At the Customs

(Speakers: two passengers)

A. Have you filled in the immigration card?

B. Yes. Have you?

A. I don’t need to. It’s only for non-British citizens.

B. Oh, yes, of course. Is this the way?

A. No, I go through here – «British Passport», you see. I’m afraid you have to go over there. It says «Commonwealth and EEC Passports».

B. All right. See you outside the baggage claim area.

(Speakers: a customs officer and a passenger)

C. Can I see your passport?

B. Certainly, here it is.

C. Have you anything to declare?

B. Nothing.

C. What’s the purpose of your visit?

B. I’m attending a conference in London.

C. Well, would you mind opening this bag, please?

B. Here you are.

C. Thank you. Right. That’s all. You can go through now.

B. Thank you.

3. Find the English equivalents to the words bellow. Learn them by heart.

Імміграційна картка декларувати

заповнювати мета візиту

місце отримання багажу проходити далі

громадяни Це все.

Ііі. Робота над текстом за професійним спрямуванням.

1. Read the text and translate it into Ukrainian.

2. Consult the dictionary and write down the new words and their translation.

Zero

Zero is that number which, when added to any number, leaves the latter unchanged; its symbol is 0. The introduction of a zero into the decimal system was the most significant achievement in the development of a number system in which calculation with large numbers was feasible. Without it, modern astronomy, physics, and chemistry would have been impossible. The lack of such a symbol was one of the serious drawbacks of Greek mathematics. Its existence in the West is, probably, due to the Arabs, who, having obtained it from the Hindus, passed it on to European mathematicians in the latter part of the Middle Ages. The Maya of Central America and probably the Babylonians also invented zero. With the extension of the number system to negative as well as positive numbers, zero became the name for that position on the scale of integers between –1 and +1. It is used in this sense in speaking of zero degrees on the Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales; “absolute zero” is a term used by physicists and chemists to indicate the theoretically lowest possible temperature – a use reminiscent of zero as a symbol for nothing. Unlike other numbers, zero has certain special properties in connection with the four fundamental operations. By definition zero added to or subtracted from any number leaves that number unchanged. Any number multiplied by zero gives zero. Zero multiplied by or divided by any number (other than zero) is still zero. But division by zero is undefined; i.e., there is no number that is the value of a number divided by zero.

3. Put 5 questions to the text.

4. Find the English equivalents to the words and word combinations given below. Be ready to write dictation on them.

Десяткова система шкала чисел

розрахунки теоретично

винаходити позначати

негативнее число позитивнее число