6. Complete the following sentences according to the text.

1. Humidification is …

2. Humidification makes the area feel …

3. Humidification is achieved …

4. Absolute humidification is expressed in …

5. Relative humidification is expressed as …

6. Too little humidity can cause …

7. In industrial settings, humidifiers are often hung from …

8. Humidification systems are designed by …

7. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.

1) People require a high or low amount of ambient humidity.

2) In all environments, humidification lowers static electricity and fire risk.

3) Liquid atomizers spread moisture to the area.

4) Absolute humidification is more often used than relative humidification.

5) The growth of mold or fungus is always caused by excess humidity.

6) Many humidifiers are inexpensive and need little maintenance.

7) Humidification is closely connected with heating and cooling systems.

8) Humidification systems aren’t connected with ventilation systems.

8. Answer the following questions.

1) What is humidification&

2) What does adequate humidification in a manufacturing environment stabilize?

3) Where are precisely tuned humidity levels required?

4) What do accurate sensors measure?

5) What is a usual comfortable level of relative humidification?

6) Why are humidity control systems often integrated with cooling systems?

7) Adequate ventilation from the outside helps the humidity of an indoor environment to reach equilibrium with the humidity outside, does it?

8) Is humidification also used to "relax" old documents?

9. Write an abstract for Text 1.

LANGUAGE FOCUS

10. Combine the words from the column on the left with the suitable nouns from the column on the right. Translate them into Russian.

1) artificial	a) application
2) health care	b) discharge
3) ambient	c) respiration
4) fire	d) system
5) static	e) sensor
6) precisely tuned	f) atomizer
7) liquid	g) risk
8) humidity control	h) dust
9) unwanted	i) humidity level
10) accurate	j) humidity

11. Match the words with their synonyms.

1) artificial	6) to tie	a) to diminish	f) to reflect
2) ambient	7) to distribute	b) to gather	g) imitation
3) to reduce	8) accurate	c) to fasten	h) encompassing
4) to assemble	9) to express	d) exactly	i) to take place
5) precisely	10) to occur	e) exact	j) to spread

12. Choose the contextual meanings of the words written in bold in Text 1.

1) delicate

a) искусный	c) непростой
b) чувствительный	d) хрупкий

2) accurate

a) аккуратный	c) верный
b) точный, безошибочный	d) четкий

3) discharge

a) разряжать	c) выплата
b) выпускать	d) разряд

13. Fill in the correct prepositions, translate the phrases, then choose any five items and make up the sentences of your own.

1) to couple ___ smth.; 2) to express ___ grams ___ moisture ___ cubic volume ___ air; 3) a ratio ___ the amount of moisture currently in the air and the maximum moisture; 4) to contribute ___ allergies; 5) to be hung ___ the ceiling ___ duct work; 6) to be tied ___ heating and cooling systems; 7) to be integrated ___ cooling system; 8) to be linked ___ ventilation system; 9) to reach equilibrium ___ the humidity outside; 10) to become wrinkled ___ age.

GRAMMAR FOCUS

14. Put as many questions as possible to the following sentence.

To be comfortable, people require a certain amount of ambient humidity -- not too high, and not too low.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

15. Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases. Try to memorize them.

Nouns and noun phrases

dry bulb temperature	desert cooler	blower
spray	running cost	dew point
content	enthalpy

Verbs and verbal phrases

to evaporate	to release	to maintain
to absorb	to humidify

Adjectives

pure	evaporative	unitary
sensible	latent

Adverbs

simultaneously

READING TASK: Text 2

15. Answer the following question and read the text below to check your answer.

What are the two types of humidification process?