- •Development of rockets Part I
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Give definitions to the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •Development of rockets Part II
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •Spacecraft
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Give definitions to the following words:
- •III. Complete the sentences in your own way:
- •Manned Flights
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with some of the phrases listed above.
- •IV. Make up a dialogue: you are the cosmonauts who are going to conduct some researches on the space station, so you discuss the future tasks and purposes of this mission. Gagarin’s First Flight
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken Simulators
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the following phrases:
- •IV. Match the words with their definitions:
- •V. Give the definitions to the following words:
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the following phrases:
- •IV. Give the definitions to the following words:
- •V. Read the following statements and discuss them with a partner:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken Cosmos
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Ufo (Visiting the aliens)
- •Hubble Space Telescope
- •Where did constellations come from?
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Make up the sentences with the following phrases:
- •III. Find the odd word:
- •Exploration of the Moon
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Match the words with their definitions:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the given word combinations:
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences using the phrases listed above.
- •IV. Look at the words listed below. Which word is the odd one?
- •Energia
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Compose some phrases from the words given in the vocabulary and make up a short dialogue using these phrases.
- •III. Make up the sentences with the following word combinations:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Upgrading the MiG-29
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. A) Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •International Cooperation
- •Korolyov, Sergey Pavlovich
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich
- •Titov , Gherman Stepanovich
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. State the words on their definitions:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the words given in the essential vocabulary.
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •The Wright brothers
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the phrases and words listed above.
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Look at the words listed below. Find the odd word.
- •Civil aircraft
- •Vocabulary:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken
- •By Sergei Dmitriyev, The Moscow News
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the several phrases listed above.
- •IV. Look at the group of words below. Which word is the odd one?
- •Airplanes and security
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Russian-American Aircraft Designer Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich
- •Tupolev
Vocabulary:
fighter – истребитель;
to share evenly – равномерно распределять;
subsidiary facility - дочерняя компания, филиал;
former - создатель, разработчик (чего-л.);
vigorous – сильный, мощный;
to diversify – разнообразить, изменять, модифицировать;
modestly – скромно, умеренно;
prominent - выдающийся, знаменитый, известный;
to request – просить, требовать (ненавязчиво);
deputy - заместитель, помощник, исполняющий обязанности;
complementary - комплементарный, дополняющий;
prolific – плодотворный, продуктивный;
interceptor - истребитель-перехватчик;
designation - знак, обозначение, имя;
to capture – захватить, поглотить;
to retire - уходить в отставку, на пенсию;
dissolution - распад;
to consolidate - сливаться, объединяться (об организациях);
avionics - авиационное электронное оборудование;
embezzlement - растрата, хищение; присвоение (денег, имущества; обманным путём);
resignation - отставка; уход в отставку или на пенсию;
layoff – увольнение из-за отсутствия работы; приостановка/прекращение производства
to beset – осаждать;
I. Answer the following questions:
What was the first design of MiG in 1940?
Why did only few MiG interseptors take part in the World War II?
Why was the Russian former engaged in marketing abroad in the 1990s?
What did happen after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991?
How did the MiG Aircraft Building Corporation survive in an extremely strained post-Communist economy?
II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
главный завод-производитель;
технологически сложный;
насчитывающий приблизительно;
выдающийся авиаконструктор;
единое целое;
ослабленная экономика;
отсутствие интереса;
переименовать в честь кого-либо;
яростная конкуренция;
оборонные предприятия;
скорость звука;
быть задействованным в нескольких проектах;
слияние компаний;
III. Match the words with their definitions:
design a) an armed aircraft designed for destroying other aircraft;
leadership b) any machine capable of flying by means of aerodynamic forces;
to consolidate c) systematic investigation to collect information on a subject;
advanced d) the position or function of a leader;
aircraft e) to have as one's property;
research f) a project, plan or scheme of smth.;
fighter g) being ahead in development, knowledge, progress, etc.;
to possess h) to unite or to be united;
IV. Find the odd word:
a) sophisticated b) complex c) simple d) difficult
a) designer b) constructor c) developer d) worker
a) research b) to explore c) to investigate d) to search
a) plane c) touchdown c) helicopter d) balloon
a) take-off c) landing c) to fly d) flight
a) to fly c) to take off c) to land d) touchdown
a) rotor c) blade c) tyre d) chassis
a) to run c) to control c) to drive d) to propel