- •English for Telecommunications and Radio Technologies in Rail Transport
- •Merger (n) – объединение
- •Read the text and make a summary: telecommunications
- •After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
- •Translate the following words and word combinations into English:
- •Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Grammar Focus – noun chains (n-n-n…- n) (1)
- •Practise translating noun chains into Russian. Use the dictionary if needed:
- •Unit 2 telecommunications resources
- •Read the text below and make a summary: telecommunications resources
- •After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words in the box:
- •Grammar Focus – noun chains (n-n-n…- n) (2)
- •Practise translating noun chains into Russian. Use the dictionary if needed:
- •Unit 3 radio communication
- •Radio Communication (1)
- •4. Make two questions to each paragraph of the text and ask you partner to answer them.
- •5. Make the verbs from the nouns:
- •6. Complete the sentences with the words from the box below:
- •7. Match the words with their definitions:
- •Grammar Focus
- •Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to Ving forms:
- •9. Read and translate the text «Radio Communication» Part 2, then put the paragraphs in the correct order: Radio Communication (2)
- •10. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •The properties of electromagnetic waves
- •1. Discuss the general knowledge questions connected with the topic of the unit:
- •2. Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •3. Read the first part of the text «Properties of Electromagnetic Waves» and translate it using the words from exercise 2. The properties of electromagnetic waves
- •Make questions to the text. The first word and the answer are given for you:
- •Read the second part of the text «The Properties of Electromagnetic Waves» and give the definitions of the phenomena describing in the text by your own words:
- •Rendering/summarizing an article/text – Реферирование статьи/текста
- •Your opinion of the article and of the issue/problem raised in it
- •Render the whole text «The Properties of Electromagnetic Waves» according to the plan above.
- •Grammar Focus
- •Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to Ved forms:
- •Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
- •Unit 5 semiconductors
- •Before reading the text discuss the following questions:
- •Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •3. Read and translate the text using the words from exercise 2. What are the most important uses of semiconductors?
- •4. Write 5 questions to the text and ask your partner to answer them.
- •5. Make the nouns from the verbs.
- •6. Complete the sentences with the words from the box below:
- •7. Read the text about conductors, insulators and semiconductors:
- •Insulators
- •8. Fill the table with the information from the text above:
- •Grammar Focus Passive Voice
- •9. Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense of the Passive Voice:
- •Convergence on digital transmission
- •Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •Read the text and make a summary: convergence on digital transmission
- •4. After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •5. Match the words with their definitions.
- •6. Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
- •7. Translate the following words and word combinations into English:
- •Grammar Focus – numerals (1)
- •8. Practice saying numerals and translating the sentences into Russian. Use the dictionary if needed:
- •9. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Unit 7 how satellites work
- •1. Before reading the text discuss the following questions:
- •2 . Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •Self-contained (adj) – автономный
- •Read the text below and make a summary: how satellites work
- •After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
- •Translate the following words and word combinations into English:
- •Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Read the following text and render it.
- •Satellite (n) – спутник
- •Read the text and make a summary: satellite applications
- •After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
- •Translate the following words and word combinations into English:
- •Grammar Focus – numerals (2)
- •Practise saying the numerals and translating the sentences into Russian. Use the dictionary if needed:
- •Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Match the phrases and abbreviations below with their Russian equivalents:
- •Read the words and phrases and learn them by heart:
- •Translate the following noun chains into Russian. Use the dictionary to help you:
- •Read the text and match the headlines below with the paragraphs:
- •Complete these statements about gsm-r using information from the text:
- •The numbers below are mentioned in the text. What do they mean?
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words in the box:
- •Incompatible benefits availability guarantee implemented enabling surveillance communication
- •Translate the following phrases into English. Use the text of the unit to help you:
- •Work in pairs/small groups. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Unit 10 radio communication systems between train and trackside (rstt)
- •1. Before reading the text discuss the following questions:
- •2. Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •3. Read and translate the text using the words from the exercise 2: radio communication systems between train and trackside (rstt)
- •4. After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •5. Read the definition and give the suitable word. Use the words from exercise 2:
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box below:
- •7. Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups:
- •Glossary
- •Banking (n) – банковские операции
- •Equitable access – равный доступ Error-checking –проверка ошибок Exceed (V) – превышать
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ АГЕНТСТВО ЖЕЛЕЗНОДОРОЖНОГО ТРАНСПОРТА
Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования
«Петербургский государственный университет путей сообщения
Императора Александра I»
(ФГБОУ ВО ПГУПС)
Кафедра «Русский и иностранные языки»
М.М. Четина, Ю.В. Одинцова, Г.И. Панкратьева
English for Telecommunications and Radio Technologies in Rail Transport
Учебное пособие для студентов факультета «Автоматизация и интеллектуальные технологии» (специализации: «Телекоммуникационные системы и сети железнодорожного транспорта», «Радиотехнические системы на железнодорожном транспорте»)
Санкт-Петербург
2020
Рецензенты:
кандидат филологических наук, доцент Кафедры иностранных языков СПбГЭТУ «ЛЭТИ» Ю.В. Перлова; доцент кафедры «Русский и иностранные языки» Е.А. Рипачева
Настоящее пособие предназначено для студентов дневного отделения, обучающихся по специализациям «Телекоммуникационные системы и сети железнодорожного транспорта», «Радиотехнические системы на железнодорожном транспорте», и ставит целью развитие у учащихся навыков чтения и перевода научно-технических текстов, формирование терминологического словаря, а также развитие навыков говорения для активного их использования в профессиональной коммуникации.
UNIT 1
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Before reading the text discuss the following questions:
- What is the role of telecommunications in modern life?
- What are the most popular telecommunications media in our country?
Read the words and learn them by heart:
Access (v) – иметь/получать доступ к чему-либо
Affordable (adj) –доступный
Analog transmission – аналоговая передача сигнала
Broadband – широкополосная сеть, широкополосный
Copper wire – медный провод
Cordless phone – беспроводной телефон
Decode (v) – распознать код, дешифровать, расшифровать
Digital receiver – цифровой приемник
Employ (v) – нанимать, брать на службу, использовать, применять
Fiber-optic cables – оптоволоконный кабель
Handheld device – мобильное/портативное устройство
Link (v) –связывать, соединять
Medium/media (n) –средство, способ/средства, способы
Merger (n) – объединение
Modify (v) – видоизменять
Network (n) –сеть
Recipient (n) – получатель
Satellite (n) –спутник
Satellite communication – спутниковая связь
Sender (n) –отправитель
Transmission (n) – передача
Transmit (v) – передавать, посылать, пересылать
Via (adv) – посредством, через, путем
Voltage (n) – напряжение
Wire-based (adj) – проводной
Wireless (adj) – беспроводной
Wireless communication –беспроводная связь
Wireless data plan – тарифный план на беспроводную связь
Wire-line (adj) – проводной
Read the text and make a summary: telecommunications
Telecommunications are long-distance communications in which a conglomeration of information-sharing networks is tied together. The word tele in Latin means distance; thus, telecommunication is distance communication. It is the merger of communications and computers. The term telecommunications refers to devices and systems that transmit electronic or optical signals across long distances. It is a process by which people around the world contact one another to access information instantly and to communicate from remote areas. It involves a sender of information and a recipient linked by technology, such as a telephone system. It is a medium for delivering news, data, information, and entertainment—locally, nationally, and internationally.
Communication began as early as the existence of humankind. The evolution of communication systems has included primitive sign language, pounding drums, smoke signals, fire signals, the telegraph, the telephone, wireless communication, and satellite communication. To succeed in this world, communication has become a vital tool in everyday living. With telecommunications systems, individuals access information, bank, and shop online; and professionals are linked together by very complex computer networks. Communications technology has reshaped the world. Radio, television, computers, the Internet, and wireless networks have made it easier and more affordable to stay in touch. Communication has become a way of life. Communications technology has revolutionized the way people stay connected.
Telegraphs, phones, radios, and television modify electronic signals; this form of transmission is known as analog transmission, used to transmit electrical voltages representing variations in sound levels. Computers and other electronic equipment transmit digital information. This means that the transmission is sent over wires, cables, or radio waves and then decoded by a digital receiver.
Personal computers (PCs) communicate with each other via networks using the phone network, such as the Internet. Computers rely on broadband networks provided by telephone and cable companies to send music, text, photography, and video over the Internet at high speeds. Different types of transmission media are employed, including copper wires, fiber-optic cables, communication satellites, and microwave radio. Telecommunications media use wire-based or wire-line communications to link phones and phone networks to transmit messages, or use wireless communication that employs technologies such as cordless phones, cell phones, pagers, and satellites.
The newest technologies in telecommunications are wireless devices and handhelds and wireless data plans.
Telecommunications and information-related industries continue to enjoy a rapid growth in the Internet and the wireless device and network sectors.
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