Notes to the text

1. professorship – професорство

2. oscillator – осцилятор

3. differential equation – диференційне рівняння

4. applied mathematics – прикладна математика

5. rocket designer – конструктор ракет

6. plaque – дошка (настінна)

7. legacy – спадщина, спадок

Exercise 6. Answer the following questions:

1. When and where was M.Kravchuk born? 2. What education did M. Kravchuk get? 3. Why was he arrested? 4. What mathematical terms are associated with M. Kravchuk? 5. When did M. Kravchuk become academician? 6. What was his attitude to Ukrainian language? 7. Which of his works were used by John Atanasov? 8. What remarkable persons were among Kravchuk’s disciples and students? 9. Where were memorial plaques in his honour installed?

Exercise 7. Find English equivalents of Ukrainian word-combinations:

Видатний внесок, теорія імовірності, різні галузі математики, викладання математики, в такому ранньому віці, творець першого електронного комп’ютера, розв’язання диференційних рівнянь, пілотований космічний політ, поруч, меморіальна дошка.

Various branches of mathematics, solving differential equations, teaching of mathematics, remarkable contribution, side by side, creator of the first electronic computer, theory of probability, at such an early age, manned space flight, memorial plaque

Exercise 8. Make up statements choosing the right answer according to the text:

1. The creator of the first electronic computer Atanasov had used Kravchuk’s ideas in:

a) theory of probability;

b) theory of numbers;

c) theory of differential equations.

2. Serhiy Korolyov was:

a) designer of aircraft engines;

b) rocket designer;

c) helicopter designer.

3. Regular conferences in Kravchuk’s memory are held:

a) in Kyiv National University;

b) in Kyiv Polytechnic;

c) in All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.

Exercise 9. Choose the right variant:Present Indefinite Passive or Present Continuous Passive.

1. Waiter, is my food ready? I am hungry. – It won’t be long, sir. It is cooked/ being cooked at the moment. 2. Is this bag plastic or leather? – It is made/ being made of the finest leather. 3. Where is your bicycle? – It is repaired/ being repaired. 4. Why are the children sent/ being sent to bed? – Because they’ve been naughty. 5. How are you all getting home from the airport? – We are met/ being met by my father. 6. Delicious fruit ice cream is sold/ being sold there now. 7. New children’s books are sold/ being sold in that shop very often. 8. The boy’s story about saving from drowning is always listened/ being listened with great interest. 9. They are taught/ being taught drawing at this lesson. Don’t bother them. 10. Two new engineers are introduced/ being introduced to the head of the department now.

Exercise 10. Choose the right variant: Past Indefinite Passive or Past Continuous Passive in the following sentences.

1. Many towns were destroyed/were being destroyed by the earthquake in Japan last year. 2. The helicopter was constructed/was being constructed in Russia. 3. He was thrown/was being thrown out of class for chatting. 4. The pop singers arrived at the airport and were welcomed/were being welcomed by thousands of fans. Flowers were thrown/were being thrown at them all the way to the exit. 5. The exposition was opened/was being opened when we drove up to the picture gallery. 6. He couldn’t go out as his suit and shirt were cleaned/were being cleaned. 7. When I came into the kitchen I smelt something delicious. My favourite cookies were baked/were being baked in the oven. 8. She watched television while dinner was prepared/was being prepared. 9. Their cousins were fined/were being fined for exceeding speed limit three days ago. 10. The policeman noticed that the suitcase was carried/was being carried by the porter in a very strange way.

Exercise 11. Translate into English:

1.Його зараз екзаменують. 2. Саме тоді будувалась ця школа. 3. ЇЇ екзаменували вже протягом 20 хвилин, коли я увійшла в кімнату. 4. Не заходьте в кімнату, її прибирають. 5. В мене було таке відчуття, що за мною хтось спостерігає. 6. Чому нічого ще не робиться? 7. Вам не можна заходити. В неї беруть інтерв’ю для телебачення. 8. Нам сказали зачекати, саме в цей час його опитували. 9. Ця книжка була написана багато років тому, але вона все ще читається з великим інтересом. 10. Ми не змогли відвідати музей тому, що в цей час він був на реконструкції.

Task III. Read and translate the text.

Text 6B