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Exercise 6.Prepare a report on one of the famous constructions in the world, i.e. The Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, Pyramids of Egypt etc.
Sample answer: The first Seven Wonders of the World, cataloged 23 centuries ago, comprised massive piles of cut stone that marked the dawn of civil engineering. Even a 1930s list of Modern Wonders honored such civil engineering feats as the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge. Today, electronics is indispensable to these Wonders, consuming such massive quantities of labor, money and resources that they can be called «megaprojects». An example of such spectacular projects is Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC) in Malaysia, a city-within-a-city that contains the 450-meter-high Petronas towers, named after national petroleum company. The Petronas towers include 436000 m2 of floor space. The twin towers are joined half way up — at the 41 and 42 floors by a 58.4-meter-long sky bridge. In addition, the towers have 44-story side towers. The skyscrapers rize from a six-story retail mall. |
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feat — an action needing strenght, skill, or courage mall — a large shopping center |
Text B ENGLISH SUFFIXES
A suffix is a combination of letters added at the end of a word. Suffixes help us recognize the function of words:
Adjective suffixes
-able, -ible, -ant, -ent -ish -ary,-ory -like -some -ous -ly -У -worthy -ful -less -proof |
verifiable, compatible important, fluent childish auxiliary, obligatory sunlike awesome harmonious lively steady noteworthy careful careless waterproof |
Verb suffixes
-ate -en -ize -fy, -ify |
translate thicken theorize magnify |
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Noun suffixes
-er, -eer -or -ее -ist -ian -age -ance,-ence -ism -ity -ment -ness -ion, -tion, -sion -ship -dom -hood |
teacher, engineer professor employee scientist historian storage acceptance, difference realism simplicity development softness division, hibernation, conclusion friendship freedom neighborhood |
The suffix -aholic has been applied to many things recently. The original word alcoholic was used to describe a person addicted to alcohol. Now we use such words as workaholics (people who love their jobs, «addicted» to them), shopaholics (addicted to shopping), sportaholics (addicted to sports), TVaholics (addicted to watching television), and other somethingaholics.
Exercise 7. Translate the following words into Ukrainian. If necessary, consult the dictionary.
autonomous, tireless, periodicity, criticize, optimism, physician, criticism, thankworthy, foliage, nominate, yellowish, reformer, justify, courage, satisfactory, verifiable, advantage, simplicity, shortage, probability, darken, classify, mandatory, believable, heritage, integrate, trustee, rechargeable, amendment, friendlike, boredom, provable, quoteworthy, geographer, simplify, fellowship, competent, grantee, girlhood, resistant, vendor, workaholic, astronomer, relationship, visible, disputable, parenthood, volunteer, memorize, memorable.
Exercise 8.