
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Translate the following phrases into Russian.
- •3. Answer the questions
- •4. Read and translate the text motorcar design
- •5. Give Russian equivalets for the following
- •6. Give English equivalents for the following
- •7. Translate the sentences paying attention to the use of verbals.
- •8. Answer the following questions
- •9. Compare the given specifications. Make up your own sentences.
- •10. Act the following dialogue
- •11. Read the following article taken from the "Morning Star". Explain its main idea. What does the author criticise in the system of transport in Great Britain?
- •12. Speak on:
5. Give Russian equivalets for the following
Power plant, arrangement of cylinders, reciprocating motion, connecting rod, sparkplug, suction stroke, driving wheels, rear axle, universal shaft, spring system, expanding gas, flywheel.
6. Give English equivalents for the following
Процесс сгорания, коленчатый вал, поршневой палец, четырехтактный двигатель, горючая смесь, коробка передач, крутящий момент, автомобиль специального назначения, рулевой механизм.
7. Translate the sentences paying attention to the use of verbals.
1) The tests snowed the fuel consumptions with the two different types of transmission to be practically identical.
2) The latest design to be introduced is a vehicle offering a higher standard of comfort than has previously been offered in cars of this type.
3) There is much to be said for grouping the engine and transmission either at the front or at the end of the car.
4) The load on each wheel and implement was assumed to be constant during the test.
5) Various theories have been advanced to explain the process of combustion in engines.
6) The spark to ignite the compressed mixture in a petrol or paraffin engine is produced by the jumping of a high-tension current of electricity across a gap.
7) To design a brake properly the energy to be absorbed in a given length of time must be known.
8) The 4-cylinder Fordaon engine is said to be capable of developing 65.5 bhp at 2.250 rpm.
9) The author describes the various testing methods being used for farm tractors and component parts.
IO) In designing the ideal transmission system the question of overall weight, bulk reliability and above all low cost of manufacture must be kept in mind.
II) Considerable variations in body design can be made without imparting the functions of the unitary construction.
I2) Placing the power plant at the front of the chassis under a hood not only makes it most accessible but also offers a number of other advantages.
I3) The chief problem arising in the design of an inlet manifold is that of ensuring equal distribution of the combustible mixture to the different cylinders.
I4) A11 tractor engines are alike in being internal combustion engines; but within that classification many different types are represented.
15) Recently a great deal of research work has been conducted on the complex problems of automobile accidents, the aim being at providing maximum protection for the driver and passengers.
16) Having pointed out the fundamental differences between the petrol and oil engines the two principal cycles of operation employed in commercial C.I. engines will be considered.
17) Given periodic overhauls» all the regular attention a tractor needs in between them is lubrication.
18) Bolted to the cylinder head on the same side are the manifolds.
19) Even in tractors having a smaller size of engine, an increasing number of models are being fitted with electric starters.
20) The car is powered by a three-cylinder, two stroke-engine, mounted forward of the front suspension, the radiator being installed behind the engine.