BODY SYSTEMS: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Module I. Learning to Read and Understand a Special Text

Task 1

A. Study the terms (the left column) that are used to describe the respiratory system (see the table below).

B. Match each term on the left (1-8) with the correct definition on the right (a-h):

Task 2

A. Read and translate the following international words: adequate, atmosphere, atom, bacteria, bronchus, classify,

corridor, dioxide, elastic, embryo, function, gas, genetic, material, mechanism, million, pneumonia, radioactive, temperature, virus.

B. Translate the word combinations (n + n) given below: body temperature

blood system blood vessel air passage air sacs human embryo nerve supply surface area.

C. Define the suffixes in the given words and translate them. (If you know the meanings of suffixes you can easily recognize parts of speech.)

Bronchus - bronchial

Embryo - embryological

Function - functional - functionally

Gas - gaseous

Respiration - respiratory.

D. Find in the dictionary the plural forms for the following nouns: alveolus, bronchus, nucleus.

E. Translate the sentences below.

1. There are about 300 million alveoli in the lungs.

2. Around each alveolus is a network of capillaries.

3. Each alveolus is a tiny little pocket of air.

4. The pulmonary alveoli contain networks of extremely small vessels.

5. Bronchi branch into smaller and smaller tubes.

6. Each bronchus divides into bronchial tubes.

7. The nuclei of radioactive atoms emit alpha or beta rays.

8. A nucleus is the part of a cell that contains the genetic material.

9. Most atomic nuclei contain neutrons, which have no electric charge.

A. Study Grammar note to do task 3B.

B. Translate the following word combinations with the Past Participle as an attribute:

1) the cleaned and warmed air