24. Прочтите диалоги и выучите их:

1

A: I say, Boris, have you any idea what bionics is?

B: I certainly have, it is the science that studies living creatures in order to find principles applicable to engineering.

A: Yes, nature does things better than man.

B: But man has learned to improve on nature in many ways.

2

A: Boris, what do you know about bionics?

B: It is a comparatively new science that studies the mysteries of biological machinery. A bionic can copy a lot from nature.

A: As far as I know there is a close analogy between a biological organism and an electrical system.

B: You’re quite right, and I suppose the greatest advances in bionics will be electronic in nature.

A: I think so.

25. Английский юмор:

Technical Precision

A cat got into the pipeline system when it was drained. In the report the plumbing technician wrote in the graph “Type of Work”: “Called ‘kitty, kitty, kitty’ – 5 times a minute.” In the graph “Time Consumed by Operation” he wrote: “60 minutes (5 times a minute – 300:5=60).”

Урок 14

GENERAL EVALUATION OF THE MARKET SITUATION

FOR EXPORT GAS PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION

Грамматика: Субъектный инфинитивный оборот.

Текст: General Evaluation of the Market Situation for Export Gas Pipeline Construction.

1. Прочтите вслух следующие слова:

– pipeline, liquefied, define, China, higher, Chinese, supplied, supplies, diameter, final, besides, supply, side

– construction, country, under, among, other, structure, uncovered, southern, fluctuate, studies, constructing, currently, another, shortcomings

• through, including, route

– resource, install, installment, fourth, all, seashore, north

– general, region, energy, Japanese, Japan, large, project, advantage

– about, south, amount, thousand, however

– field, heat, compete, even, sea, eastern, complete

– Pacific, province, additional, exist, capacity, built, similar, foreign

– evaluation, situation, use, newly, value, consumer, evaluate, volume, annually

2. Прочтите следующие слова, обращая внимание на ударение:

general [ ], evaluation [ ], situation [ ], region [ ], balance [ ], energy [ ], resources [ ], developed [ ], however [ ], installation [ ], basis [ ], liquefied [ ], natural [ ], prevalence [ ], structure [ ], total [ ], reserve [ ], prospective [ ], evaluate [ ], value [ ], basic [ ], consumer [ ], electrical [ ], industry [ ], development [ ], additional [ ], volume [ ], annually [ ], demand [ ], exist [ ], territory [ ], capacity [ ], diameter [ ], suppose [ ], further [ ], transportation [ ], elaborate [ ], advantage [ ], supply [ ], shortcoming [ ], competitive [ ], existence [ ], initial [ ].