9. А) поставьте прилагательные и наречия в соответствующие степени сравнения; б) переведите текст на русский язык:

Mercury

Mercury is the (small) planet in our solar system, it is the (close) one to the Sun. Apart from the Sun itself the sunny side of Mercury is the (hot) place in the solar system. But the dark side of Mercury is probably even (cold) than the (far) planet, Pluto. It is strange to find the (hot) and the (cold) parts of the solar system on the same planet. The (good) time to see Mercury is spring.

10. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на сказуемое:

а) с модальным глаголом:

1. We must use new methods in our research work.

2. You may use this instrument for measuring gas pressure.

3. They ought to help their friend to solve this important problem.

б) с эквивалентом модального глагола:

1. The students were unable (were not able) to do the work without their teacher's help. He had to help them.

2. This power station was to supply us with all necessary energy.

3. The atom is to serve mankind.

4. Nobody was able to understand this mysterious phenomenon.

11. Прочитайте и переведите на русский язык текст.

NEW TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION

The "New Technology Exhibition" is devoted to economic and social developments. Its exhibits show efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of the region production. A large section of the exhibition demonstrates electronics.

The most impressive of the exhibits are robots. They can cut metals, drill holes, compute and teach. All robots are very much things of the present. A multipurpose lathe-robot is specially interesting in that it can "ask questions". An engineer showed how it works. He pressed a key which has the mark "Thread cutting". And "Thread pitch?" immediately appeared on the video display screen. The engineer pressed another key with the mark "I". Another question came on: "Thread length?". The robot has to get all the answers to all its questions before it goes to work.

Another exhibit is a robot which is to operate some metallurgical processes. Before it starts working its operator must take him by "hand" and go through all the programme. The robot memorizes the instructions and then is able to do everything by itself and without any mistakes. Its memory can hold as many as 70 programmes.

Practically all the equipment on display serves to improve the productivity. The exhibition programme provides for high increase in production of technologically perfect, top-quality and efficient types of machinery.

effort n	- усилие	memory n	- память
exhibit n	- экспонат	perfect a	- совершенный
exhibition n	- выставка	pitch n	- шаг (резьбы)
hole n	- отверстие	screen n	- экран
key n	- клавиша, ключ	top-quality a	- высококачественный
mark n	- маркировка