1. Emergence; 2. an unusual pattern; 3. to pull ahead; 4. heading; 5. maturation; 6. reflected; 7. roughly; 8. steadily decreasing; 9. progress of the 2006 wheat crop; 10. to be jointed; 11 good or excellent; 12. jointing; 13. pace; 14. to be essentially complete; 15. a warm spell; 16. a short-term improvement; 17. deterioration; 18. the 5-year average; 19. the fair category; 20. changing soil moisture availability; 21. decline; 22. to be rated; 23. precipitation; 24. to rebound.
Exercise 1 d. Translate into English. Use exercise 1a and 1b if necessary.
1. ; 2. 2006 .; 3. ; 4. 5 ; 5. ; 6. ; 7. ; 8. / ; 9. ; 10. ; 11 I- ; 12. ; 13. ; 14. ; 15. ; 16. ; 17. ; 18. ; 19. ; 20. .
Exercise 1 e. Listen to Text 2 in English. Use your shorthand to write it down. Translate it into Ukrainian.
Exercise 2 a. Study the vocabulary below:
| uneven conditions | ||||
| locations | ||||
| overall | ||||
| on record | ||||
| a brief respite | ||||
| hardest hit regions | ||||
| a timely snowfall | ||||
| average | ||||
| normal rainfall | ||||
| injury | ||||
| Injurywas compounded | ||||
| rainfall pattern | ||||
| sufficient | ||||
| contribute | ||||
Exercise 2 b. Mach the phrases in column A with their equivalents in column B:
| A. The 2005-06 wheat season was characterized by uneven conditions, both in temperature and precipitation. | 1. , , 3 , . |
| B. March saw a brief respite for the hardest hit regions, with a timely snowfall in southwestern Kansas. | 2. , , . |
| C. Injury from the moisture deficit was compounded by a freeze on April 26 and 27, when low temperatures dropped as low as 26º F, and stayed below freezing for several hours. | 3. , . |
| D. While some locations saw a wet start to the season, with precipitation more than three inches above normal, other locations saw an extremely dry start to the winter. | 4. . |
| E. Some locations received sufficient quantities, while locations only a few miles away were much below normal. | 5. 2005-2006 .. , . |
| F Overall, the winter was mild and dry, with many locations having the driest December-to-February period on record. | 6. - , , ; . |
| G. The western third of the state averaged less than 40% of normal April rainfall. | 7. 26 27 , 26 F 0 . |
| H. The uneven rainfall pattern continued through May and June. | 8. . |
| I. This contributed to the uneven yields within counties and across the state. | 9. 40 % . |
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