19. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на видо-временную форму сказуемого.

1. When he met me I was going to the Institute and had little time to talk to him. 2. "What's your little brother doing?" "He is still sleeping." 3. She was sitting there doing nothing. 4. Next Monday we'll only be working five hours. 5. The construc­tion of the road was being completed when the commission arrived. 6. Automation is being increasingly used in all the branches of our industry. 7. A new car was being looked at. 8. When I come home the family will be watching the TV programme. 9. A new hydro-electric station was being built when we came there to have practice. 10. What questions are being discussed now? 11. They are organizing this kind of work at their laboratory. 12. He was being told the news when I entered the room. 13. I can't understand whаt he is saying. 14. Who is being examined now? 15. I don't know what books he is reading. 16. Now every­thing is being done to make life in the Far North of our country easier. 17. The experiments were still being made in some labora­tories when the new term began. 18. Can you tell me, who is sit­ting next to you?

20. Замените сказуемое в форме Continuous Active на Continuous Passive (дополнение становится подлежащим предложения). Образец: The workers are building a new school. – a new school is being built.

1. The doctor is examining a sick child. 2. People are watching the flight of the sputnik. 3. The radio is transmitting a music programme. 4. The driver is washing the car. 5. The com­mission is discussing the plan. 6. Builders were completing a, new deep-level tunnel. 7 The commission was considering numerous questions. 8. A strange-looking man was following Mary all the way home. 9. They are using automation at hydro-electric stations. 10. They were building the hydro-electric station when 1 came here. 11. The professor was delivering the lecture when I approached the lecture hall.

21. Ответьте на вопросы, составив предложения с глаголом в форме Continuous Active.

Образец: The liquid is being analysed. What is the chemist doing? - He is analysing the liquid.

1. The building is being reconstructed .What is the archi­tect doing? 2. The registration forms are being registered. What is the secretary doing? 3. The sportsmen are being trained for the match.. What is the trainer-doing? 4. The problem is being studied by the scientists. What are the scientists doing? 5. The rocket is being prepared for the start. What is the scientists doing? 6. The science film is being produced. What is the film producer doing? 7. Sand and clay are being mixed. What is the mixer doing? B. The spaceman is being accompanied by his double. What is the spaceman's double doing? 9. New' iron ore deposits are being worked. What are the miners doing? 10. Vario us laser-based instruments are being produced commercially. What are the plants doing?

TEKСТ 4

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ATOMIC POWER

The application of atomic power in electronics to the gene­ration of electricity is becoming increasingly broader. Today it is a vital necessity as it is the only known potential ca­pable to meet mankind's growing requirements in electric power. Natural fuels like coal, gas and oil are being drained with ap­palling rapidity. The first atomic power plant was put into ope­ration in Obninsk near Moscow. Now seve­ral similar plants are operating and their aggregate capacity amounts to a million kilowatts. Some more plants are being built in different parts of our country. They will supply local areas with electricity and heat as well. Such science as chemistry is making much use of atomic energy. It accelerates a number of reactions so that the latter do not require complicated equip­ment and make the work of the staff much easier. Ionising radiation helps to obtain materials with new properties. Rubber exposed to radiation becomes much more ther­mostable, automobile tyres increase their service life, glass becomes stronger and resists high temperatures, wood acquires a number of properties making it resemble metal. Metallurgists use atomic instruments to control their operations and the state of some processes in blast furnaces. Isotope instruments measure the thickness of sheet metal, detect faults in metal and do many other jobs in metallurgy. Geologists use nuclear instruments to accelerate the test of minerals and to study the earth's geology and the noon's structure. A nuclear instrument was carried by the moon's man-made satellite. It permitted to investigate the composition of the surface of the moon from a considerable distance. Nuclear physical instruments guard the space pilot against the influence of cosmic rays. Flights to distant planets are hardly possible without the use of atomic power as means of propulsion and a power source for the space ship. Direct transformation of atomic power into electricity is a very promising field for outer space energetics.

The Arctic ocean is covered with ice most of the time. The atomic-driven ice breakers use atomic power to keep the navigation season open throughout the year.

Another important application of atomic power is in agricul­ture. The exposure of seeds to radiation in some cases improves the quality of seeds and gives an increase in yield.

One may ask if this wide application of atomic power does not affect man's health. The answer is that every field of the peace­ful application of atomic energy is well studied from the point of safety. Now it is the matter of specific attention and there are rules which guarantee man's safety.