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Automatic plants in industry.

Here are some facts about a new automatic plant in Kyiv. The new plant is truly an enterprise of tomorrow – a factory where men and women are free from manual labour, where machines do all the hard work.

In the high, light and clean halls hundreds of mechanical devices act with unprecedented precision and timing. The machine assembly transforms metal into complex machine parts without human intervention.

A few people walk quietly round the machines and check their oper­ation. These are operators. They operate separate machines. They keep them working at just the right speed. Every operator is a very skilled technician with a wide knowledge of machines. He knows machines so well that he can feel the pulse of each machine. If any trouble arises, the operator determines the damage and repairs it quickly, in seconds. He changes tools and starts the device again. But to repair damage is only a Part of his job. To prevent stoppages is even much more important.

The operators are well trained people. A controller sits at a desk. He merely watches the illuminated glass panel on which he sees the entire machine assembly in graphic form. As he knows the connection between the various working processes, he directs various sections and shops of the plant.

Machines are used not only to produce high-precision parts. They inspect the quality of work. If any stoppage takes place an automatic device immediately sends a signal. At every stage of its journey through the plant, the part goes through accurate mechanical inspection. A mechanical device inspects and checks the weight of the part, precision of its diameter, solidity of metal. Another mechanical inspector not only checks the precision of the complex parts but sorts them out in different sizes.

The plant of today is a factory which looks more like a first-class laboratory than a plant.

Grammar and lexical exercises

I. Translate into Ukrainian paying attention to the Predicates.

1. He has been interested in history since his childhood. 2. The positive results hadn't been obtained until a more powerful apparatus was installed. 3. They have already determined the main properties of the substance. 4. The explanation of these strange facts hasn't been furnished yet. 5. He has been offered a very interesting job at that institute. 6. I was very busy with my work so I had to refuse to take part in the expedition. 7. All necessary information is being stored in the computer. 8. What substance must be added to the solution? 9. The discovery of these rays may cause great changes in modem technology. 10. After careful consideration of your report we shall be able to point out to you all the defects it contains. 11. The problem of the future of human civilization on the Earth is being steadily researched by the scientists throughout the world.

II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form, state the type of Predicates and translate the sentences into Ukrainian.

1. The speaker just (to mention) the role of genetics in the development of medical sciences. 2. In 2000 people (to mark) the 275^th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 3. Science (to become) the productive force of the society. 4. They (to obtain) these results last year. 5. We (to do) this research since 2000. 6. The Institute of Geophysics (to carry out) the re­search into the structure of these planets. 7. They always (to try) to use the most efficient methods of research.