14. Переведите на слух в быстром темпе следующие словосочетания.

Discharge of wastes – окружающая среда – harmful substances – государственное регулирование – waste water – дымовой газ – atmospheric pollution – выхлопные газы – environment – сточные воды – highly-flammable material – охрана окружающей среды – protective clothing – экологически чистая продукция – dust losses to the air – загрязнение атмосферы – ensure complete combustion – экологическая безопасность – prevent smoke – очистные сооружения – face mask – экологический мониторинг – air emissions – рациональное природопользование – fugitive emissions – выделения микрочастиц – spent catalyst.

15. Ответьте на вопросы по содержанию текстов данного урока.

1. Why are oil refining jobs dangerous?

2. What kinds of occupational hazards do you know?

3. What are the major sources of potential atmospheric pollution?

4. What do environmental issues associated with petroleum refining include?

5. What environmental activities should be adhered to at the petroleum refinery?

16. Передайте основное содержание текстов урока на русском и английском языках.

Unit 13

PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN TATARSTAN

1. Прочитайте следующие интернациональные слова вслух и, основываясь на значениях соответствующих русских слов, определите их значение.

Economical, region, manufacturing, industry, machine, major, automobile, construction, production, central, million, ton, dynamic, complex, design, strategy, leader, qualification, personnel, potential, activity, priority, position, budget.

2. Прочитайте и переведите следующие глаголы.

To develop, to consist of, to dominate, to produce, to estimate, to constitute, to embody, to devise, to assure, to enable, to strengthen, to scale up, to result in.

3. Подберите эквивалентный перевод словосочетаний из колонки А в колонке В.

A manufacturing industry light industry automobile construction power engineering rural region gross domestic product Joint Stock Company worldwide market competitive ability tax allocation oil reserves

B сельскохозяйственный район автомобилестроение валовый внутренний продукт обрабатывающая промышленность акционерное общество конкурентоспособность легкая промышленность распределение налогов энергетика балансовые запасы нефти мировой рынок

4. Переведите текст.

Tatarstan is one of the most economically developed regions of Russia. The most developed manufacturing industries are petrochemical industry and machine building. Tatarstan consists of three distinguished industrial regions. The northwestern part is an old industrial region where engineering, chemical and light industry dominate. In the new industrial Northeast region with its core in the Naberezhnye Chelny – Nizhnekamsk agglomeration, major industries are automobile construction, chemical industry, and power engineering. The Southeast region has oil production with engineering under development. The North, Central, South, and Southwest parts of the Republic are rural regions.

The region's main source of wealth is oil. Tatarstan produces 32 million tones of crude oil per year and has estimated oil reserves of more than 1 billion tons. Industrial production constitutes 45% of the Republic's gross regional domestic product. JSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim is a dynamically advancing high-tech petrochemical company. The Company production complex embodies 10 Major Plants, 7 Centres (including Research & Technology, and Design), as well as Support Units and Departments.

A development strategy devised by the Company being a leader in the Oil-Gas-Chemical Complex of the Tatarstan Republic, availability of the highly qualified personnel and of powerful production potential will assure for further successful activities of JSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim. The above-stated priorities will enable the Company to strengthen its position in the developed segments of the Russian and worldwide goods markets, to scale up its products competitive ability and, thereafter, the income level for the Company employees and shareholders, to increase the amount of tax allocations to the budgets of all levels which will result in the Company's augmented contribution to the accomplishment of the city of Nizhnekamsk, to the economy of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Russian Federation.