Упражнение 15

A. Найдите в следующих дефинициях определение,
выраженное придаточным предложением, и сло­
во, к которому оно относится.

Б. Перепишите дефиниции, заменив определение, выраженное придаточным предложением, на экви­валентный ему причастный оборот.

Пример: blood that carries oxygen

= blood carry ing oxygen

B. Переведите предложения.

1. An artery is a blood vessel that takes blood from the heart to the tissues of the
body.

2. Blood is the red fluid that circulates via arteries and veins through the bodies of
vertebrate animals.

3. Bone is a metabolically active tissue that carries out two major metabolic functions.

4. The bronchi are air passages that lead from the trachea into the lungs.

5. A hair is a long thread that grows on the body of an animal, from a small pit in
the skin — a follicle.

6. The humerus is the top bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

7. A kidney is one of the two bodily organs that remove waste matter from the body
in the form of urine.

8. The pharynx is the muscular passage that leads from the back of the mouth to the
oesophagus.

9. The pleura is one of two membranes that line the chest cavity and cover each
lung.

 

10. The skeleton is all the bones that make up a body.

11. The skin is flexible tissue that forms the outside surface of the body.

12. The throat is the top part of the tube that goes down from the mouth to the
oesophagus.

13. The tibia is the largest of the two long bones in the lower leg that runs from the
knee to the ankle.

14. The liver is an internal bodily organ that secretes bile and purifies the blood.

15. The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood to all parts of the body.

16. Bile is a fluid that leaves the liver through a network of ducts, the bile ducts.

17. Cells are the microscopic particles that build up the tissues.