- •1. Sort the fuels and energy sources below in the correct category.
- •2. Match these different power plants to their descriptions.
- •3. Read the text and answer the questions. Use these questions as a plan to retell the text.
- •4. Complete the word families in the table below.
- •5. Choose the correct form of the Infinitive.
- •6. Translate into English. Mind the syntactical functions of the Infinitive.
- •7. Study the diagram below of a portable generator. Answer these questions using the
- •8. Read the text to check as many of the answers as you can. You will not find complete
- •9. Study this text on the four-stroke cycle. Then label each stroke correctly in Fig. 2
- •11. Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the use of the Complex Object.
- •12. Use the correct form of the Infinitive in brackets. Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the use of the Complex Subject.
- •13. Listen to a phone call between a journalist, Colin Maitland, and the public relations officer of the company elec, Maria Berger. Complete the journalist’s notes.
- •14. Read what people say about different fuels and energy sources. Which paragraph is
- •15. Say which of the above statements you agree with. Use phrases below.
- •16. Work with a partner. How do you rate these different types of power plant on a scale
- •19. Find equivalents of the following phrases in the texts “Electricity Generation” and “Portable Generator”. Then use these phrases to make your own sentences.
- •20. Translate the text from Russian into English.
- •21. Translate the text from English into Russian.
4. Complete the word families in the table below.
verb |
noun (person) |
noun (thing, concept) |
adjective |
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generation |
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transmission |
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distribution |
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consumer |
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industrial |
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engineer |
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develop |
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supply |
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power |
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scientist |
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requirement |
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produce |
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Use of English 1: grammar The Infinitive |
5. Choose the correct form of the Infinitive.
He explained how ______ the machine.
a) operate b) to operate c) to be operating
2. ______ the complex device is rather difficult.
a) to operate b) to be operated c) to be operating
3. He’s got a headache. He claims ______ on the computer all morning.
a) to have been worked b) to have worked c) to have been working
4. I’m anxious for Beth ______ to university.
a) to go b) to be going c) to have gone
5. I regret _______ such an important lecture.
a) to have missed b) to have been missed c) to be missed
6. She was thought ______ at Oxford.
a) to study b) to have studied c) to be studying
7. Our task was _______ the new equipment in time.
a) install b) to install c) to be installed
8. The metal _______ in our experiment is to be hard.
a) to use b) to be used c) to have used
9. You must _______ your methods of work.
a) improve b) to improve c) have been improved
10. Satellites need _______ to cope with two very different phases: deployment
(the journey into space by rocket) and operation (working in space).
a) to have designed b) to have been designed c) to be designed
6. Translate into English. Mind the syntactical functions of the Infinitive.
1. Этот инженер должен спроектировать новый скоростной механизм.
2. Наша цель – выполнить работу в срок.
3. Мы надеемся получить новые данные через одну-две недели.
4. Мысль об использовании этого нового вещества не покидала нас.
5. Софья Ковалевская первой среди женщин стала профессором.
6. Для усиления металла инженеры используют искусственные волокна.
7. Этот материал слишком хрупкий, чтобы его можно было использовать в этом
случае.
8. Было разработано несколько приборов для обнаружения космических лучей.
9. Этот вопрос обсуждать бесполезно.
10. Он достаточно хорошо знает грамматику, чтобы не делать таких ошибок.
Reading 2 |