4. Translate the sentences.

1. The laboratories of our University are equipped with up-to-date devices. 2. Students carry out a lot of experiments in the laboratories. 3. A lot of experiments are carried out in our laboratories. 4. Higher mathematics is taught in the first year of students' studies. 5. The Northern borders of Russia are formed by the Arctic Ocean and its seas. 6. A new task was given to the students by the professor. 7. The professor gave a new task to the students. 8. The students were given a new task by the professor. 9. The Russian Fleet needs all types of modern ships. 10. I was told about the new laboratory of our faculty yesterday. 11. The sub-dean sent me for student Petrov. 12. The student was immediately (немедленно) sent for. 13. The student was sent for by the sub-dean. 14. Many interesting experiments are carried out in our laboratory. 15. The lecture was followed by a long discussion. 16. Were you asked to come in time? 17. The second talk on the new machine will be given tomorrow by one of the inventors. 18. The text was followed by exercises. 19. The world’s first underground railway was opened in 1863 in London, it is also called the tube. 20. There are 12 tube lines and hundreds of stations throughout London. 21. “Hamlet” was written by Shakespeare. 22. The experiment was first conducted by the Russians.

5. Rewrite these sentences, putting the verbs in the passive. Keep them in the same tense, and remove they, we, etc.

Model: We clean the garages every day.

The garages are cleaned every day.

1. They export this computer to seventy different countries. 2. We opened the office at nine o’clock. 3. They send two million books to India every year. 4. We told him not to be late again. 5. They posted all the letters yesterday. 6. They’ll pay me a lot of money to do the job. 7. Fortunately, they didn’t damage the machinery. 8. We send the newspapers to Scotland by train.

Our Physics laboratory

6. Words and word combinations on the text.

as follows	—	следующее
calculation n	—	расчёт, вычисление
design v	—	проектировать, предназначать
to get acquainted with …	—	знакомиться с …
to make notes	—	записывать, делать записи
measure v, n	—	измерять, мера
measurement n	—	измерение
melting temperature	—	температура плавления
namely adv	—	а именно
senior student	—	студент старшего курса (старшекурсник)
solid n	—	твёрдое тело
sound velocity	—	скорость звука
spare time	—	свободное время
watch v	—	наблюдать за чем-либо
to read a paper	—	сделать доклад
the problem under investigation	—	исследуемая проблема
to try their hand	—	пробовать свои силы