Предтекстовые упражнения

I. Прочтите предложения, определив время и залог сказуемого, и переведите предложения:

1. The number of electronic devices in our country is increa­sing constantly.

2. The tests of new transistors are being conducted in the laboratory.

3. At that time the engineers were testing a new receiver for the application in this system.

4. The USSR has greatly increased the production of radio receivers.

5. The results of the experiment have been of great impor­tance for comparing these designs.

6. The operation of this system has been studied by the engineers.

7. New transmitting stations are being built in this region.

8. The Soviet scientists are conducting a series of experi­ments for the improvement of space communication.

9. The efficiency of these tubes is now being improved.

10. After important data on the Moon conditions had been obtained the scientists began to investigate this problem.

11. Lasers have been built on the basis of transistors and now they are successfully used.

12. By that time the problem of long-distance communica­tion had been solved.

II. Прочтите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на особенности перевода пассивных конструкций:

1. The operation of a receiving station is influenced by a number of factors.

2. The magnetron is a vacuum tube whose current is affected by a magnetic field.

3. Valve radio sets were followed by the transistor radio sets.

4. The work of Rutherford was followed by great research work of many other scientists.

5. Cosmic radiation is influenced by some phenomena of nature.

6. The properties of these systems were much spoken about.

7. New electronic devices are dealt with in this article.

8. Simple transmitting stations were followed by more po­werful transmitting stations.

9. The use of colour television is spoken about in the follo­wing article.

10. Solar batteries are dealt with in this new text-book.

T E X T

RADIO AND TELEVISION IN THE USSR

1. In the modern world, radio and television play an impor­tant role as a means of information, and as a means of people's political and cultural education. 2. The Central Radio Broad­casting Station has seven channels for the Soviet Union which operate for a total of 140 hours a day. 3. The voice of Soviet radio is heard all over the world. 4. Programmes to other coun­tries are conducted in many languages and total more than 200 hours a day. 5 Modern means of radio engineering cover the greater part of the world with long, medium and ultra-short radio waves. 6. Nevertheless, the technical means are being perfected 7. The number of radio stations in our country is growing constantly. 8. The number of receivers will be greatly increased. 9. The considerable growth of radio receivers produc­tion is influenced by the improvement of living standards of the people¹. 10. The quality of radio receivers has become much better. 11. Valve radio sets were followed by the transistor radio sets. 12. In connection with the growth of radio broadcasting and with the tasks of perfecting its quality, it is planned to build for Moscow's Central Radio Broadcasting Station another technological studio unit with 56 broadcasting studios. 13. It will be equipped with the most modern transistor devices. 14. In 1956 we had seventeen telecentres which served 5.5 million people. 15. At that time there were only 1.3 million tele­vision receivers; today the number of TV sets has greatly increased. 16. This has become possible primarily due to the development of Central (Moscow) Telecasting, which sends its programmes to a considerable part of our country. 17. Television programmes from Moscow are called Central not only because they come from the capital, but also because they reach many towns by means of a wide network of radio relay and cable lines, and the "Orbita" system. 18. The Moscow Television Centre is in Ostankino. 19. The 533-meter high Ostankino tele­vision tower, which has four transmitting aerials, can be seen from any part of Moscow. 20. The ferro-concrete² part of the tower houses all the technological and auxiliary services³. 21. The first section of this world’s biggest television centre began operations in November 1967. 22. The object of Soviet specialists' particular attention is colour television. 23. Colour programmes were started in our country in October 1967, using a joint Soviet-French system. 24. In the USSR much has been done for the development of radio broadcasting and television, nevertheless much more will be done in the nearest future. 25. Due to the application of powerful outer-space relays pro­grammes will be directly televised to large territories.

Пояснения к тексту

1. living standards of the people— условия жизни народа

2. ferro-concrete [ 'ferou 'koŋkri:t] — железобетонный

3. auxiliary services — вспомогательные службы

Слова для запоминания

п growth, network, quality, radio engineering, receiver, task

v equip, grow (grew, grown), house, operate, perfect, total

a considerable, medium, perfect, total

adυ directly, nevertheless

prep due to

Слова для повторения

п application, development, means, number, wave

υ conduct, cover, improve, increase, influence, transmit

a important, particular, possible, powerful

adυ only, primarily

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