1. Unit 1

Vocabulary Bank

1. in the course of

2. change the earth beyond recognition

3. spiritual treasures of mankind

4. thanks to (owing to, due to)

5. significant

6. belong to

7. discover

8. invent

9. put into service

10. steam engine

11. attach to a loom

12. various

13. speed up

14. mode of production

15. bring about

16. make a great contribution

17. spread of information (knowledge, science)

18. advance of learning

19. choose engineering (radio engineering, computer engineering, etc)

20. chain reaction

21. solve a problem

22. achieve an aim

23. have a broad view

24. see a possibility

25. design

26. gather data

27. gap

28. take an early interest in

29. alert mind

30. natural curiosity

31. mix well in society

32. have a profound impact on

33. share

34. build a strong foundation

35. creative solution

36. be thorough

37. be satisfied with

38. pay attention to

39. available resource

40. succeed in

More Words to Learn

1. age

2. prove

3. decisive

4. remarkable achievement

5. volume of the machine-memory

6. store

7. radio-valve

8. solid circuit

9. impart

10. property

11. appropriate treatment

12. man-machine relationship

13. affect

14. process information

15. demand

16. search

17. beneficial

18. draw a conclusion

19. call for

20. communications

2. Unit 2

Vocabulary Bank

1. capacity of a body

2. perform work

3. designate

4. fall freely

5. rate of descent

6. attain maximum velocity

7. reach the ground

8. motion

9. convert

10. difficult

11. measure

12. product

13. resistance

14. overcome

15. cover

16. determine

17. weight

18. imagine

19. strike against

20. be brought to rest

21. difference

22. original (velocity)

23. obstacle

24. be equal to

25. acceleration

26. divide

27. accomplishment

28. multiply

29. undergo change

30. average

31. substitute (syn. replace)

32. consider

33. appreciate

34. be linked with

35. remain the foundation

36. condition

37. heat

38. supply

39. electric device

40. particle

More Words to Learn

1. be like

2. nucleus (pl. nuclei)

3. appear

4. matter

5. burning

6. consequence

7. release energy

8. take part in

9. circumstance

10. unlike

11. equilibrium

12. disturb

13. split

14. fission

15. occur

16. sustain a nuclear fire

17. lead

18. switch on

19. devise

20. raw materials

Unit 3

Vocabulary Bank

1. language

2. force

3. power

4. definite

5. meaning

6. differ

7. push

8. pull

9. state of rest

10. state of motion

11. act

12. take into account

13. lie (lay, lain)

14. lift

15. stone

16. throw (threw, thrown)

17. scientific sense

18. stand (stood, stood)

19. hold (held, held)

20. apply (force)

21. amount of work

22. calculate

23. mean

24. ability

25. light

26. water

27. flow

28. drive

29. make use of

30. burn (burnt/burned, burnt/burned)

31. mankind

32. fossil fuel

33. internal-combustion engine

34. transmission line

35. conventional

36. everlast

37. provide for

38. utilize

39. be engaged in

40. try

More Words to Learn

1. know (knew, known)

2. heavy

3. carry

4. charge

5. attract

6. surround

7. electronic shell

8. collision

9. interaction

10. short range

11. give rise to

12. scattering

13. surface

14. deflect

15. mean

16. show (showed, shown)

17. lead to

18. excite

19. influence

20. cross-section

Unit 4