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Felling is about the most difficult and dangerous part of the logger’s job.

Before putting axe or saw to the tree, it is necessary to size it up carefully and decide just where the tree should be dropped. Frequently the choice is limited by the lay-out of the operation and the location of the tree. Inexperienced woodmen may take unnecessary work for themselves and take unnecessary chance of injury by jumping into the job too hastily.

If the tree is leaning not more than 5 degrees, has about the same size of limbs all around, and is not being pushed by a strong breeze, the fallers can drop it in any direction they choose.

Big trees that lean noticeably or have heavy branches on one side can seldom be thrown in the opposite direction. It is always dangerous to fell a tree into another one, either of which has dead branches. It is also unwise to fell a tree straight up a steep slope. The tree may bounce as it strikes the slope and its butt may kick back over the stump to strike the unsuspecting faller who thought he was safely away from danger. The butt of the tree may also strike one side or the other side of the stump. The best way is to fell the tree diagonally on the hillside and seek safety on the upper side of the stump away from the direction of the fall. Trees felled straight down a steep slope are likely to be shattered by the fall. It is a bad practice to let a tree fall across a large rock or stump or another log. Obstructions like these are likely to break the stem and cause much waste of good timber.

Rotten-butted trees present a difficult felling problem. It is very hard to anticipate the time or direction of their fall. Most serious accidents in felling occur in attempting to bring down rotten-butted trees. If possible, make the felling cut high enough to avoid the worst of the rot. This not only results in safer felling, but also saves the time required to saw the rotten wood off the butt log. When the butt of the tree is badly rotted, it is much safer to chop it down and not use the saw at all. Be more than usually alert when felling a rotten-butted tree. It is likely to fall at almost any time and the direction in which it falls is very difficult to control.

4.Найдите в тексте прилагательные и наречия и образуйте с ними три степени сравнения.

5.Выберите из глаголов, данных в скобках, правильный вариант:

1.The choice (is, are) limited by the location of the tree.

2.Inexperienced woodman sometimes (take, takes) unnecessary work.

3.Big trees usually (lean, are leaning) noticeably.

4.Big trees (has, have) heavy branches.

5.The tree may (strike, strikes) the slope.

6.The best way (is, are) to fell the tree diagonally.

7.It is a bad practice to let the tree (fall, fell) across a large rock or stump.

8.Rotten-butted trees present (presents) a difficult felling problem.

9.Serious accidents (occur, occurs) in felling rotten trees.

10.The direction in which the tree (fall, falls) is very difficult to (control, controlled).

11.The one-person business (is, are) prevalent in farming and forestry.

6. Поставьте по два вопроса (общий и специальный) к следующим предложениям:

1. Felling is difficult and dangerous.

2.It is necessary to decide where the tree should be dropped.

3.The tree is leaning slightly.

4.The tree has large and small limbs.

5.The tree may bounce as it strikes the slope.

6. The best way is to fell the tree diagonally on the hillside.

7.The butt of the tree sometimes strikes the stump.

8.Obstructions like these are likely to break the stem and cause much waste of good timber.

9.Trees felled straight down a steep slope are likely to be shattered by the fall.

10. Rotten-butted trees present a serious felling problem.

11. Making the felling cut high saves the time required to saw the rotten wood off the butt.

7. Поставьте предложения в отрицательную форму:

1. The stump should be more than 12 inches above the ground level. 2. The tree has fallen by the end of the day.

3. The cut tree may fall out of line.

4. The wise feller carefully watches the tree as it falls.

5. Frequently the choice is limited by the lay-out of the operation and the location of the tree.

6. Two small trees are leaning more than 7 degrees.

7. Big trees that lean noticeably or have heavy branches on one side can seldom be thrown in the opposite direction.

8. It is always dangerous to fell a tree into another one, either of which has dead branches.

9.Most serious accidents in felling occur in attempting to bring down rotten-butted trees.

10.A rotten-butted tree is likely to fall at almost any time.

11.The direction in which it falls is very difficult to control.

8. Выберите нужную форму наречия:

1. Would you like some more cake? – Yes, just_________, please.

a)a few b) a bit

2.We've got ___________work to do by the end of the week.

a)many b) a great deal of

3.There weren't___________ people in the street when the accident happened.

a)many b) a lot of

4.The sitting of the Committee was postponed because________people arrived. The number was not enough for the quorum.

a)a few b) few

5.Can I have an apple from this basket? – Yes, of course. Take ________you like.

a)some b) any

6.Would you like_________ beer, sir?

a)some b) any

7.We've got nothing in the fridge. I must go and get_____ food.

a)some b) any

8.I wondered how _________Alice had told him.

a)much b) many

9.In conclusion I'd like to say ________words about our meeting.

a)few b) a few

МОДУЛЬ 5

FULL-TREE LOGGING

1. Выучите слова и словосочетания по теме:

2. Повторите числительные. Приведите примеры часто встречающихся в английском языке предлогов.

Числительные (Numerals) hundred, thousand, million не имеют окончания -s, когда перед ними стоит другое числительное. Когда числительные обозначают неопределенное количество, они употребляются во множественном числе с окончанием -s, за которым следует предлог of. Сравните:

Номера страниц, домов, квартир, транспорта, деловой документации обозначаются существительными без артикля и количественными: bus 72, page 15, house 40, flat 13, order 2154.

Даты читаются следующим образом:

1900 – nineteen hundred, in (the year) nineteen hundred,

2000 – two thousand, in (the year) two thousand.

April 12, 2015:

on the twelfth of April, two thousand ten или on April the twelfth, twenty ten.

Как читаются дробные числительные?

Предлоги, обозначающие место above (над)

There is a lamp above the table. – Над столом висит лампа. at (у, в, возле, рядом)

I am sitting at the table. – Я сижу у стола. I study at school. – Я учусь в школе. The pupils are at the lesson. – Ученики на уроке.

behind (за, позади, сзади)

There is a sport ground behind our school. – 3a нашей школой спортплощадка. between (между)

Between the tables. – Между столами. in (в)

Не is in the office. – Он в офисе. The books are in the bag. – Книги в портфеле. on (на)

The book is on the desk. – Книга на столе. under (под)

The book is under the table. – Книга под столом. in front of (впереди, перед)

There is a telephone in front of him. – Перед ним стоит телефон. near (вблизи, около, рядом с, возле, за)

She is sitting near the table. – Она сидит за столом.

Предлоги, обозначающие движение to (к)

Come to me. – Подойдите ко мне. from (от, из, со)

Take this book from the table. – Убери книгу со стола. I come from Russia. — Я из России.

through (через, сквозь)

Не came in through the door. – Он вошел внутрь через дверь.

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Sometimes felled trees are only branched and topped at the stump. The branches and the tops, usually constituting ten to thirty per cent of the tree, are left as slash. This frequently aggravates the forest fire danger. Nothing is usually done with this tangled mass of logging residue, since it would be a formidable task to concentrate it for processing.

Full-tree logging is a rather new development, hardly known as yet in most countries. Felled trees are skidded whole, with crowns on, and may even be hauled unbranched, to be worked up at the landing. Trees of up to about 1 – 1,5 feet in D.E.H., and of reasonably normal form, can be handled in this way, particularly spruce and fir. Such trees can apparently be skidded, by tractor or by cable, about as efficiently as timber that has been branched or branched and bucked – notwithstanding the extra weight of the crown. The cutover is then left, even after clear-cutting, essentially free of slash.

The disposal of slash can certainly be accomplished at the landing much more efficiently than in the cutting area. The prospect for the utilization of at least part of the residues should be greatly increased by the concentration of these residues at roadside landing, where appropriate mechanical equipment may be readily employed.

By solving the problem of concentrating the residues at the landing, full-tree logging could remove what has hitherto been one of the greatest obstacles to residue utilization.

Logging methods may be divided into three groups according to the nature of the load unit in the initial transportation stage, as follows:

1.“Common” (traditional) practice. Felled trees are branched, topped and bucked at the stump into logs, bolts, poles, etc., before skidding.

2.Tree-length method. Trees are only branched and topped at the stump, the trunks being bucked after skidding or subsequent transportation.

3.Full-tree method. Felled trees are skidded intact, with crowns on. The cutover, where only felling is done, is left essentially free of slash. The timber may even be hauled as full trees but more often it is branched and bucked, or at least

branched and topped, at the landing.

In many important timber regions of the world the prevalence of the “common” practice is so great that the ratio between its use and that of the tree-length method may be of an order of 100:1.

Habits usually persist in logging. Yet along with the advance of logging mechanization, there is a growing trend in many places toward the tree-length method, the benefits of which, under suitable conditions, have long ago been demonstrated.

Full-tree logging represents a revolutionary change as compared with the common practice and with the tree-length method. Generally speaking, full-tree logging is a