9. Communicative situations:

1. Speak with your group mate on the topic “Solar power stations on the service of man”.

2. Make a report on the topic” The first power station in Turkmenistan, in Kara-Kum desert”.

10. Retell the text. Topic: theory and practice in the modern world grammar: future continuous tense

1. Learn the following words and word combinations:

nevertheless	проте
decreasing role of technology	знижена роль техніки
to face	стикатися
to gain	отримувати, досягати
latter technical tools	сучасні технічні інструменти
unique equipment	унікальне устаткування
intricate	заплутаний, важкий
to owe	бути зобов”язаним, боржником
living cell	жива клітина
artificial gene	штучний ген
to synthesize	синтезувати
physiologically active substances	фізиологічно-активні речовини
branch	галузь
tremendous leap	величезний стрибок
satellites	супутники
and so on	і так далі
mutual cooperation	взаємне співробітництво
pronounced trend	певна, визначена тенденція
empirical knowledge	емпіричні знання
to refer	мати відношення, зсилатися
apart	окремо
interaction	взаемодія
swift realization	швидка реалізація
accelerating progress	прискорений прогрес

2. Read and translate the text: Theory and practice in the modern world

Today technological progress is unthinkable without theoretical knowledge. Nevertheless it would be wrong to speak about the independent role of science in the modern world, and about the decreasing role of technology. First of all many problems facing science today relate to the field of technology. This is most important.

Secondly, technology uses the knowledge gained by science to give the latter technical tools, unique equipment, instruments and installations for intricate scientific research.

For example, modern biology owes its success to the optical microscope which helped to discover the living cell and many microorganisms, and to the electron microscope which is responsible for the latest achievements of biology, such as the discovery of the molecular structure of the living cell, the making of the simplest artificial gene, the synthesizing of new physiologically active substances – in short, for everything that has added up to produce the youngest and the most progressive branch of biology, molecular biology. The same applies to one of the oldest sciences – astronomy. This branch has made tremendous leap forward thanks firstly to the optical and, later, to the radio telescope. Space exploration and the solution of many fundamental problems of modern astronomy and geophysics are obviously impossible without rocket engines, earth satellites, spaceships, radio communication, and so on.

Modern science and technology show an ever more pronounced trend towards mutual cooperation. Previously engineering and production depended largely on practical experience. There was no theory of machines, the machines were built and operated on the basis of empirical knowledge. People referred to the art of engineering, the art of construction, etc.

Apart from the interaction between sciences, on the one hand, and the interaction between sciences, on the one hand, and the interaction between science and technology, on the other, there is a trend toward increasing the mutual enrichment of various branches of technology.

Another clearly expressed tendency of modern scientific and technological progress is a much swifter realization of scientific discoveries. The rates of a steadily accelerating scientific and technological progress are at their highest stage today.