- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Look through the text and write out the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •5. Give short answers to the following questions:
- •7. Translate the following sentences:
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •2. Translate the following chains of words. Define what parts of speech they are
- •3. Look through the text and find the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations; use tem in the sentences of your own.
- •4. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the participle:
- •1. Learn the following active words and expressions. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Work in pairs. Put questions to your partner and he (she) will answer them.
- •8. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words need and turn:
- •9. Put all possible questions to the following sentences:
- •10. Define the following words according to the model given below.
- •13. Describe Fig. 2.
- •Exercises
- •Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •2. Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the gerund:
- •7. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words in bold type:
- •8. Put 5 questions to the text beginning with what.
- •9. Speak on the story told by the early Scandinavians.
- •10. Make an outline of the text.
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •2. Look through the text and find the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
- •5. Find the gerund in the text, define its function.
- •8. Translate the following sentences paying attention to both, both...And:
- •9. Fill in the blanks with prepositions:
- •10. Translate into Russian:
- •11. Form five sentences combining suitable parts of the sentence given in Columns I and II:
- •12. Describe Franklin's kite experiment.
- •13. Give a short summary of the text.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and Expressions
- •Look through the text and find the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
- •8. Make up a story of Franklin's kite experiment using the following sentences and sentences of your own (our sentences are given in a disorderly way):
- •11. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own:
- •13. Speak on magnetism.
- •15. Describe Figs 3 and 4.
- •Exercises
- •8. (A) For the names of the countries given in Column I find the names of the nations given in Column II:
- •10. Speak on:
- •11. Make an outline of the text.
- •12. Retell the text.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •2. Define the functions of the participle and the gerund in the text.
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Fill in the blanks with suitable words and word combinations given below:
- •6. (A) For the verbs in Column I find suitable nouns in Column II.
- •7. (A) Translate the following word combinations:
- •10. The following statements are not true to the fact. Correct them:
- •11. Make an outline of the text.
- •12. Retell the text.
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •2. Translate the following word chains into Russian, define what part of speech the words are.
- •4 Translate into Russian:
- •8. Form 10 sentences using the following words:
- •10. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the words in bold type:
- •11. Retell the text.
- •12. (A) Fill in the blanks with prepositions, if necessary; (b) retell the text:
- •1. Learn Active Words and Expressions
- •2. Look through the text and find the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations. Use them in your own situations.
- •The Infinitive
- •2. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the infinitive
- •3. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the words in bold type:
- •4. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the infinitive:
- •5. Fill in the blanks with the words one or for:
- •6. Write out from the text all the sentences where the infinitive is used, and define its function. .
- •1. Active Words and Expressions
- •3. According to the models given below form sentences combining suitable parts of the sentence given in Columns I, II, III, IV,
- •5. Work in pairs, ask your fellow-students questions:
- •6. Explain why:
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •1 Learn the following active words and expressions and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •3. (A) Find the non-finite forms of the verb in the text; (b) define their functions.
- •4. Translate the following words and define what parts of speech they are:
- •5. Write out the adjectives with the suffix -able from the text. Translate them.
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •9. Translate the following word combinations and use them in sentences of your own:
- •Exercises
- •2. (A) Give headings to each paragraph of the text; (b) explain why you have given such headings.
- •3. Translate the following sentences:
- •4. Define the non-finite forms of the verb met in the text.
- •5. Put 10 questions to the text.
- •6. Translate the following sentences:
- •7. Speak on:
- •Exercises
Exercises
2. (A) Give headings to each paragraph of the text; (b) explain why you have given such headings.
3. Translate the following sentences:
1. The stronger the magnetic field, the greater is the current in the armature winding. 2. The greater the speed of motion between the magnetic field and the conductors, the greater is the current in wires. 3. The thinner the wire, the greater is the developed heat. 4. The greater the number of turns of the wire, the greater is the m. m. f. 5. The faster the molecules of a substance move on heating, the farther they jump away from each other. 6. The slower the armature is rotated, the less is the output voltage.
4. Define the non-finite forms of the verb met in the text.
5. Put 10 questions to the text.
6. Translate the following sentences:
1. After studying the properties of solids we shall deal with the properties of liquids. 2. The problem to be dealt with will require much time. 3. Thermodynamics is the subject the scientist will deal with in the next article. 4. Before dealing with this new device one should study all its parts. 5. The next problem the professor dealt with was connected with the application of semiconductor lasers. 6. The work the students deal with is difficult but interesting. 7. Under ordinary conditions the only current one could deal with is a. c.
7. Speak on:
The uses of new sources of energy.
The tidal electric stations.
8. Translate the following text:
Both primary and secondary batteries and fuel cells convert chemical energy directly into electricity. In view of their limited range of application, and also the relatively low power which they supply, primary batteries will not be considered in this paper. The principles of operation of these energy-conversion devices differ basically from those in electric power stations. The main part of our electric power is derived from the combustion of coal and oil. A multi-stage process is involved. First the oxidation of the fuel produces heat, which through the steam-turbine is converted into mechanical energy and this, in its turn, drives a generator, which produces electricity.
LESSON TWENTY-FIVE
CAN SUN POWER BE USED?
Hold out your hand towards a sunbeam. It feels warm, does it not? No wonder, for only a little more than eight minutes ago it left the sun's surface whose temperature is assumed to be about 6000° С In that short period of time it has travelled about 93 million miles on its way to the earth in order to light your room, to cause the trees to grow, to produce wind energy and to create a lot of irreplaceable and wonderful things.
The energy the earth constantly receives from solar radiation is about 35,000 times the annual energy consumption of mankind. However, only a minute part of it is being utilized so far. As a matter of fact, the conversion of solar radiation directly into electric power by some efficient means has been the aim of Russian and foreign scientists, inventors, and engineers for at least one hundred years.
Sun energy can be employed on the one hand directly as heat for space heating, water heating and certain other purposes and on the other hand it might be utilized for the production of electricity. In the latter case, electric current can be obtained as follows: 1) by using fuel for thermal power plants since the Sun is known to be the primary source of all energy stored in fuel; 2) by heating boilers or air-heaters in thermal power plants with sunbeams concentrated by collectors; 3) by converting radiation into electric voltage by means of thermocouples or photo-voltaic cells.
Generally speaking, sun energy can be utilized, too, through falling or moving water. The heat of the Sun annually evaporates millions of tons of water from the oceans, seas, and rivers, lifting it high in the air. The water vapour is then carried away to various parts of the earth where some of it falls as rain, the latter (now, water again), in its turn, flowing into rivers and back into oceans. Provided we construct a dam across the river, we create a reservoir, a so-called man-made sea. From the reservoir or waterfalls water may be directed to the hydro-electric station which houses the turbines, the generator as well as other suitable and necessary equipment. The force of the falling water rotates the blades of the turbine, the latter driving the electric generator. In this manner, the mechanical energy in running water, sometimes called white coal, is turned into electrical energy. However, we have just observed that it receives its power from the sun.
In the southern countries there are lots of solar installations. Sun heaters are used in both town and country to provide heat for various purposes. Soviet scientists designed and created valuable instruments and appliances to be operated by solar heat and light. Semiconductor photoelectric devices find a wide application both in our science and industry. As the reader is certain to remember, devices of this kind and solar batteries are usually installed in the Soviet sputniks and other spaceships.
For want of space it is impossible to mention here all our achievements in this important field of science.
Scientists all over the world will continue, of course, to look for ways of making semiconductors even more efficient. At the same time, they will do their best to find new methods of converting sun energy directly into electricity. Who knows, you or a friend of yours will perhaps be the one to come out with the best possible answer to the problem under consideration.