7. Read the text. Find answers to these questions.

1. What laboratories are there at the faculty? 2. What instruments do students use in the laboratory of physical measurements? 3. What fields of physics do they carry out experiments in? 4. What do the students do during the laboratory work? 5. Where do students read their papers?

8. Read the text again and retell it. Our Physics Laboratory

There are many laboratories at our faculty. They are laboratories of physics, chemistry, electronics and others. One of the laboratories where the students work from the very beginning is the laboratory of physical measurements. It is designed for the experimental work of the students. There they get acquainted with different physical devices, watch their operation and carry out experiments. The instruments they use are as follows: voltmeters, ammeters, amplifiers, oscilloscopes, ohmmeters, testers and others.

Before the students start their experiments, they study the material on the subject in the text-book and answer theoretical questions asked by the professor. Then they make the experiment. They carry out experiments in such fields as optics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism. Many physical characteristics are measured, namely, melting temperature of metals, sound velocity in gases and solids and others. During the laboratory work the students make notes and do calculations, draw diagrams and graphs.

Many senior students are eager to make advanced studies and work in the laboratories during their spare time. They carry out scientific experiments and investigations and read papers at the students' scientific conferences. And some of the students write articles on the problem under investigation. The scientists of the University help them. Other students try their hand at making various devices which can be used in their experimental work.

9. Have a break! Enjoy yourselves!

a) There are some English nice expressions to describe dumb (глупый) people:

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. All foam, no beer. He fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down. b) Do you agree with these ideas?

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.

Ship Model Tests

10. Words on the text.

act v	—	действовать
bottom n	—	дно, днище
both … and cj	—	и … и, как … так и
by means of	—	посредством, при помощи
dimension n	—	размер, размерения
enable v	—	давать возможность
flow n	—	поток
improve v	—	улучшать, усовершенствовать
investigate v	—	исследовать
main a	—	основной, главный
motion n	—	движение
move v	—	двигать(ся)
seaworthiness n	—	мореходные качества, мореходность
size n	—	размер
speed n	—	скорость
surface n	—	поверхность
test tank	—	опытовый бассейн (для экспериментов с моделями судов)
tow v	—	буксировать
up to	—	до, вплоть до