- •Unit 3. Conductivity Language Work
- •Fill in the table
- •Read and translate the following international words:
- •Choose the appropriate English equivalents. What do all of them have in common?
- •Translate starting from the first component:
- •Do not translate! Define where the subject is the doer of the action.
- •Translate paying attention to the Passive Voice.
- •Make up sentences from the following words. Put a in the Present Simple Passive, b – in the Present Continuous Passive.
- •Make questions to match the answers. All of them are in the Passive Voice.
- •Match the following sentences with their translations. Which of them are in Passive?
- •Choose as many words from the table оf ex. 1 as you can and form sensible sentences in Present Simple Passive and present Continuous Passive (affirmative, negative and interrogative).
- •Match the terms in Table a with their definitions in Table b
- •Translate paying attention to the meanings of the word “one”.
- •Change the form of the personal pronouns given in brackets
- •Make up sentences with personal pronouns on the topic of electronics and physics. Specialist Reading
- •Read the text “Classifying Materials” and fill in the table.
- •Read the text again and complete the sentences with the correct beginning or ending.
- •Work in pairs. Ask your partner questions based on the text. Make sure you use correct auxiliary verb.
- •Speaking
- •Conductivity
- •Temperature
- •In Russian write a content-based summary of the text you have translated.
- •Make a reverse written translation (from Russian into English) of your summary.
- •Find more information about classification of materials based on other principles and tell your group mates.
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Do not translate! Define where the subject is the doer of the action.
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a) The grid controls the flow of electrons. – b) The grid is placed between the cathode and anode.
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a) A large negative voltage is applied to the grid. – b) We do not apply a large positive voltage to the grid.
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a) Transistors are used in this function. - b) We use transistors for amplification.
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a) New devices are being installed here at the moment. - b) They are installing new devices here now.
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a) The charged particles inside the material can be set in motion. - b) We can set the charged particles inside the material in motion.
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a) Physicists classify materials according to their electrical properties. – b) Materials can be classified according to their electrical properties.
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a) Classification is based on the ability of a material to conduct electricity. - b) We base our classification on the number of charged particles.
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a) Metals, for example, having many free electrons, can readily conduct current at room temperature. – b) Look at this device! Current is being conducted.
How does the use of the Passive Voice depend on the doer of the action?
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Translate paying attention to the Passive Voice.
1. Materials can be classified according to their electrical properties. 2. This method is based on the ability of a material to conduct electricity. 3. What materials are called conductors? 4. The materials that have very few or no free electrons are called insulators. 5. Electronics is defined in an English dictionary as "the study of conduction of electricity in a vacuum, in gases and in semiconductors". 6. When the cathode is heated, it emits electrons. 7. The electrons are repelled toward the plate by the negative voltage on the cathode. 8. If a negative voltage is applied to the plate, current does not flow.
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Make up sentences from the following words. Put a in the Present Simple Passive, b – in the Present Continuous Passive.
A.
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the/electrons/not/ attract/by/the/negative/voltage/on/the/ plate.
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materials/classify/according/to/their/chemical/properties.
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particles/can/sit/in/motion?
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not/on/it/ability/of/electricity/a/material/the/to/conduct/base/.
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flow/by/electrons/the/control/a/of/grid.
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use/as/grids/amplifiers?
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the/between/grid/place/the/cathode/and/the/plate.
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not/such/call/semiconductors/materials.
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the/more/the/better/you/will/words/translate/from/English/know/into/Russian.
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the/of/how/electrons/control/flow?
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nowadays/the/losses/of/lighting/power/compensate/by/a/mirror/reflector.
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conductors/materials/what/call?
B.
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the/cathode/heat/by/the/heater.
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the/current/make/to/flow/through/the/tube.
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by/electrons/emit/cathode/the.
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plate/the/current/decrease.
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repel/the/toward/electrons/the/plate.
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define/by/electronics/the/physicist.
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to/voltage/a/negative/apply/the/plate.
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of/electrons/the/describe/by/the/flow/student.
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of/fundamentals/electronics/the/discuss.
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semiconductors,/and,/and/insulators/consider/now/conductors.