine work. Although there is almost always some small task to do – fishing out excess pond weed, snipping off unwanted water lily leaves, tending any fish that you have in the pond – it is the sort of work that you can do out at your own pace.
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The water gardens can be of formal and informal schemes or cover ponds, there is a great number of plants for a boggy area around a pond edge, and some ideas for an easy-to-install decorative pebble fountain. You may combine the colors of plants, for example, purple and yellow. Then you are to choose Caraway thyme, Heartsease, Kingcup, White water lily, or Japanese water iris. Different sorts of Hostas will do for moist soils. Your water feature will enjoy the fountain pump.
1.Read the text.
2.Find the terms in passages 1, 2, 3.
3.Translate the word combinations into Russian: - pond area
- decorative pebble fountain - water feature
- a boggy area - routine work
4.Write the types of water gardens:
Water gardens
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5.Name the species found in the text.
6.Answer the questions:
1)Is a boggy area different from a water feature?
2)What is characteristic of a water garden?
3)What plants can represent the combination of purple and yellow?
4)What is/are a gardener’s task(s) to maintain a water garden?
7.Put the key idea of every passage in order:
-the types of water gardens and special plants for them;
-taking care of a water garden is not hard work. It is a routine;
-a water garden and its characteristics.
8. Make the summary of the text.
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Библиографический список
Основная литература
1.The Future’s Green : An Introduction to Biomass Energy Crops [Text]. –
Kenilworth : ATB. – LandBase, 1995. – 52 pp.
2. Kabisch, K. Ponds and Pools – Oases in the Landscape [Text] / K. Kabich, J. Hemmerling. – Leipzig, 1982. – 272 pp.
Дополнительная литература
3.Urban parks: functions, funding and futures [Text] // Green places. – 2006. – № 28. – P. 22-27.
4.Our design philosophy [Text] // Green places. – 2006. – № 28. – P. 3637.
5.How to… create a garden [Text] // Green places. – 2006. – № 27. – P. 35.
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Литвинова Людмила Алексеевна
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
Методические указания для самостоятельной работы студентов 1 курса специальности
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