Приклад анотаційного перекладу. Radiation dangers

Radioactivity is dangerous. It may cause skin burns and it may destroy good tissues, as it destroys the diseased ones. It may cause illness that could be passed to our children and grandchildren. It cases of severe exposure it may even cause death.

In the early days of radioactivity scientists were not aware of those dangers. Marie and, Pierre Curie, after having, worked for a while with radioactive materials, noticed that their fingers were. reddened and swollen, and that the skin was peeling off. Becquerel carried a small tube with radium in it in his waistcoat pocket and was surprised to find a burn on his chest. Other early workers also reported burns and injuries of various kinds.

The strange fact about radiation is that it can harm without causing pain, which is the warning signal we expect from injuries. Pain makes us pull back our hands from flame or a very hot object but a person handling radioactive materials has no way of telling whether he is touching something too "hot" for safety. Besides, the burns or other injuries that radioactivity produces may not appear for weeks.

Today scientists are aware of these dangers. They are steadily finding now means of protecting themselves and others from radioactivity. It may well be that in the race between production of radioactivity and production of means of protection, the second will be the winner.

Our modern atomic laboratories are built for safety. Their walls are very thick. The rooms in which radioactivity is handled are separated from others by heavy lead doors. Large signs reading. "Danger — Radiation" indicate the unsafe parts of the buildings. Counters and other instruments are continuously measuring the radiation, and give off special signals when it becomes too strong. Each worker carries a special badge that shows the amount of radiation he has been exposed to.

Анотація

Ця стаття розглядає радіаційну небезпеку. Викладені загальні поняття про радіоактивність, яка небезпечна для людей; засоби захисту від радіації в сучасних атомних лабораторіях; умови роботи з радіоізотопами та їх перевезення. Стаття розрахована на широке коло читачів, які цікавляться радіацією.

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1. Що таке анотація?

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3. Яких вимог потрібно дотримуватися при складанні анотації?

4. Яка структура анотації?

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І.Зробіть переклад тексту та його анотацію.

THE NATURE OF PLASTICS

Plastics are synthetic or natural materials which contain as an essential ingredient an organic substance of high mole­cular weight, are solid in their finished state, and, at some stage during manufacture or processing into finished articles can be molded or shaped by flow. Organic substances of high molecular weight are synthesized from relatively simple che­mical compounds by condensation and polymerization reac­tions yielding products called synthetic resins, or they are produced by modification by chemical treatment of naturally occurring substances of heigh molecular weight, such as na­tural resins, proteins, and cellulose.

The modern plastics industry deals chiefly with moldable materials manufactured from organic compounds.

A convenient classification of plastics can be made on the basis of their behavior toward heat.

Plastics are usually modified by addition of plasticizers, fillers, and pigments to give them properties desired for spe­cific commercial uses and for processing. Plastics are some­times used without the addition of plasticizers or fillers for the fabrication of commercial products.

NOTES AND COMMENTARY

at some stage — на деякій стадії

during processing into finished аrtiсles—в процесі виготовлення готової продукції

chemical treatment — хімічна обробка

deals chiefly with — головним чином мати справу з

can be shaped by flow — можуть формуватися шляхом розливу

toward heat — по відношенню до тепла