Семейство луковиц (The Onion Family)

GAME and QUIZ: http://www.ruskyed.com/PLANTS/index.html (Lesson Thirteen) TRANSCRIPT: RuskyED here with a lesson about a family of plants known to make humans cry. More on this aromatic plant family following the intro song. Meanwhile, be sure to look over the vocabulary words for this lesson. [SONG/VOCAB] The Red Book (Красная Книга) lists twelve members of the Луковые, otherwise known as the Alliaceae or Семейство луковиц, which means Onion Family. The Onion Family is now considered to be a subfamily of the Amaryllis Family. Members of the Onion Family which you are likely to be aware of include such plants as onions, garlic, scallions, shallots, leeks, and chives. Generally speaking: Существует девятьсот видов лука. (There are nine hundred species of onions.) The Red Book lists ten species of onions and two species of Nectaroscordum. However, now…. Нектароскордум — подрод рода Лук. (Nectaroscordum is a subgenus of the Allium genus.) So having sorted out some of the botanical jibber-jabber, here’s the list of alliums included in the Red Book: Лук дернистый (Allium caespitosum) Лук евгения (Allium eugenii) Лук крупный (Allium grande) Лук мелколуковичный (Allium microbulbum) Лук павла (Allium paulii) Лук пскемский (Allium pskemense) (pskyem-ski) Лук регеля (Allium regelianum) Лук сергея (Allium sergii) Лук траутфеттера (Allium trautvetteranum) Лук вавилова (Allium vavilovii) Нектароскордум диоскорида (Nectaroscordum dioscoridis) Нектароскордум трехфутовый (Nectaroscordum tripedale) And now for some facts about onions! При разрезании лук выделяет вещество, которое вызывает слёзы. (When cut, onions emit a substance which produces tears.) Некоторые считают, что из-за лука появляется неприятный запах изо рта. (Some believe that onions cause bad breath.) зловонное дыхание (bad breath) Говорят, что одно яблоко в день избавит от необходимости обращаться к врачу. (It is said that an apple a day will keep the doctor away.) Тем не менее, лук в день будет держать всех подальше! (However, an onion a day will keep everyone away!) In fact, here’s a little joke: PERSON ONE says: Секрет моего здоровья — лук. (The secret of my health is the onion.) And the SECOND PERSON replies: Ты не прав, это не секрет. (You’re wrong, it’s not a secret.) BTW, it should be mentioned that лук means bow in addition to onion. ALSO: The phrase горе луковое literally means “onion tragedy,” but refers to a person being in tears over nothing as when a child whines and frets over something trivial. Generally it refers to someone who makes constant blunders or who becomes frustrated easily. And now for a quick pun: What was Stalin's favorite vegetable? A soviet onion Translated to Russian we get: Какой был любимый овощ Сталина? Советский лук While onion sounds sort of like union in English, лук sounds nothing like союз in Russian and so the pun does not translate at all. But be that as it may…. It should be noted that Joseph Stalin was a leader of Russia back when it was known as the USSR. Он правил СССР с тысяча девятьсот двадцать второго по тысяча девятьсот пятьдесят третий год. (He ruled the USSR from 1922 to 1953.) And having dispensed all that information, it is now time for RuskyED to sign off….. VOCABULARY: существовать (to exist) девятьсот (nine hundred) подрод (subgenus) выделять (to excrete) вызывать (to induce) слёзы (tears) неприятный (unpleasant) дыхание (breath) держать (to keep) избавить (to save) подальше (away) любимый (favorite) pages 18 - 25 NOTE: A pun mixing English with Russian involves the word “look” as in a girl who says: Мне нужен лук which means I need an onion. However, let’s say she has an app which listens for her commands and it hears her and then plays the song “She’s Got The Look” by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. As far as Google is concerned she asked for a “look” and so Google thinks it is fulfilling her request since look sounds pretty close to лук and so she doesn’t exactly get what she asked for, but such is often the case with Google! У неё два лука. She has got two bows У неё две луковицы. She has got two onions. (grammatically correct) У неё два лука She has got two onions. This is of course a mistake, but in colloquial speech you can say so, this is very common errative(сacography).