Тема 2: Industrial Enterprise (Rostselmash)

Задание 1. Запомните следующие слова и словосочетания:

plant – завод

to produce – производить

cart – телега

rake – грабли

plough – плуг

factory – завод, фабрика

to manufacture – производить, выпускать

grain harvester – зерноуборочный комбайн

previous – предыдущий

efficiency – эффективность

reliability – надежность

to set tasks – ставить задачи

transition – переход

to develop – разрабатывать

to meet the requirements –

отвечать требованиям

direction – направление

production – производство

shop – цех, мастерская

outstanding – выдающийся

to reflect – отражать

trend – тенденция

is equipped – оснащен

machine-tool – станок

advanced – передовой

skilled – квалифицированный

experienced – опытный

capable – способный

contribution – вклад

enterprise – предприятие

Задание 2. Прочитайте и переведите текст устно. Подготовьтесь к пересказу.

The famous plant was founded in 1926 and began to produce carts, rakes, ploughs. In 1930 the factory manufactured its first grain harvester which was awarded the Grand Prix at the international exhibition in Paris.

In 60 years of its operation Rostselmash has developed several modernization programmes. Every new model was better than the previous one in efficiency, reliability and other performance characteristics.

The transition to the “Don” combine set super complex tasks before the factory. Within a short period of time the plant had to develop a new combine that would meet the requirements of scientific and technological progress. In the process of transition to the new model the factory worked out the principal directions of its technical policy:

• construction of new projects with the finance of the state;

• modernization of operating production shops.

This policy has led to outstanding results. Within five years the plant developed the machine reflecting the latest trends in international agricultural engineering. Rostselmash is equipped with high production machine-tools, industrial robots, automatic control systems. Advanced technologies are widely used at the plant The factory specialists are skilled and experienced but Rostselmash needs well-educated young engineers and managers capable to make their contribution to further development of the enterprise.

II. Контрольные задания по грамматике Вариант 3

1. Определите вид причастия:

1. The boys playing football are my friends.

2. All houses being built in our city now are modern. a) причастие I

3. New subjects studied by our students are difficult. b) причастие II

4. Having finished my work I went home.

2. Укажите предложения, содержащие герундий:

1. Our task is training skilled specialists.

2. We used new equipment for machining parts. a) да

3. This building is as high as that one.

4. Playing chess is my hobby. b) нет

5. Students are writing tests now.

3. Выберите правильный вариант перевода подчеркнутых слов:

3.1 When leaving the room don’t forget to switch off the light.

a) выходя b) выходящий

3.2 The story told by our teacher was very interesting.

a) рассказывающая b) рассказанная

3.3 The machine being tested now is made in our country.

a) проверяемая b) проверенная

3.4 Having done the task the operator left the lab.

a) выполняя b) выполнив

3.5 The newly built houses are very comfortable.

a) строящие b) построенные

3.6 There are some ways of mastering this speciality.

a) освоения b) освоив

3.7 On mastering this speciality you’ll make a success.

a) осваивая b) освоили

4. Определите вид -ing формы:

4.1 Do you mind my closing the window? a) причастие I

4.2 The man reading a newspaper is our teacher. b) герундий

4.3 This device readings are not correct. c) существит.

4.4 Your story is less interesting than ours. d) прилагат.

4.5 What are you reading now?

5. Определите вид -ed формы:

1. The article was published in English. a) причастие II

2. They published many interesting articles. b) глагол в Past Simple

3. This article published in journal had new information.

4. Have they published your article?

6. Определите тип причастного оборота:

6.1 The moon being bright, everything was clearly visible.

6.2 Show me the list of students studying English.

6.3 Having reached the Antarctica scientists began their research work.

6.4 Nobody being there, I went home. a) зависимый

6.5 The car parked in front of the house is mine. причаст. оборот

6.6 Being interested in this problem he joined our expedition.

6.7 I have looked through the magazines sent from London. b) независимый

6.8 Answering the question Victor made a mistake. причаст.оборот

6.9 Dinner being over, we went to the garden.

6.10 Having been shown the wrong direction he lost his way.

7. Выберите правильный перевод английских предложений:

7.1 Having explained the rule to the students the teacher gave them some

exercises on it.

1. Перед тем, как объяснить правило студентам, учитель дал им

несколько упражнений.

2. Объяснив правило студентам, учитель дал им несколько упражнений.

7.2 The sun having risen, they continued their way.

1. Солнце взошло после того, как они продолжили путь.

2. После того, как взошло солнце, они продолжили путь.

7.3 He turned to his son asking him to bring the newspaper.

1. Он повернулся к сыну, попросив его принести газету.

2. Он повернулся к сыну, который спрашивал о газете.

8. Выберите правильный перевод русских предложений:

8.1 Дождь прекратился и они продолжили работу.

1. The rain having stopped, they went on with their work.

2. When the rain stopped they went on with their work.

8.2 Повернув налево, мы увидели новое здание.

1. We turned left to see a new building.

2. Having turned left we saw a new building.

8.3 Проблемы, обсуждаемые на встрече, были очень интересными.

1. The problems discussed at the meeting were very interesting.

2. It was very interesting to discuss problems at the meeting.

III. Текст и задания к нему Вар.3

Задание 1. Переведите текст в письменном виде.

Flexible Production

Present-day industry, in particular engineering, is defined by the fact that its products – machine tools, devices, instruments etc. – are normally produced for a very short period of time and replaced by other more advanced products. The range of products is growing and the size of batches is decreasing. The new production environment brought about new requirements. Thus, for example, earlier functionally “rigid” automatic production lines require considerable changes to be introduced or the line must be fully dismantled when the factory switches to a new product.

Unlike the above lines, flexible production lines can be switched over to a new product instantaneously. When operated on a 24-hour basis, these lines need only a minimal team of operators to attend the production.

One step on the road to the completely automated production was the development of production cells of machines controlled by other machines. Here, a “supervisor” computer could control up to ten to twenty computerized machines. With these systems there was less work for people. However, the production cells still needed people to feed instructions to the central computer, to load raw bits of metal and to take off finished products.

Another step to organization of unmanned production is a flexible manufacturing system. In this equipment a central computer controls each machine-tool and also arranges for the blocks of metal being machined to travel from one machine-tool to another by some transport mechanism. The transport mechanism can vary: it may be a conveyer belt or a sequence of robots. The key factor of this system is its flexibility. Not only does the central computer tell the machines to perform a wide range of functions. It also directs the transport mechanism to carry parts around the system in a manner which the computer decides is the most efficient.

The highest level of a flexible production facility, an automatic factory, incorporates several flexible production workshops. Such a factory has both automated equipment and automated services including computer-aided design of products and services, and software development for its control systems. Such automated factories are being designed and are expected to become fully operational in the near future.

Задание 2. Ответьте письменно на вопросы к тексту.

1) What can happen to the rigid production lines when the factory switches to a new product? 2) What is the difference between flexible and rigid production lines? 3) Do people still perform some functions in automated production? 4) Give a short description of an automatic factory.

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