3. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих словосочетаний:

1. касается изучения материалов

2. так называемые полимеры

3. более ценные свойства

4. совместная работа

5. следующим образом

6. в соответствии с определенной системой

7. имеет большое значение

8. углеродные соединения

9. чрезвычайно успешный

10. краеугольный камень

4. Найдите в тексте слова, имеющие общий корень с данными словами. Определите, к какой части речи они относятся, обозначьте словообразовательную морфему (приставка, корень, суффикс) либо дополнительный корень при словосложении и переведите слова на русский язык:

1. compose

2. biology

3. relate

4. true

5. simple

6. chemistry

7. develop

8. achievements

9. great

10. press

5. Задайте к подчеркнутому в тексте предложению все типы вопросов (общий, альтернативный, разделительный, специальный: а) к подлежащему, б) к второстепенному члену предложения).

6. Выполните анализ данных предложений, обратив внимание на следующие грамматические явления: числительные, времена групп Continuous и Perfect активного и пассивного залога; согласование времен; функции глаголов to be, to have; усилительные конструкции, неопределенные местоимения some, any, no и их производные:

1. Biochemistry has appeared on the boundaries between biology and chemistry.

2. It was D. Mendeleyev, the famous Russian chemist, who was the first to discover the law of dependence of the proper­ties of elements upon their atomic weights and showed the elements arranged according to a definite system.

3. But Davy's most significant service to science was his finding and training Michael Faraday to whom more than anyone else electrochemistry is indebted.

4. It was a stroke of luck that his employer knew him to have desire for learning and allowed him to read books and to attend scientific lectures.

5. Davy had liberated a number of new metals by passing an electric current through molten compounds of those metals.

7. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту:

1. What does the science chemistry include?

2. What branch of chemistry deals with the methods of separation of purer substances from mixtures, of elements from com­pounds, and with their estimation?

3. How can the Periodic Law be simply stated?

4. What process did Faraday name electrolysis and what did he name an electrolyte?

5. What successes has chemistry achieved in the past few decades?

6. Who showed the elements arranged according to a definite system?

7. Whom is electrochemistry indebted to?

8. Составьте аннотацию к тексту (2 – 3 предложения).

9. Составьте реферат текста (10 – 15 предложений).

10. Составьте план текста и перескажите текст.

Вариант 8

1. Прочитайте и переведите текст:

BRITAIN TODAY.

ECONOMY. From 1981 to 1989 the British economy experienced eight years of sustained growth at an annual average rate over 3%. However, subsequently Britain and other major industrialized nations were severely affected by recession. In Britain growth slowed to 0.6% in 1990, and in 1991 gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 2.3%. GDP fell in 1992 as a whole by 0.4%, but it rose slightly in the second half of the year. The recovery strengthened during the first part of 1993; with GDP in the sec­ond quarter being 2% higher than a year earlier; the European Commission expected Britain to be the fastest growing of all ma­jor European economies in 1993 and 1994.

Recent indications that the recovery is under may include:

an increase in manufacturing output;

a steady upward trend in retail sales;

increases in new car registrations;

record levels of exports;

increased business and consumer confidence; and

signs of greater activity in the housing market.

The Government's policy is to ensure sustainable economic growth through low inflation and sound public finances. The Gov­ernment's economic policy is set in the context of a medium-term, financial strategy, which is revived each year. Within this strat­egy, monetary and fiscal policies are designed to defeat inflation. Short-term interest rates remain the essential instrument of monetary policy.

Macroeconomic policy is directed towards keeping down the rate of inflation as the basis for sustainable growth, while micro-economic policies seek to improve the working of markets and encourage enterprise, efficiency and flexibility through measures such as privatization, deregulation and tax reforms.

The economy is now benefiting from substantially lower in­terest rates. In September 1993 base interest rates were at 6%. They had been cut by 9 percentage points since October 1990, and were at their lowest since 1977.

INDUSTRY. Private enterprises generate over three-quarters of total do­mestic income. Since 1979 the Government has privatized 46 major businesses and reduced the state-owned sector of industry by about two-thirds. The Government is taking measures to cut unnecessary regulations imposed on business, and runs a number of schemes which provide direct assistance or advice to small and medium-sized businesses.

In some sectors a small number of large companies and their subsidiaries are responsible for a substantial proportion of total production, notably in the vehicle, aerospace and transport equipment industries. Private enterprises account for the greater part of activity in the agricultural, manufacturing, construction, distributive, financial and miscellaneous service sectors. The pri­vate sector contributed 75% of total domestic final expenditure in 1992, general government 24 % and public corporations 1%.

About 250 British industrial companies in the latest reporting period each had an annual turnover of more than £500 million. The annual turnover of the biggest company, British Petroleum', makes it the 11th largest industrial grouping in the world and the second largest in Europe. Five British firms are among the top 25 European Community companies.

FINANCE. The service industries, which include finance, retailing, tour­ism and business services, contribute about 65% of gross domestic product and over 70% of employment. Britain is responsible for some 10% of the world's exports of services; overseas earn­ings from services amounted to 30% of the value of exports of manufactures in 1992. The number of employees in services rose from over 13 million in 1982 to 15.5 million by the end of 1992, much of the rise being accounted for by growth in parttime (principally female) employment.

Average real disposable income per head increased by nearly three-quarters between 1971 and 1990 and this was reflected in a rise in consumer spending of financial, personal and leisure serv­ices and on the maintenance and repair of consumer durables. Demand for British travel, hotel and catering services rose as real incomes in Britain and other countries increased. The spread of home ownership, particularly during the 1980s, increased demand for legal and state agency services.

Britain is a major financial centre, housing some of the world's leading banking, insurance, securities, shipping, com­modities, futures, and other financial services and markets. Fi­nancial services are an important source of employment and over­seas earnings. Business services include advertising, market re­search, management consultancy, exhibition and conference fa­cilities, computing services and auction houses.

By the year 2000, tourism is expected to be the world's big­gest industry, and Britain is one of the world's leading tourist destinations. The industry is Britain's second largest, employing nearly 7% of the workforce. Retailing is also a major employer and Britain has an advanced distribution network. An important trend in retailing is the growth of out-of-town shopping centres.

The computing services industry continues to be one of the fastest-growing sectors of the economy, and information technol­ogy is widely used in retailing and financial services.

A notable trend in the services sector is the growth of fran­chising, an operation in which a company owning the rights to a particular form of trading licenses them to franchises, usually by means of an initial payment with continuing royalties. The main areas include cleaning services, film processing, print shops, hair-dressing and cosmetics, fitness centres, courier delivery, car rental, engine tuning and servicing, and fast food retailing. It is estimated that franchising's share of total retail sales is over 3%, a figure which is likely to increase.

2. Переведите на русский язык следующие английские словосочетания:

1. gross domestic product

2. manufacturing output

3. a steady upward trend

4. increased business and consumer confidence

5. the housing market

6. monetary and fiscal policies

7. substantially lower in­terest rates

8. total do­mestic income

9. medium-sized businesses

10. final expenditure