- •Агабекян и.П., Коваленко п.И. Английский для технических вузов Описание
- •Text a: “about myself”
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary (пополни свой активный словарь):
- •Text b: “my biography”
- •Grammar
- •I like coffee and tea. Friendship is very important in our life.
- •I told Jane about that.
- •I have read page eight of the magazine.
- •I don't know the name of this pupil.
- •Притяжательный падеж существительных
- •The boy's books — The boys' books
- •Unit 2
- •Text a: «my working day»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary
- •Text в: «nick's usual working day»
- •Grammar
- •§ 1. Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий
- •Interesting — more (less) interesting — most (least) interesting,
- •§ 2. Порядок слов в английском предложении
- •§ 3. Основные типы вопросов, используемые в английском языке
- •Порядок слов в общем вопросе
- •Порядок слов в специальном вопросе
- •1. Общие
- •2. Специальные
- •3. Разделительные
- •Unit 3
- •Text a: «ann's academy»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary
- •Text b: «moscow state university»
- •Grammar
- •I cannot find this book anywhere.
- •Unit 4
- •Text a: «sochi» «Big Sochi — the best place on the Earth!»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary:
- •Text b: «rostov-on-don»
- •Grammar
- •§1. Местоимения little и few и местоименные выражения a little и a few.
- •I have a few friends in Minsk I've got only few pencils in the box.
- •§2. Оборот there is / there are.
- •Unit 5
- •Text a: «the russian federation»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text b: «moscow»
- •Grammar
- •§1. Времена английского глагола.
- •§2. Правильные и неправильные глаголы.
- •Unit 6
- •Text a «the united kingdom»
- •Vocabulary:
- •1) Land, 2) Climate, 3) Population, 4) Ethnic groups, 5) Economy.
- •Text b: "history of london"
- •Grammar
- •Unit 7
- •Text a: «the united states of america»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary:
- •Text в: «transport system of the usa»
- •Roads and Railways
- •Grammar
- •§1. Согласование времен в главном и придаточном предложениях.
- •§2. Страдательный залог (Passive Voice).
- •Unit 8
- •Text a: "higher education in the uk»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary:
- •Grammar
- •§1. Сложное дополнение (Complex object).
- •§2. Причастие и герундий. Их отличие.
- •Unit 9
- •Text a: "my future profession"
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary:
- •1) What kind of work are you interested in?
- •2) What position would you like to have?
- •Text b «the future of the engineering profession»
- •Grammar
- •§1. Придаточные предложения условия и времени. Действие которых отнесено к будущему.
- •§2. Сослагательное наклонение в условных предложениях,
- •Unit 10
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «steel»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text с: «methods of steel heat treatment»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous people of science
- •Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev
- •Unit 2
- •Rolling
- •Extrusion
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «drawing»
- •Sheet metal forming
- •Forging
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text c: «metalworking and metal propeties»
- •Vocabulary
- •Famous scientists
- •Materials science and technology
- •Text a: «mechanical properties Of materials»
- •Vocabulary
- •Text в: «Mechanical Properties of Materials»
- •Vocabulary
- •«Famous people of science and engineering»
- •Unit 4
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text b: «lathe»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text с: «milling machine»
- •Drilling and Boring Machines
- •Shapers and Planers
- •Grinders
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text d: «dies»
- •Wiredrawing Dies
- •Thread-Cutting Dies
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous people of science and engineering
- •George Stephenson
- •Unit 5
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «types of plastics»
- •1. Epoxy resin.
- •3. Polystyrene.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text с: «composite materials»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous inventors
- •Unit 6
- •Gas Welding
- •Arc Welding
- •Shielded Metal Arc
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «other types of welding»
- •Non-consumable Electrode Arc welding
- •Gas-Metal Arc
- •Submerged Arc
- •Resistance Welding
- •Vocabulary
- •Famous people of science and technology
- •Unit 7
- •Automation in Industry
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «types of automation»
- •Applications of Automation and Robotics in Industry
- •Vocabulary
- •Text c: «robots in manufacturing»
- •Vocabulary:
- •4. Станки с числовым программным управлением — хороший пример программируемой автоматизации.
- •Famous people of science and engineering
- •James Watt
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text b: «hardware»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text c: "types of software»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous people of science and engineering
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text b: «windows 95»
- •Vocabulary:
- •4) Create a textual file in WordPad program. Save it as text. Rename it as myfile. Create a shortcut for it. Put the shortcut on the DeskTop.
- •Text c: «introduction to the www and the internet»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous people of science and engineering
- •Bill Gates
- •1. Alloys
- •2. Manufacturing of plastics
- •3. Principles and process of polymerisation in plastics production
- •4. Resins
- •5. Industrial plastics:
- •6. Basic principles of welding
- •7. Gear
- •8. Bearings
- •9. Construction of an automobile
- •10. Two-stroke and diesel engines
- •11. Direct-current (dc) generators
- •12. Ac motors
- •13. Engineering as a profession
- •14. Automation in industry.
- •15. History of robotics
- •16. Measurements
- •17. Computers
- •18. History and future of the internet
- •19. Agricultural machinery
- •I come from Russia. — я из России.
- •Наиболее употребительные наречия.
- •II. Префиксы существительных
- •I. Суффиксы
- •II. Префиксы
Text a «the united kingdom»
The United Kingdom, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is an island nation and constitutional monarchy in north-western Europe, member of the European Union (EU).
Great Britain is the largest of the British Isles. It comprises, together with numerous smaller islands, England and Scotland, and the principality of Wales. Northern Ireland, also known as Ulster, occupies the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland.
The United Kingdom is bordered to the south by the English Channel, which separates it from continental Europe, to the east by the North Sea, and to the west by the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The only land border is between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The total area of the United Kingdom is 242 sq.km. The capital and largest city is London.
The names «United Kingdom», «Great Britain», and «England» are often used interchangeably. The use of «Great Britain», often shortened to «Britain», to describe the whole kingdom is common and widely accepted, although strictly it does not include Northern Ireland.
However, the use of «England» to mean the «United Kingdom» is not acceptable to members of the other constituent countries, especially the Scots and the Welsh.
England and Wales were united administratively, politically, and legally by 1543. The crowns of England and Scotland were united in 1603, but the two countries remained separate political entities until the 1707 Act of Union, which formed the Kingdom of Great Britain with a single legislature. From 1801, when Great Britain and Ireland were united, until the formal establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, the kingdom was officially named the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Hong Kong, which has 200,000 population, was returned to China in 1997.
The mainland of the island of Great Britain is 974 km at its longest and 531 km at its widest; however, the highly indented nature of the island's coastline means that nowhere is more than about 120 km from the sea.
The climate of the United Kingdom is mild relative to its latitude, which is the same as that of Labrador in Canada. The mildness is an effect of the warm Gulf Stream. This current brings the prevailing south-west winds that moderate winter temperatures and bring the depressions which have the main day-to-day influence on the weather. The western side of the United Kingdom tends to be warmer than the eastern; the south is warmer than the north. The mean annual temperature is 6°C in the far north of Scotland; 11С in the south-west of England. Winter temperatures seldom are below -10°C and summer temperatures rarely higher than 32°C. The sea winds also bring plenty of moisture; average annual precipitation is more than 1,000 mm.
Rain tends to fall throughout the year, frequently turning to snow in the winter, especially in Scotland, the mountains of Wales, and northern England. The western side of Britain is much wetter than the eastern: average rainfall varies is from 5,000 mm in the western Highlands of Scotland, to less than 500 mm in parts of East Anglia in England.
The population of United Kingdom is more than 56 mln people, but it is one of the world's leading commercial and industrialized nations. In terms of gross national product (GNP) it ranks fifth in the world, with Italy, after the United States, Japan, Germany, and France.
Vocabulary:
island nation — островное государство
constitutional monarchy — конституционная монархия
European Union — Европейский союз
to comprise — включать
numerous — многочисленные
principality — княжество
North Sea — Северное море
interchangeably — взаимозаменяемо
to accept — принимать, допускать
strictly — строго, зд. строго говоря
include — включать
constituent — составляющий
administratively — административно
entities — зд. субъекты
single — зд. единая
indented — зд. изрезанная
latitude — широта геогр.
prevailing — преобладающий
moderate — умеренный
depressions — зд. циклоны
mean — средний
throughout — на всем протяжении
average annual precipitation — среднегодовое количество осадков
in terms of — говоря (о чем-либо)
GNP (Gross National Product) — валовой национальный продукт.
Exercise 6.1. Translate into English.
1. Официальное название Великобритании — Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии.
2. Соединенное королевство является членом Европейского союза и конституционной монархией.
3. Северная Ирландия занимает северо-восточную часть острова Ирландия.
4. Пролив Ла-Манш отделяет Соединенное Королевство от континентальной Европы.
Exercise 6.2. Use the following phrases and word combinations to retell the text:
1. As I understood from the text...
2. According to the text...
3. According to the author...
4. As it is described in the text...
5. As it is said in the text...
6. As the author puts it...
7. According to the figures (data, information, opinions) from the text...
Exercise 6.3. Discuss the following statements. Use the following phrases to express your opinion:
1. It seems to me (that)...
2. I would like to say that...
3. As I see it...
4. I think that...
5. I guess...
6. I suppose...
7. I (strongly) believe that...
8. I am (absolutely) sure that...
Statement A: The United Kingdom is a small country. It is one of the leading countries now because it had many rich colonies in the past.
Statement B: UK will loose Northern Ireland soon and Wales and Scotland later, like it lost Hong Kong in 1997, because of the differences in languages, culture and history.
Statement C: British people don't travel much because they live not too far from the sea (ocean).
Exercise 6.4. Which events in the modern history of Great Britain had an impact on world science and technology. Choose five the most important and briefly describe them.
Exercise 6.5. What inventions in UK made life more convenient and safer? What inventions have become dangerous for the mankind?
Exercise 6.6. Use the information below to be able to make a report on the following:
1) Land, 2) Climate, 3) Population, 4) Ethnic groups, 5) Economy.
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Table: Modern history of Great Britain
1914
World War I begins.
1918
World War I ends.
1919
First regular London-Paris air service instituted.
1926
John Logie Baird demonstrates television system.
1927
British Broadcasting Corporation chartered.
1928
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
1936
First regular television broadcasts from Alexandra Palace.
1947
Independence for India and Pakistan. Nationalization of coal mines and railways.
1949
Foundation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1952
Britain explodes atomic bomb in Australia.
1955
Irish Republican Army begins terrorist campaign.
1960
Independence for Cyprus and Nigeria. «The Beatles» form.
1969
Oil discovered off Scottish coast.
1980
North Sea oil makes Britain self-sufficient in certain petroleum products.
1986
Trident ballistic missile system ordered from US.
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LAND
Area
241,752 sq km
Highest Point
Ben Nevis
1,343 m above sea level
Lowest Point
Holme Fen 3 m below sea level
CLIMATE
Average Temperatures
London
January 4C
July 18C
Edinburgh
January 3C
July 15C
Average Annual Precipitation
London 590 mm
Edinburgh 680 mm
POPULATION
Population
58,395,000 (1994 estimate)
Population Density
242 persons/sq km (1994 estimate)
Urban/Rural population
92% Urban
8% Rural
Largest Cities
London (Greater) 6,933,000
Birmingham 1,017,000
Leeds 724,500
Glasgow 681,000
Ethnic Groups
94,5% English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish
5,5% Other
Languages
Official Language
English
Other Languages
Welsh, Scots-Gaelic, other minority languages
Religions
54% Anglicanism
13% Roman Catholicism
33% Other
including other Protestant denominations, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Sikhism