Английский язык для горных инженеров

3. Is the Mining Engineering Department the only one in the

mining engineers? 7. What do you know about the organiza-

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modelling it is possible to process a huge amount of infor-

XII. Подберите из списков А и Б близкие по значению слова.

А. 1) to obtain, 2) to call for, 3) to understand, 4) to found, 5) to provide, 6) to connect, 7) to consist of, 8) to change, 9) bed, 10) field, 11) quarry

Б. I. to establish, II. to combine, III. to realize, IV. to get, V. to transform, VI. to set up, VII. to require, VIII. to supply, IX. branch, X. to receive, XI. to demand, XII. to be made of, XIII . seam, XIV. opencast, XV. layer, XVI. surface mine

XIII. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на перевод слов "only" и "the only":

1. Until the nineteenth century Oxford and Cambridge were the only two universities of England. 2. The colleges of Oxford and Cambridge provide instructions chiefly by

XIV. Переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на многозначность слова "that (those)":

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1. It is known that the scientists have already done considerable work in the field of automatized systems of planning and control of underground operations. Their experience is very encouraging. 2. The calorific value of coal is 2-4 times greater than that of wood. 3. The equipment that the postgraduates have used for carrying out their experiments is of the latest design. 4. It was clear that computers could perform the work that man could not. 5. The geological conditions of Wales differ from those of Scotland. 6. It is known that the fee (плата за обучение) at Oxford and Cambridge universities is so high that only the children of the rich can study there.

XV. а) Прочитайте вслух следующие предложения.

б) Выберите из предлагаемых в скобках вариантов правильный перевод для глагола-сказуемого. Проверьте себя по ключу:

2.Experience has helped the engineers to solve the problem of increasing coal output, (а. помог, б. поможет, в.

помогает)

3.Research workers have developed an efficient method

*XVI. Назовите предложения, в которых глаголы-сказуемые употребляются в одной из форм группы Perfect. Переведите предложения:

had made a lot of experiments before they got the necessary results. 6. N. had worked in the mine for many years before

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XVIII. Прочитайте предложения и определите, в каком из них следует употребить форму совершенного времени (The Perfect Tense). Переведите предложения, используя следующие слова и сочетания слов:

1. Они уже провели эксперимент. 2. Они провели эксперимент на прошлой неделе. 3. Этот молодой инженер закончил институт два года тому назад. 4. В этом году он поступил в аспирантуру. 5. После того как геологи открыли природный газ, доля угля в топливном балансе района уменьшилась.

XIX. Найдите в тексте ЗБ предложения, в которых глагол-сказуемое выражает законченное действие.

XX. Выполните задание по следующему образцу:

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XXI. Перескажите вкратце содержание текста ЗБ, используя ключевые слова:

there are; to provide full-time and part-time education; to confer diplomas; has become; is the only; deal with; consists of; can be recommended; has worked out; may take courses; has become a tradition; trains; has recognized; to take their examinations; usually; to interview the students

Ill

I. Прочитайте текст ЗВ без словаря. Определите его основную идею.

ТЕКСТ ЗВ

1. In the USA the basic aim of technical higher education is the training of qualified specialists in a selected field of technology.

2. In the field of technical education they have a threepart programme: 1) The University programme for engineers and scientists. 2) The technical institute programme for engineering technicians. 3) The vocational trade programme (программа профессионально-технического обучения).

3. The students can get mining education at special colleges and at mining departments of universities. For example, one of the oldest mining schools in the USA is the Colorado School of Mines. Early mining operations in the Territory of Colorado emphasized the need for a college to train mining engineers.

and other deposits. Besides, Colorado has processing (dressing)

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5. The field of study includes earth sciences (geology, geochemistry, geophysics and others) and engineering. The

is a large and well-equipped laboratory for teaching and

at the beginning of each semester. Semester fees include fees

of mining in his (or her) undergraduate education in mining. As a rule, mining engineering programmes include: Liberal arts — 20%; Basic sciences — 25%; General engineering — 20%; Geology — 1 0 % ; Mining — 2 5 % .

II.Выразите основную мысль каждого абзаца текста ЗВ одним или двумя предложениями.

III.Составьте краткий план текста.

IV. Найдите в тексте ЗВ абзацы, в которых говорится о характерных особенностях системы высшего образования в США.

V.Определите, который из трех заголовков наиболее соответствует содержанию текста ЗВ. Проверьте себя по ключу.

1. Education in the USA. 2. Higher Education in the USA. 3. Technical Higher Education in the USA.

VI. а) Прослушайте следующие географические названия и запишите их по-русски (книги закрыты):

Great Britain, Canada, Japan, France, Italy, the USA, Western Europe

б) Прослушайте названия угольных бассейнов в Соединенных Штатах Америки и запишите их по-русски:

Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and Kentucky

в) Прослушайте текст и постарайтесь понять его основное содержание (книги закрыты).

г) Прослушайте текст еще раз и ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. What useful minerals is the USA rich in? 2. What branches of industry does the country develop?

Among the capitalist countries with a highly-developed

energy resources. The territory of the USA is rich in coal,

military and others. The coal industry plays an important part in the country's economy, its raw material base. The future of coal depends very much upon its use in electricity generation and in other fields.

Most of the total annual coal production comes from the coal-fields in Pennsylvania and the northern part of West

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УРОК 4

SOVIET SCIENCE OF MINING

I. Запомните следующие слова и сочетания слов:

II. Прочитайте следующие сочетания слов и переведите их:

iron deposits; the extracting of useful minerals; the discovery of salt; existing conditions; to design effective machines for underground and open-cast mining: to forecast the deposit; to investigate different systems; the prominent scientist; an entire epoch; remarkable works; scientific activity; industrially experienced engineers; equal skill; the Earth's crust movement; the origin of platinum deposits; significant results

III.Определите значения выделенных слов по сходству их корней с корнями соответствующих слов в русском языке:

President of the Academy of Sciences; academician; the history of geology; a new, much more detailed geological map; the new stratigraphy of Russia; the regularity of the Earth's crust movement, petroleum deposits; the introduction of the microscope; the best lecturer

IV. а) Переведите следующие слова:

drawing, recording, forecasting, prospecting

б) Заполните пропуски соответствующими словами, образованными от выделенных глаголов:

1. Future engineers learn to draw in drawing classes. During the first two years the students get a comprehensive training in . . . . 2. A. P. Karpinsky forecast the origin of coal in the Donbas. His ... was confirmed by the theory. 3. The task of the geological group was to prospect for gold. The geologists used modern methods of ... . 4 . New recording instruments made it possible to record the results of the investigations accurately. One of the functions of the laboratory work is to train the students in accurate ... of observations.

V.Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на перевод прилагательных с суффиксом "-ent (-ant)":

1.М. V. Lomonosov, А. P. Karpinsky and other prominent scientists founded the Russian school of mining. 2. Prospecting is an applied geological science which studies different methods of discovering deposits of useful minerals. 3. Scien-

VI. Определите по суффиксам, какой частью речи являются следующие слова, и переведите их:

create — creator — creation; elect — election; investi-

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gate — investigator — investigation; recent — recently; significant — significance; consider — considerable — consideration; encourage — encouragement; found — founder — foundation; manager — management; exist — existence

VII. Прочитайте следующие предложения. Найдите в каждом из них группу «подлежащее — сказуемое». Определите временную форму глаголов-сказуемых. Переведите предложения:

1. Prospectors at the Donets Coal Basin have assessed (оценивать) the old coal-field's reserves by the year 2000. 2. They have found new anthracite deposits more than 2,000 metres below the surface. 3. Experts say that the discovery will result in a large mining enterprise. 4. It should be noted

of many Academies; an entire epoch in the history of Russian geology; a new, much more detailed geological map of the

of the Earth's crust; to head the Russian Geological Committee; to embrace the whole of geological science

IX. Прочитайте текст 4A. 1) Назовите области геологии, в которых А. П. Карпинский был первооткрывателем; 2) перечислите основные проблемы, которые решают в настоящее время геологи.