English for Engineering Students

3.25Rewrite the following sentences in progressive passive, as in the model.

Model: The professor is examining the students at the moment. The students are being examined bythe professor at the moment.

1.The secretarywas sending the fax. The fax … by the secretary.

2.The interpreter is translating their conversation rather well. Their conversation … bythe interpreter rather well.

3.Theyare making a lot of noise at this moment. A lot of noise … by them at this moment.

4.We were writing a test. A test … by us.

5.The teacher is explaining the rule to the students now. The rule … to the students bythe teacher now.

6.We are doing our course project at the moment. Our course project … byus at the moment.

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3.26Rewrite the following sentences in perfect passive, as in the model.

Model: The professor has examined the students.

The students have been examined bythe professor.

1.He has just completed the project. The project … just … by him.

2.Theywill have republished this book by the end of September. This book … by the end of September.

3.Russian scientists have achieved great success in space research. Great success … in space research by Russian scientists.

4.The specialist had tested the device by the time we came. The device … by the specialist by the time we came.

5.We have given the new computers to our colleagues. The new computers … to our colleagues by us.

6.I had written the article by3 o’clock. The article … by me by 3 o’clock.

3.27Choose the Englishequivalents to the words inbold.

1.Собрание состоялось в зале.

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3. Мы еще не знали своих оценок, потому что наши контрольные проверялись, когда мы уходили из института. a) were corrected b) were being corrected c) was being

corrected

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3.28Choose the correct variant.

1.He … a telegram by somebody from homeland.

8.At present computers … more widely … in the sphere of education.

10. The training at Cambridge and Oxford … bytutorial system. a) carries out b) is carried out c) are carried out

11.Large sums of money … by the state to train highly-qualified engineers.

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15. The translation has not been finished yet. It …by the end of the month.

a) will be finished b) will have finished c) will have been finished

3.29Translate the followingsentences.

1.The study of theoryis accompanied by practical training.

2.Who told you that the agreement had been signed?

3.The methods of radio engineering are now being used in various fields of science and technology.

4.New subjects will be studied next term.

5.Unfortunately, these questions were not touched upon at the conference.

6.Nothing has been told about this to me.

7.The service area of this transmitter was limited to a radius of 25 to 50 miles.

8.OnlyEnglish is spoken here.

9.Vacuum tubes are classified according to the number of electrodes.

10.This article is often referred to.

11.The signal received by the antenna will be transmitted to the radio receiver.

12.The experiment will be followed bytesting the end product.

13.The equations were solved bythe machine.

14.A technical text is being translated now.

15.Manynew methods were used last year

16.The data will not be lost during the inevitable server crashes.

17.The distortions (искажения) are called nonlinear because they don't double if the intensity of the light is doubled.

18.The repeater was used to convert light pulses into electronic signals.

19.The speed with which arithmetic operations are performed is affected bya number of factors.

20.All the requirements were met in the experiment.

21.Some steps have been taken to increase the speed of sending messages.

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22.Great attention was given to the study of electricity.

23.We are informed that many scientists are working at the problem of space communication.

24.The work is being done now and soon it will be finished.

25.The very first apparatus for radio communication was called wireless telegraph.

Table 3.4

Attribute Group

3.30 Translate the following word-groups.

noun + noun

Cost reduction, power consumption, source material, a user’s location, equipment manufacturer, control function, sound quality, search methods. noun + noun + noun

Data network providers, power consumption change, size reduction need, network management application, optics cameras manufacturer, the system reaction identification, parameter identification methods, control system design.

adjective + noun + noun

Local exploration office, complex search methods, an interesting system model, a simple identification technique, an elementary game theory, important measurement parameters, the main growth parameter, a complex simulation model, digital data design, an important control system, straight line motion,

adjective + noun + noun + noun

A new control system design, different parameter identification methods, new generation information society, our problem determination task.

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3.31Choose the correct translation.

1.automatic frequency correction

а) коррекция автоматической частоты

b)автоматическая частота коррекции

c)автоматическая коррекция частоты

2.automatic data processing system

а) автоматическая обработка данных системы

b)система автоматической обработки данных

c)автоматическая система обработки данных

3.automatic gain control

а) усиление с автоматической регулировкой

b)автоматическая регулировка усиления

c)регулировка автоматического усиления

4.first satellite television signal

а) сигнал первого спутникового телевидения

b)спутниковый сигнал первого телевидения

c)первый сигнал спутникового телевидения

5.radioactivity phenomenon discovery importance

а) важность открытия явления радиоактивности

b)феномен открытия важности радиоактивности

c)феноменальная важность открытия радиоактивности

6.matter structure theory development

a)структура теории развития вещества

b)теория развития структуры вещества

c)развитие теории структуры вещества

7.digital television broadcasting technology

а) цифровое вещание технологии телевидения

b)цифровая технология телевизионного вещания

c)технология цифрового телевизионного вещания

8.transistor equivalent circuit

a)транзистор эквивалентной схемы

b)эквивалентная схема транзистора

c)транзистор с эквивалентной схемой

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3.32Translate the sentences paying attention to the attribute groups.

1.Theyused the temperature control system.

2.The paper aims at the development of a search approach.

3.A cell growth increase is a factor in the test.

4.We shall organize discussion of the important measurement parameters.

5.You may use anycontrol system design method.

6.We use different system models.

7.Theysolved the parameter identification problem.

8.The problem identification task is of great importance.

9.That parameter determination method is of great help.

10.That control system design is of interest.

11.They were to study the performance of single sideband radio receivers.

12.The State Research Coordination Committee was offered to improve their methods of scientific work.

13.A nuclear reactor is a device in which chain reaction takes place.

14.The important radiation characteristic is that it can take place in vacuum.

15.To use free-space laser communication you need to understand how light propagates from the source to the receiver.

3.33Read and translate the following sentences paying attention to the objectand attribute clauses.

1.We know our scientists have achieved great success in the development of electrical engineering.

2.Radio waves our students will study propagate at a great speed.

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3.The facts you have been given above are an attempt to illustrate this phenomenon.

4.From this article we learned the hydrogen atom is the simplest.

5.The antenna we are speaking about is mounted on the airplane.

6.The laboratoryhe works in carried out an important research.

7.The problem this article deals with is connected with subject we study.

8.The new methods of research the engineers had used at the plant greatlyimproved their work.

9.Materials new computers depend on must be of the best quality.

10.The number of components supercomputers consist of is great.

11.The text the student is reading is about the latest achievements in the computer science.

12.There are now lots of applications you could download.

13.Many computer operating systems allow the user to install or create any user interface they desire.

14.The few calls he made and the emails he sent were digitally recorded and archived for three years.

15.The Pentium processor is currently the most powerful processor the Intel offers for the personal computer.

16.The data the computer holds will disappear if the computer loses power.

17.The report he made at the conference helped us in our research.

18.The problem they were speaking about was of great value for our experiment.

19.For a long time A.Bell couldn't get the results he was looking for.

20.The discovery of Newton’s mistake we were reading about was made by a young physicist.

21.The problem of this article is connected with the subject we study.

22.It is difficult to imagine the world we live in without computers.

23.We will speak about the progress the computers have made in their development.

24.You have been given all the information you need.

25.The news we have heard this week is of great importance.

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