- •Ф едеральное агентство по образованию
- •Английский язык
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Give definitions to the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •Text 2. Development of rockets Part II
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •Text 3. The Wright brothers
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the phrases and words listed above.
- •Ответьте на вопросы:
- •Переведите слова, обращая внимание на словообразующие элементы:
- •Найдите в тексте эквивалент следующим словосочетаниям:
- •Переведите на английский язык:
- •Unit II. Famous Russian design bureaus and outstanding constructors Text 1. Energia
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Compose some phrases from the words given in the vocabulary and make up a short dialogue using these phrases.
- •III. Make up the sentences with the following word combinations:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Text 2. MiG
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Text 3. Korolyov, Sergey Pavlovich
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •Text 4. Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich
- •Text 5. Russian-American Aircraft Designer Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich
- •Text 6. Sukhoy
- •Text 7. Tupolev
- •Unit III. The construction of aicraft, helicopters and rocket vehicles Text 1. Differences in helicopter and airplane design and construction
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Look at the words listed below. Find the odd word.
- •Text 2. The four-engine plane
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Work in pairs. Discuss which sentence in b best continues the sentence in a:
- •II. Look at the groups of words below. Which word is the odd one?
- •III. Complete the sentences:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •Text 3. Aircraft
- •Aircraft instruments
- •Ответьте на вопросы:
- •Переведите слова, обращая внимание на словообразующие элементы:
- •Найдите в тексте эквивалент следующим словосочетаниям:
- •Переведите на английский язык:
- •Text 4. Helicopter (I)
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •Text 5. Helicopter (II)
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Look at the groups of words below. Which word is the odd one?
- •Text 6. Spacecraft
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Give definitions to the following words:
- •III. Complete the sentences in your own way:
- •Unit IV. Modern flying vehicles and their development Text 1. Upgrading the MiG-29
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. A) Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions:
- •IV. Find the odd word:
- •Text 2. Kliper
- •Text 3. Current trends in aircraft design and construction
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken Unit V. Planetary exploration Text 1. Planetary Exploration
- •Text 2. Exploration of the Moon
- •I. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •II. Match the words with their definitions:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the given word combinations:
- •Text 4. Why astronomers believe that on Mars there can be a life?
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences using the phrases listed above.
- •IV. Look at the words listed below. Which word is the odd one?
- •Unit VI. Space conquest Text 1. Space Conquest
- •Text 2. Gagarin’s First Flight
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken Text 3. Manned Flights
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with some of the phrases listed above.
- •IV. Make up a dialogue: you are the cosmonauts who are going to conduct some researches on the space station, so you discuss the future tasks and purposes of this mission
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the following phrases:
- •IV. Give the definitions to the following words:
- •V. Read the following statements and discuss them with a partner:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken Text 5. Achievements of Outer Space
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •Unit VII. Safety problems onboard the flying vehicles Text 1. Civil aircraft
- •Vocabulary:
- •I see I’m afraid I wonder
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly If I’m not mistaken Text 2. Tu-134 and tu-154 Set for Airplane Graveyard By Sergei Dmitriyev, The Moscow News
- •Essential vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Make up your own sentences with the several phrases listed above.
- •IV. Look at the group of words below. Which word is the odd one?
- •Text 3. Safety
- •Ответьте на вопросы:
- •Переведите слова, обращая внимание на словообразующие элементы:
- •Переведите на английский язык:
- •Text 4. Cellphones in flight? This means war!
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
- •III. Read the following statements and discuss them with a partner:
Essential vocabulary:
haul – транспортировка
to confirm – утверждать
to scrap - выбрасывать
to withdraw – устранять, убирать
to announce - объявлять
in favor – в пользу
viable - жизнеспособный
hastily - поспешно
to purchase – покупать, приобретать
leasing – лизинг, аренда
newly-made – современный, новый
to compete (competitor) – соперничать, соревноваться (соперник)
foremost - первый
to engage – занимать, задействовать
to remark – замечать, говорить
to promise - обещать
nevertheless – все равно, тем не менее
due to technical failure – из-за технической неполадки
to get rid of smth. – избавиться от чего-либо
accident – несчатный случай
to take advantage of smth. – воспользоваться чем-либо
unexpected situation – непредвиденная, неожиданная ситуация
to occur – втречаться, происходить
to remove – устранять, убирать
airworthiness – достойный, заслуживающий внимания
air carrier – предназначенный для пассажирских перевозок
decade - десятилетие
full-package services – полный пакет услуг
up-to-date – современный
I. Answer the following questions:
What did our Transportation Minister announce?
What two alternatives do Russian companies have?
What decision did our Aeroflot make?
What Russian aircrafts are the most popular in Middle East countries and in Cuba?
What was the main reason of the most crashes of our aircrafts?
What Russian passenger airliner was certified to English standards of airworthiness?
How many TU-154s have been produced since 1972?
Do you consider our aircrafts the best ones in the world? If yes/no why?
II. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text:
решающий фактор
современные самолеты
приобретать бывшие в употреблении самолеты
лидирующие российские производители
авиакатастрофа
разбиться из-за технической неполадки
результат человеческой ошибки
сымитировать ситуацию
развитие гражданских авиалиний
стать соперником
многообещающие проекты
лучшая тренировка для пилотов
в течение нескольких десятилетий
пользоваться большей популярностью
предлагать современные самолеты
III. Make up your own sentences with the several phrases listed above.
IV. Look at the group of words below. Which word is the odd one?
1. a) passenger b) aircraft c) airliner d) plane
2. a) crash b) accident c) failure d) error
3. a) pilot b) passenger c) aircraft d) stewardess
4. a) producer b) manufacturer c) purchaser d) supplier
5. a) to design b) to offer c) to create d) to develop
6. a) project b) development c) design d) construction
7. a) newly-made b) modern c) used d) up-to-date
Text 3. Safety
Safety is the most important problem in aviation. The prevention of collisions between aircraft in the air and on the ground is the main task of aviation specialists.
The achievement of aviation safety is the result of progress in many sciences and disciplines including engineering, aerodynamics, meteorology, psychology, medicine and economics.
Safety is ensured by thousands of ICAO and governmental regulations, by high standards in the design and manufacture of an aircraft and by rigid (strict) procedures of airline safety practices.
The aviation industry is constantly taking steps to prevent accidents but the crashes do occur time after time. They result from different causes: failure in the aircraft structure, human errors, navigational failures, malfunctioning of airborne and ground aids, hazardous weather conditions and so on.
Poor knowledge of English can also contribute to or result in an accident or incident. Therefore ICAO revised the provisions related to the use of the language for radiotelephony communications and demands good discipline to follow more closely to standard phraseology in all air-ground exchanges.
Experience has shown that phraseology alone is not sufficient to cover all of the potential situations, particularly in critical or emergency situations. That’s why proficiency in common or plain language is also of great importance.
One of ICAO’s chief activities is standardization in all spheres of aviation operations. The main ICAO document is SARPS (International Standards and Recommended Practices). Its main task is to provide the necessary level of standardization for safe and regular air operations.
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