6. Переведите на русский язык следующие сочетания слов без словаря:

ways of discovering, underground oil, the only way, steel framework, is raised and lowered, goes far back into history, as early as the 3rd century A.D., a heavy bit, as to, the first commercial oil well, repeated blows, except for, from time to time, in such cases, over the countryside, at the turn of the century, instead of moving up and down, by means of, the uppermost pipe, with this method, so that, rapid bit wear.

7. Определите значения выделенных слов по сходству их корней с корнями соответствующих слов в русском языке:

machinery, the technique of well drilling, the petroleum industry, traditionally, a Russian engineer, the first commercial oil well, cable tool method, effective for shallow wells, progress was slow, the flow of oil and gas, a serious fire hazard, is circulated down, the risk of blow out, a variant of rotary drilling, turbo-drilling, fluid motor or turbine, overall efficiency.

8. Определите по суффиксам, какой частью речи являются следующие слова и переведите их на русский язык:

history - historic - historical - historian; tradition - traditional - traditionally; consider - considerable - consideration; drill - drilling - driller; note - notable - notably; commerce - commercial - commercially - commercialize - commercialism; essence - essential - essentially; attach - attachment; suspend - suspender - suspension; cut - cutter - cutting; progress - progressive - progressively; spectacle - spectacular - spectator; rotate - rotation - rotational - rotative - rotary - rotatory; introduce - introduction - introductory; continue - continuous - continuously - continual - continually - continuance - continuation - continuity; penetrate - penetration; apply - appliance - applicable - applicant - application.

9. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на значения слов:

only - только little - мало

the only - единственный a little - немного

first - сначала few - мало

the first - первый a few - несколько

other - другой, иной

another - другой, еще один

1. The only way to get underground oil is to make a borehole through the rock, earth and sand. 2. Only metals can be used over and over again. 3. Nowadays he was very busy and he saw few of his old friends. 4. Adeline had slept little last night and she had a headache. 5. I beg your pardon, but allow me to have my dinner first, for I am hungry. 6. The only Greek letters used to denote kinds of rays are alpha, beta, gamma, pi and mu. 7. There remain only five cases to be considered in this analytic study. 8. The first reaction from the financial community abroad to the measures taken by the British Government was cautiously favourable. 9. I’m afraid I have not much news to convey but still there are a few things I should like to add. 10. Aunt Florrie had a little money. 11. At the same time oil wells were being drilled in other places. 12. Would you like another cup of tea? 13. I made few friends in those days, for I was occupied with other things. 14. The houses on the other side of the river were built out of gray stone.