- •Содержание
- •Technological processes control automated systems
- •Vocabulary:
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. True or false:
- •3. Choose the right preposition:
- •Automation
- •1. Define the main idea of the text:
- •2. Questions to the text:
- •3. Put the following sentences logically in the right order according to the text:
- •4. True or false:
- •5. Choose the right preposition:
- •Automation of processes
- •Vocabulary:
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. True or False:
- •Metalworking - Historical Perspective
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the events with the correct dates.
- •3. Find in the text the English equivalents of the following words / expressions.
- •4. Write a summary of the text. Drawing
- •Sheet metal forming
- •Forging
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Find the following word combinations in the text:
- •3. Match the words with the correct definitions.
- •4. Translate into English:
- •Cold and Hot Forging: An Overview
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the words with the correct definitions.
- •3. Write a summary of the text. What is welding and what do welders do?
- •1. Before you read say if the following statements are true or false.
- •2. Read the text. What is welding and what do welders do? Check your answers in the previous exercise. Prove or correct the statements.
- •3. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.
- •4. Complete the following sentences with the information from the text.
- •5. Look at the list of types of welding and say which of them you can use.
- •From the History of Welding
- •1. Read the Text “From the History of Welding” and refer the statements 1-4 to each of the passages of the text a-d
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Say if the following is true or false. Correct the false sentences.
- •3. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Basic Principles of Welding
- •1. Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Say if the following sentences are true or false.
- •Additional texts for reading and discussion Cold Forging
- •Hot forging
- •One of America’s great machines comes back to life
- •Designing with Protein
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •3. Which statement matches the text?
- •4. Which statement matches the text?
- •5. Which part of the text contains the idea?
- •6. Which part of the text answers the question?
- •7. Answer the questions:
- •Engineered proteins
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •2. Which statement matches the text?
- •3. Which part of the text contains the idea?
- •4. Which part of the text answers the question?
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •Existing Protein Machines
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •Genetic materials
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •2. Which part of the text contains the idea?
- •3. Which part of the text answers the question?
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Molecular Technology Today
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •2. Which part of the text contains the idea?
- •3. Which part of the text answers the question?
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •The Baikonur space launching site
- •Tasks to the text.
- •1. Questions.
- •2. Find the English equivalents to the Russian words from the text:
- •3. Translate from English into Russian:
- •4. Render the text. What is the difference between a jet engine and a rocket engine?
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Translate the words combinations:
- •3. Translate from Russian into English:
- •4. Say if the sentences are true or false:
- •5. Translate the text.
- •6. Render the text in Russian according to the plan.
- •Russian: r-36 (ss-9), r-36m (ss-18)
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Translate from English into Russian:
- •3. Find the English equivalents:
- •4. Say if the sentences are true or false:
- •Tesla Motors
- •Corporate strategy
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Translate into Russian:
- •3. Translate from Russian into English:
- •4. Say if the sentences are true or false:
- •5. Render the text using the plan:
- •Metallurgy - the technology and science of metallic mate
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Say if the sentences are true or false:
- •3. Translate the words into Russian:
- •4. Translate from Russian into English:
- •5. Render the text according to the plan:
- •Text 1. Automobile
- •Assignments:
- •True, false or not given.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Text 2. Audi: Bodyshells, Space frame and
- •Assignments:
- •Correct the mistakes, if any.
- •Fill in the gaps, be true to the meaning of the original text.
- •Text 3. Honda cr-V
- •Choose from the list the heading which best summarises each part of the article, there are four extra headings which you don’t need to use
- •Choose the answer (a, b, c or d) which you think fits best according to the text
- •Text 4. ‘NoName’
- •Choose the best title of the text.
- •Text 5. Volkswagen Passat
- •Assignments:
- •Answer the questions
- •True, false, or not given
- •S ome extra texts to enjoy and ponder on
- •Text e. Surface treatments of light alloys
- •Digital Signal Processing 1 (dsp)
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Vocabulary
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the question:
- •II. Decide which statement matches the text:
- •III. Decide which statement does not match the text:
- •IV. Decide which definitions match the following terms:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below:
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Computed Tomography
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the question:
- •II. Decide which statement matches the text:
- •III. Decide which statement does not match the text:
- •IV. Decide which definitions match the following terms:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below:
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Telecommunications
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the question:
- •II. Decide which statement matches the text:
- •III. Decide which statement does not match the text:
- •IV. Decide which definitions match the following terms:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below:
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Terminology
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Fill in the gaps:
- •3. Match parts of the notions:
- •4. Say what is true and what is false:
- •Optical instruments
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Fill in the gaps:
- •3. Say what is false and what is true:
- •4. Match the halves of the sentences:
- •Some extra texts to enjoy and ponder on Text 1. In Space and On Earth, Why Build It, When a Robot Can Build It for You?
- •Text 2. Controlling Light at Will: Metamaterials Will Change Optics
- •Text 3. Nasa Sub-Scale Solid-Rocket Motor Tests Material for Space Launch System
- •Text 4. Photography
- •Text 5. Atmospheric optics
- •Text 6. Brown Liquor and Solar Cells to Provide Sustainable Electricity
- •Text 7. Hard Electronics: Hall Effect Magnetic Field Sensors for High Temperatures and Harmful Radiation Environments
- •Text 8. Nanopower: Avoiding Electrolyte Failure in NanoscaleLithum Batteries
- •Text 9. Better Organic Electronics: Researchers Show the Way Forward for Improving Organic and Molecular Electronic Devices
- •Text 10. New High Definition Fiber Tracking Reveals Damage Caused by Traumatic Brain Injury
- •Text 11. Nanoscale Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Quantum Computer Get Nudge from New Research
- •Text 12. Brain-Imaging Technique Predicts Who Will Suffer Cognitive Decline Over Time
Assignments:
True, false or not given.
Automobiles are engineered to run on roads only.
Auto cars are mainly for transporting people, not goods.
The term motorcar is also used for railway carriages.
260 billion US gallons of fuel was used by cars in 2007.
The first car appeared in China.
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot gets lots of money from the banks.
The first car had a steam-powered tricycle.
Cugnot’s inventions were not perfect and had some serious engineering problems.
The Puffing Devil is considered to be the first car.
The Puffing Devil was widely used for a long time.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the words given. You must use between two and eight words, including the word given. Write only the missing words on the separate answer sheet.
e.g. A car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers. wheels =>
A car usually has four wheels and is used for transporting passengers.
The first car could not hold sufficient steam pressure for long periods. maintain
It was difficult _______________ sufficient steam pressure for long periods.
The engines of modern cars burn over a billion cubic meters of petrol/gasoline and diesel fuel yearly. annual fuel consumption
The __________________ amounts to over a billion cubic meters of petrol/gasoline and diesel.
Many people believe that in 1796 Cugnot created the first mechanical vehicle moving by itself. self-propelled
Cugnot was the creator of ___________________________ in about 1769.
One of the first steam tractors designed for the French Army is safely kept now in the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. preservation
One of the first steam tractors designed for the French Army is _______________ in the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts.
Cugnot’s inventions had many problems with water supply and maintaining steam pressure. handicaps
There were ______________________ Cugnot’s inventions.
Locomotive cars were often used in the countryside by both interurban and intercity electrified railroad systems. routes
People often saw locomotive cars on ________________ of the electrified rail systems.
Most definitions specify that automobiles could accommodate one to eight people. seating
Most definitions specify that automobiles ________________ for one to eight people.
Answer the questions.
Where does a car carry its engine?
If early steam-powered road vehicles were handicapped, did they get a disability allowance?
Locomotive cars are only used in suburban routes, aren’t they?
If cars burn petrol, why does nobody call the fire-fighters?
What was Ferdinand Verbiest doing in China?
Was the first prototypic car a full-size model?
Why was Trevithick’s car called ‘puffing devil’?