Учебное пособие по обучению чтению для студентов 1 курса всех специальностей Под редакцией доцента Э. Я. Иванова

ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY

Задания к тексту 6 FOREIGN LANGUAGES

1. 
   Почему в наше время необходимо изучать английский язык?
   
2. 
   Что помогает изучать иностранный язык?
   

1. 
   They made some experiments to prove their theory.
   
2. 
   They repeated the same experiment several times.
   
3. 
   Thermocouples are used to measure very high temperatures.
   
4. 
   Every day he went to the laboratory.
   
5. 
   The results of the experiment vary greatly.
   
6. 
   The tube is filled with coloured water.
   
7. 
   These instruments operate upon the principle that the resistance which a wire offers to a flow of electric current changes with temperature
   
8. 
   The principal parts of the device can be removed and changed if necessary.
   
9. 
   Though the results are good the experiment should be repeated.
   
10. 
    To carry out this task you have to look through some articles.
    
11. 
    Because of the danger of radiation one must take safety precautions (меры предосторожности).
    
12. 
    You may use the slide rule (логарифмическая линейка) for these calculations because it is the simplest mechanical device for multiplication and division.
    

1. 
   Testing will begin in a few minutes.
   
2. 
   Testing these devices we sometimes find defects in them.
   
3. 
   Reading stories about adventures and travelling is his hobby.
   
4. 
   Reading stories about adventures he remembered his youth.
   
5. 
   Ice melting begins at 0°C.
   
6. 
   When melting the ice keeps the same temperature.
   
7. 
   One must use special instruments while carrying out this experiment.
   
8. 
   Carrying out this investigation is of great importance.
   
9. 
   Scientists’ working together has great advantage for research.
   

1. 
   She will begin to work as a typist.
   
2. 
   Our task is to master English.
   
3. 
   To swim in such weather is very pleasant.
   
4. 
   When will you finish to read this book?
   
5. 
   Let's go on to repeat the rules.
   
6. 
   Do you like to play chess?
   
7. 
   He stopped to attend lectures at the institute.
   
8. 
   To read is my favourite occupation.
   
9. 
   People began to study higher mathematics in the 17^th century.
   

1. 
   The task set was not an easy one.
   
2. 
   Some very complicated models are investigated in this paper.
   
3. 
   If well done the device will function properly.
   
4. 
   The students spoken about at the meeting completed their work successfully.
   
5. 
   Unless checked the results cannot be applied in the research.
   
6. 
   When cooled below 0°C water becomes ice.
   
7. 
   We found the first series of experiments completed.
   
8. 
   When extracted coal is transported to the surface.
   

1. 
   Having left the secondary school he entered the Technological Institute.
   
2. 
   Mechanized methods of coal extraction are widely used in our country.
   
3. 
   Reading an article in an English journal he used an English-Russian dictionary.
   
4. 
   Using a dictionary we can translate any technical article dealing with our profession.
   
5. 
   Having graduated from the institute they work as engineers all over the country.
   
6. 
   The method of measurements developed lately differs greatly from the old ones.
   
7. 
   He went into the office leaving the door opened.
   
8. 
   Having learned grammar rules she could write her test-work.
   
9. 
   The book translated from English is very interesting.
   
10. 
    People working with electrical devices must be careful.
    

1. 
   To explain this problem the lecturer demonstrated some diagrams.
   
2. 
   It takes us half an hour to get home on foot.
   
3. 
   The article to be read in English is of great interest to us.
   
4. 
   To answer this question we studied a lot of publications.
   
5. 
   We are to solve this problem as soon as possible.
   
6. 
   For these problems to be carried out successfully we are to work hard.
   
7. 
   He tried to translate the text without a dictionary.
   
8. 
   To prevent corrosion metals are to be covered with paint.
   
9. 
   The researches to be made are interesting for our plant.
   
10. 
    This is a picture of the man to come here to sign documents.
    

1. 
   Why is knowledge of foreign languages especially important today?
   
2. 
   How many people in the world speak English?
   
3. 
   What English-speaking countries do you know?
   
4. 
   What areas is English mostly used in?
   
5. 
   Do the students study technical English?
   
6. 
   What are the main difficulties in learning foreign languages?