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I. Reading Exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

Apparent, advancing, overview, invaluable, navigate, two-way voice communication, infantry units, scattered reports, outfitted with, long-range

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

  1. Was the military importance of radio immediately apparent?

  2. Why did the Belgians have to destroy completely, in August 1914, a major international communications station located near Brussels?

  3. Why did radio remain off-limits for the general public during the war?

  4. What was the U.S.S. George Washington outfitted with for a transatlantic voyage and why?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. In the July 15, 1917 issue of Journal of Electricity, outlined

1. reviewed the multiple applications of radio in both short and ling distance wartime communication.

2. Directing the War by Wireless, written by George F. Worts

2. appeared in the 1916 edition of the annual The Yearbook of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony.

3. There were scattered reports of military personnel firing up

3. research efforts by AT&T, including one key development.

4. A British overview of various uses by Great Britain and its primary foe, Germany,

4. transmitters in order to broadcast entertainment to the troops.

Exercise 4. Open brackets choosing the right words:

While radio (has remained/remained) off-limits for the general public during the war, there (was/were) occasional hints (about/of) what lay ahead. Wireless Music for Wounded Soldiers from the April, 1918 The Wireless Age (had reviewed/reviewed) a low-power transmitter that (can/could) be (using/used) to entertain hospitalized soldiers with music and news.

The Speaking Module

II. Speaking Exercises:

Exercise 1. Describe these words: (apparent, overview, two-way voice communication, scattered reports) using the suggested words and expressions as in example:

analogue signal

is varied; with respect to; transmission; degraded by noise

example:

In an analogue signal, the signal is varied continuously with respect to the information. During transmission the information contained in analogue signals will be degraded by noise.

apparent

military importance, the Belgians, to destroy, communications station, in order to

overview

various, primary foe, annual edition of, radiotelegraph operations, portable transmitters

two-way voice communication

research efforts, key development, quickly achieved, squadron; ocean-going radio, passenger vessels, merchant ships

scattered reports

off-limits, public, occasional hints, reviewed, hospitalized soldiers; cessation, entertainment, for example, coast of

Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:

1) Question: ___________________________________________ ?

Answer: The military importance of radio was immediately apparent.

2) Question: ___________________________________________ ?

Answer: A British overview of various uses by Great Britain and its primary foe, Germany, appeared in the 1916 edition of the annual The Yearbook.

3) Question: ___________________________________________ ?

Answer: Before the war ocean-going radio had generally been limited to passenger vessels, submarine warfare spurred merchant ships to add radio operators.

4) Question: ___________________________________________ ?

Answer: It was announced that the president's Independence Day speech would be broadcast from aboard ship.