Lesson 31

ГРАММАТИКА: Вводные члены предложения. Инфинитив и причастие в функции вводного члена предложения.

Section I

Ex. 1. Practise your reading.

The terms "oxidation" and "reduction*' now arc applied to reactions in which neither oxygen nor hydrogen arc involved.

Ex. 2. State what parts of speech the following words belong to:

oxide, oxidablc, oxidability, oxidant, oxidate, oxidation, oxidative, oxidic, oxidize, oxidizablc, oxidizability, oxidizer, oxygen, oxygenate, oxygenize, hydroxide, dioxide

Ex. 3. Define the meanings of the word put in the following sentences:

1. Please,/;!// this book on the shelf. 2. Put down the apparatus, never hold it in your hands during operation! 3. The idea was put forward that ozone is essential in protecting life on the Earth. 4. To put the instrument into operation press the red button. S. It seems to me that this is a Utopian idea and it can never be put into practicc. 6. To put it in another way, these two terms mean the same. 7. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Ex. 4. Analyse the following sentence:

Stricdy speaking, wc cannot say that wc know everything about oxidation.