- •Английский язык
- •655017, Абакан, ул. Щетинкина, 27 оглавление
- •Введение
- •Unit I. Electrical Engineering
- •I. Before reading the text try to predict what information you will find in it, choosing the statements from the list below.
- •II. Read the text to find out if you are right.
- •Vocabulary
- •Electric Motor
- •VII. Explain each of the methods of connection.
- •I. Read the statements given below and if you think the statement is true agree to it saying “That’s right”. If you think it is not true, disagree “That’s wrong” and make the necessary corrections.
- •II. Read the text and say if you are right or wrong.
- •Vocabulary
- •Operating Principles of an Electric Motor
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Find in the Text 2 and put down key words that can be used to speak about operating principles of an electric motor.
- •VI. Match each of these components to its function, and then describe its function in a sentence.
- •VII. Match the given words to sentences 1–7.
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •Alternator
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text and put down key words to speak about an alternator.
- •IV. Find words with similar meanings.
- •V. Use the verbs given below to complete the text about a versatile device (Fig. 3).
- •VI. Match each of these terms with the correct description.
- •I. Read the text and write an outline for it.
- •Vocabulary
- •The First Maglev Train
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Write the summary of the Text 4.
- •IV. Scan the table and find a material which is:
- •V. Scan the table to find:
- •VI. Make definitions of each of the materials in column a, choosing the correct information in columns b and c.
- •I. Read the statements given below and if you think the statement is true agree to it saying “That’s right”. If you think it is not true, disagree “That’s wrong” and make the necessary corrections.
- •II. Read the text and say if you are right or wrong.
- •Vocabulary
- •Electrodynamic Suspension System
- •VII. Complete the safety report with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
- •VIII. Ask the questions for these answers about the near miss incident in the task VII.
- •IX. Write a set of safety rules based on the report in the task VII.
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •Strain Gauge
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text and put down key words to speak about a strain gauge.
- •IV. Find words with similar meanings.
- •VI. Read the three texts. Match the titles with the texts.
- •VII. Decide whether the sentences are “true” or “false”. Correct the false parts of the sentences.
- •Unit II. Traditional sources of energy
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •Wood Fuel
- •II. Match the English and Russian equivalents:
- •III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.
- •IV. Put the following sentences in the correct order according to the text.
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •II. Finish the following sentences according to the text.
- •III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
- •IV. Combine the words:
- •V. Answer the questions:
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •II. Complete the following sentences according to the text.
- •III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •Natural Gas
- •II. Finish the following sentences according to the text.
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Find in the text and put down key words to speak about natural gas.
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •Electric power plants
- •II. Translate the following word combinations:
- •III. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions.
- •IV. Test. Choose the correct variant:
- •V. Answer the questions:
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •Thermal Electrical Plants
- •II. Translate the following word combinations:
- •III. Fill in the blanks with the verbs.
- •IV. Test. Choose the correct variant:
- •V. Answer the questions:
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •The Atomic Power Plant (1)
- •II. Translate the following expressions:
- •III. Test. Choose the correct variant:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •The Atomic Power Plant (2)
- •II. Translate the following word combinations:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Find in the text and put down key words to speak about nuclear power plants.
- •I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power Plants
- •II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Combine the words. Translate them into Russian.
- •V. Read the following sentences and fill in the words listed below.
- •VI. Answer the following questions and give examples:
- •Unit III. Alternative sources of energy
- •I. Choose the right option. Renewable Energy Sources
- •II. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it. The Pros and Cons of Alternative Energy
- •III. Match the English and Russian equivalents:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Comfortable ['kʌmfətəbl]
- •Vocabulary
- •How Solar Energy Works
- •III. Give the English equivalents about the text:
- •IV. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •V. Answer the following questions and give examples:
- •Vocabulary
- •Wind Energy
- •II. Fill in the correct prepositions, translate the phrases, then choose any five items and make up sentences of your own:
- •III. Put the following sentences in the correct order according to the text:
- •IV. Make the following statements true according to the text:
- •V. Answer the following questions and give examples:
- •VI. Fill in the gaps with the words from the text.
- •VII. Write a summary of the Text 3.
- •VIII. Discuss with your groupmates or in pairs:
- •IX. Fill in the words listed below.
- •X. Translate the following text into Russian in written form paying attention to –ing forms.
- •XI. Read the following text and make an abstract of the text in some sentences.
- •XII. Fill in the gaps with the omitted words.
- •I. Answer the following question and read the text below to check your answer.
- •Vocabulary
- •Hydroelectric Power: How it Works
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences according to the text.
- •IV. Combine the words and translate them:
- •V. Fill in the correct prepositions, translate the phrases, then choose any five items and make up sentences of your own.
- •Wave Energy Converter
- •Библиографический список
IV. Answer the following questions:
What are atomic power plants?
What do they consist of?
What is the fuel for atomic power plants?
Is nuclear fuel widely used nowadays?
What is produced during operation process with nuclear fuel?
To what temperature is the water heated in a system of tubes during operation process?
What is the nuclear reactor cooled by?
What is the water passed through (into) the reactor for?
At what pressure is the water passed into the reactor?
What kind of cooling is popular at electric power plants and at atomic electric power plants?
Where is the produced steam fed into?
Does the water converted into steam flow outsider or inside the tubes?
What does an atomic power plants comprise?
Do atomic power plants pollute the air?
What air is bad for one’s health?
What are the advantages of atomic power station?
What is the main disadvantage of atomic power plants?
Where are the reactors and steam generators installed? And why?
How are all the controls operated?
Text 8.
I. Read the text and be ready to do exercises that follow it.
Vocabulary
nuclear[’nu:klɪər] ядерный
available [ə’veɪləbəl] наличный
to near [nɪər] приближаться, подходить
advantage [əd'væntɪdʒ] выгода, польза, преимущество
installation [‚ɪnstə’leɪʃən] установка, устройство
fission ['fɪʃən] расщепление, деление клеток
equipment [ɪ'kwɪpmənt] снаряжение, оборудование
circulation [‚sɜ:rkjə’leɪʃən] циркуляция, обращение
circuit ['sɜ:kət] цепь
consumption [kən’sʌmpʃən] потребление, расход
to assume [ə'su:m] предполагать, допускать
efficiency [ɪ'fɪʃənsɪ] эффективность, производительность
to ensure [ɪn'ʃuə] обеспечивать, гарантировать
carload [ka:ləud] вагон как мера груза
to enrich [ɪn'rɪtʃ] обогащать
to demand [dɪ'mænd] требовать
The Atomic Power Plant (2)
Industry depends on power. The industrial development of the last 200 years has been based primarily on the exploitation of coal and later of oil. In some parts of the world the force of flowing water has been used to generate electricity.
Now a new fuel and a new source of power is put to the service of mankind. The fuel is uranium and the source of power is atomic power.
Nuclear power plants offer a new means of making power available in regions where the cost of transport is nearing its economic limits. One of the great advantages of atomic power stations is the fact they can be built in the very region where power is to be used. As a result long electric transmission lines become unnecessary. The atomic power plant is a typical steam power installation with the electricity generated by a steam turbine operated by water converted into steam as a result of uranium fission.
The principal components of the power plant equipment are: a) the nuclear reactor; b) the heat exchanger; c) the steam turbine.
The power plant has two main water circulation circuits: first – between the reactor and the steam exchanger for transferring heat and second – between the steam exchanger and the turbine for producing steam to drive the turbine.
The scientists have designed a few types of reactors. The reactors will operate with a mixture of natural and enriched uranium. Atomic power stations are advantageous because of their low fuel consumption. If the capacity of an atomic power station is assumed to be one million kilowatts and its efficiency 25 %, only about 500 kg of fuel will be required to ensure the operation of the reactors for 24 hours. A power station of the same capacity operating with ordinary solid fuel would require 550 carloads of brown coal for the same period of time.
Atomic power plants will meet the ever-increasing demand for power by using a new source of energy, a source allowing the great industrial systems to continue hundreds – even thousands of years beyond the time when the conventional sources of power will have been exhausted.