- •Vacuum cleaner пылесос
- •Assignment 5. Read and translate the text:
- •Assignment 7. Translate the following sentences using the Participle.
- •Assignment 5. Read and translate the text:
- •Text 2. Energy
- •Text 2а. Harnessing solar energy
- •Text 3. Atomic energy
- •Assignment 8. Fill in the blanks with prepositions:
- •Assignment 9. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words need and turn.
- •Assignment 10. Answer the following questions:
- •Тeхт 3а. Kurchatovium аnd some other new elements
- •Text 4. Lightning
- •Text 4a. Is lightning good or bad?
- •Assignment 5. Read and translate the text:
- •Text 5. Atmospheric electricity
- •Assignment 11. Fill in the blanks with prepositions.
- •Assignment 4. Read and translate the text:
- •Text 6. Magnetism
- •Notes to the text:
- •Assignment 5. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the verbs.
- •Text 7. Early history of electricity
- •Notes to the text:
- •Assignment 6. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the verbs.
- •Text 8. Lomonosov
- •Notes to the text:
- •Jack London
- •Assignment 4. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the Infinitive:
- •Assignment 5. Read and translate the text:
- •Text 9. From the history of electricity
- •Notes to the text:
- •Assignment 4. Read and translate the text:
- •Text 10. Electric current
- •Notes to the text:
- •Assignment 7. According to the models given below form sentences combining suitable parts of the sentence given in Columns I, II, III, IV.
- •Assignment 4. Read and translate the text:
- •Text 11. What is heat?
- •Notes to the text:
- •In dividing the atom the man releases forces of great magnitude. These are forces that bind the central core of the atom. This central core – the nucleus – is extremely small in diameter.
- •Text 2. Peaceful uses of atomic energy
- •It is interesting to note that a 210,000 kW heat power plant consumes more than 2,000 tons of coal daily, whereas an atomic - power plant of equal capacity takes only about 800 grammes of Uranium-235.
- •Text 3. Nuclear power station
- •Text 4. Power from the atoms
- •Contents
Notes to the text:
1) at last – наконец
2) according to – согласно
3) owing to – благодаря
4) as well as – а также
5) in question – о котором идет речь
6) the only – единственный
7) or so – приблизительно
8) due to – благодаря
9) at present – в настоящее время
10) to be familiar with – знать ч-л.
11) a single drop – одна капля
12) at rest – в состоянии покоя
13) the same – тот(же) самый
14) to take place – происходить
15) in other words – другими словами
16) every time – каждый раз
17) farther – дальше
18) as a result – в результате
19) to take from – снимать, убирать
20) to slow down – замедлять(ся)
21) on the contrary – наоборот
22) at all – вообще, совсем
23) at the same time – в то же самое время
24) far less – гораздо, значительно меньше
25) on the other hand – с другой стороны
26) to give up – отдавать
27) vise versa – наоборот
28) as for – что касается
29) to do without – обходиться
30) in order to – чтобы
31) to make use of – использовать, употреблять
Assignment 5. Find the Infinitive in the text, define its function and translate sentences into Russian.
Assignment 6. Translate the following sentences using the Infinitive construction:
1) Мы знаем, что тепловая энергия – это энергия молекулярного движения.
2) Известно, что молекулы движутся в различных направлениях.
3) В течение долгого времени считали, что тепло – это невесомое вещество.
4) Говорят, что молекулы воды движутся быстрее, когда ее нагревают.
5) Считают, что молекулы холодного вещества движутся медленно.
6) Известно, что при нагревании тела расширяются.
7) Студенты, наверное, понимают разницу между постоянным и переменным током.
8) Нам известно, что тепло может создавать изменение состояния вещества без изменения его температуры.
Assignment 7. Make up 4 sentences using the infinitive constructions according to the models given below.
Models: 1. I heard my friend speak over the radio.
2. My teacher wants me to speak English well.
Assignment 8. Arrange the following words given in Columns I and II in pairs of:
(a) antonyms: |
(b) synonyms: |
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I at rest solid fast useful charge hot dark negative the first increase wrong valuable |
II positive right the last decrease liquid in motion invaluable slow useless discharge cold light |
I to employ to make to travel different like to receive liquid
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II to move similar various fluid to do to get to use
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Assignment 9.
(a) Form verbs from the following nouns:
increase, weight, statement, movement, difference, compression, collision, flow, application, requirement, knowledge, education, expansion
(b) Use the verbs in sentences of your own.
Assignment 10. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the underlined words:
1) The static charges are known to be at rest.
2) The alternating current changes its direction many times a second.
3) We know the electric charges to be positive and negative.
4) Some liquids are known to conduct current without any changes to themselves.
5) On the contrary the electrolytes are known to change greatly when the current flows through them.
6) One can charge dissimilar objects by rubbing them.
Assignment 11. Translate the following questions and answer them:
1) Что такое тепло?
2) Почему предполагали, что тепло – это невесомое вещество?
3 Могли ли люди наблюдать некоторые тепловые эффекты?
4) Что происходит благодаря трению и сжатию?
5) Какие тепловые действия (phenomena) установил Ломоносов?
6) Из чего состоит вещество?
7) Как называются мельчайшие частицы вещества?
8) Что происходит, когда тело нагревается?
9) Существует ли заметная разность температур между холодным и горячим телом?
10) Какой прибор используется для измерения температуры?
Assignment 12. Speak on the work of the following scientists using the words given below:
Franklin: to prove, unlike, charge, to rub, dissimilar, object, rubber, negative, glass, positive
Volta: continuous, current, to produce, the first, unit, electric, pressure, volt, voltaic, pile.
Lomonosov: to state, heat, phenomena, molecular, motion, atomic, theory, law, conservation, matter
Assignment 13. Read and translate the following story:
Heat and Cold
At a physics lesson the teacher asks the children about the effects of heat and cold on the body.
“Heat makes things bigger and cold makes things smaller,” answered a clever boy.
“Quite right,” says the teacher, “Can you give an example?”
“In summer, when it is hot, the days are longer, but in winter, when it is cold, the days are shorter,” answered the clever boy.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
TEXT 1. THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM
The atom is the basic particle of all matter. All solids, gases, liquids are composed of atoms.
For a time the atom was considered to be indivisible, but then it has been found that the atom in its turn can be divided into many different components.