- •6 Unit 6
- •6.1 Text 6
- •6.2 Words and word–combinations to be remembered
- •6.3 Exercises
- •6.3.1 Give Russian equivalents to the following words without using a dictionary:
- •6.3.2 Read and translate the text
- •6.3.3 Answer the following questions:
- •6.3.4 Insert the necessary prepositions:
- •6.3.5 Reproduce the text
- •6.3.6 Form adjectives from the given words and translate them into Russian:
- •6.3.7 Translate the following word–combinations, paying attention to the adverbs:
- •6.3.8 Translate the sentences:
- •6.3.9 Translate the sentences. Define the tense–form of the predicates
6.3.5 Reproduce the text
6.3.6 Form adjectives from the given words and translate them into Russian:
- ful: help, wonder, use, power
- less: use, help, power, motion, weight
- ic: period, metre, atmosphere, base
- al: physics, nature, experiment, mathematics
- able: value, change, measure, compare
- ant: import, resist
- ent: differ, insist
- ive: effect, act
6.3.7 Translate the following word–combinations, paying attention to the adverbs:
a valuable theory – a highly valuable theory
an important discovery – a greatly important discovery
an experimental construction – a largely experimental construction
a productive method – a highly productive method
equal volumes – nearly equal volumes
big supplies of energy – immensely big supplies of energy
simple devices – equally simple devices
efficient research – highly efficient research.
6.3.8 Translate the sentences:
1. The farther out circles of waves go, the smaller the waves become.
2. The longer the waves, the lower their frequency.
3. The nearer the Earth, the denser the atmosphere.
4. The more experiments scientists make, the greater is their knowledge of the structure of matter.
5. The bigger the mass, the bigger the weight of the body.
6. The nearer the centre of the Sun, the higher the temperature.
7. The more the scientist studied the problem, the better he understood its importance for man.
8. The stronger the magnet, the greater the distance through which it acts.
6.3.9 Translate the sentences. Define the tense–form of the predicates
1. On May 7, 1895, a well-known Russian scientist Alexander Popov made a report about his invention at the meeting of the Russian scientific physical society. He had invented a device which received electrical signals at great distances without any wires. The first radio set was looked at with great interest by all the scientists present. Then A.S. Popov was asked a lot of questions. His invention was much spoken about in scientific circles. May 7, 1895, has entered the history of world culture as the date of one of the greatest inventions which is widely used by mankind. 2. Radio is playing an ever increasing part in human life on land, on sea and in the air. 3. In March 1938 the first television station came into being in Moscow, but the war soon stopped the development of television. 4. The international exchange of programmes will be developed still further in the future.