13. Прочитайте текст и переведите на русский язык.

Engineering is a very practical activity. It is the process of applying the latest achievements of science and technology into practice. There are a lot of branches in engineering. Mechanical engineers are experts in the design and manufacture of tools and machines. Mechanical engineering has marine, automobile, aeronautical, heating and ventilating branches. Electrical engineering is about producing and applying electricity in various fields of national economy. It has the following branches: electrical installation, electrical generation, lighting, etc. Components and equipment for computing and communicating are the product of electronic engineering and bridges, roads and airports are the object of civil engineering.

UNIT 2 EXPERIMENTING

SECTION A. EXPERIMENTING WITH CAR DEVICES

Grammar: Present Continuous Active

1. Запишите глаголы с -ing окончанием.

move-	test-
pay- perform- do- put-	measure- indicate­work­study-

2. Составьте предложения и переведите их на русский язык.

EXAMPLE: I / study English. They / watch TV.

I am studying English.

They are not watching TV now.

1. I / listen to the teacher.

2. We / practise a new grammar rule.

3. He / perform mathematical calculations.

4. I / drive a car.

5. We /sit in the class.

6. They /measure the dimensions of this room.

3. Составьте вопросы по образцу. Переведите на русский язык.

EXAMPLE 1: to study the instrument panel of the car / car design

• Are you studying the instrument panel of the car?

• Yes, I am. /No, I am not.

1. to look at the indications of a speedometer / tachometer

2. to repair the car / tyre

3. to test the new device / new engineering

4. materials to check the volume of the petrol / oil

EXAMPLE 2: to measure the pressure in the tyre / to change the wheel

• Are they measuring the pressure in the tyre?

• Yes, they are. / No, they aren't. They are changing the wheel.

1. to drive in nails / to tighten screws

2. to cut wooden blocks / to cut metal sheets

3. to use chisels /to use hammers

4. to shape workpieces / to measure their dimensions

EXAMPLE 3: to test the new engine

• What are you doing? / What is he doing?

• I am testing the new engine now. / He is testing the new engine now.

1. to perform mathematical operations;

2. to investigate the properties of copper;

3. to control the quality of engineering materials;

4. to work with wood.

4. Составьте утвердительные и отрицательные предложения, используя Present Continuous. Переведите на русский язык.

EXAMPLE: Oleg - to drive a car- to do it carefully

Oleg is driving a car carefully.

Oleg isn’t doing it very carefully.