01-04-2020-Орловская И.В., Самсонова Л.С. Учебник английского языка для технических университетов и вузов (6-е издание, 2006)(1) (1171846), страница 15
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to have a look — взглянуть, посмотреть2. to break out — начаться, разразиться3. pocket-size — карманный4. liquid-crystal display — устройство изображения на жидких кристаллах685. once a week — раз в неделю6. high-definition television (HDTV) — телевидение высокойчеткости7. high resolution television — телевидение с большим разрешением8. width-to-height ratio — отношение ширины к высоте9. plasma display panel technology — производство плазменных панелейУПРАЖНЕНИЯУпражнение 11. Просмотрите текст 4А и ответьте на вопросы.1.
When did the first TV set appear? 2.Were people interested inthe new invention? 3. Why was the TV production stopped in 1940?4. What is cable television? 5. What is digital television? 6. What ishigh-definition television?Упражнение 12. Укажите, какие из следующих утверждений соответствуют содержанию текста 4А.1. А lot of people owned television sets in the first years after itsinvention.
2. First television black-and-white pictures were excellent. 3. Only few people owned television sets in the next few yearsafter their appearance. 4. Black-and-white television was rapidlyreplacing colour television. 5. First television black-and-white pictures were not very good. 6. Only a few years ago colour televisionwas rapidly replacing black-and-white television. 7.
When the warwas over, TV sets stopped coming off factory assembly lines. 8. After World War И TV sets began coming off factory assembly lines.Упражнение 13. Найдите в тексте 4А предложения, в которых использовано правило согласования времен, и переведите их.Упражнение 14. Прочитайте и укажите способы присоединения придаточных дополнительных предложений к главному.1. It was reported in 1939 that the first TV set was shown at theWorld Fair in New York. 2. The students wanted to know whethercolour television sets were produced at that plant. 3. After the warwhen the mass production of TV sets began, people realized theywanted to have a TV set at home. 4.
Experiments proved that electricity could travel instantly over a long piece of wire. 5. Can youtell me whether satellites are used for telephone communication?6. It became clear television had a great influence on people's life.697. Russian newspapers informed that about 2,000 satellites hadbeen launched into the orbit. 8. We did not know whether the development of television had continued during the war.
9. We knowhe works at the problem of space communication.Упражнение 15. Прочитайте и найдите предложения, где использованоправило согласования времен.1. Some years ago India began its Satellite Instructional Television Experiment. This experiment showed (that) satellite televisionprograms had been a success with schoolchildren, their knowledgelevel had increased considerably.
It was found that children couldremem^ber and speak about programs which they had seen severalwee^^^ack. 2. Many experts could not decide whether so muchTV was harmful to the individual's health and mental activity ornot. 3. Specialists did not know if it was possible to continue modernizing the electronic equipment of this kind — the costs were toohigh. 4. There appeared some reports that we had technical meansto use much more channels on a TV set and we should be able tosee many sports and news programs from all parts of the worldsoon. 5. At first it was not clear whether new telephone and teletypecommunication with ships via six satellites was economical and reliable or not.
6. It was announced that the cryogenic cable had beeninvented in Russia. 7. We read that for the first time electricity hadbeen applied for industrial use in silver workshops in Paris. 8. Weknow different transmitters are used in a television system — onefor the sound channel and the other for the picture channel. 9. Welearnt from the lecture that electricity was still considered the mainsource for new technological developments.УПРАЖНЕНИЯ ДЛЯ САМОСТОЯТЕЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫУпражнение 16. Выберите правильный перевод следующих слов:attention — внимательно, внимательный, внимание;surprisingly — удивительный, удивление, удивительно;recorder — записывающее устройство, запись, записывать;convenient — удобство, удобный, созывать;numerous — бесчисленный, количество, многочисленный.Упражнение 17.
Назовите основу, от которой образованы следующиеслова:development, conveniently, communication, production, continuous, beginning, transmitter, action, recorder, electronic, si70muitaneousiy, different, usable, central, calculator, possibility,disconnect.Упражнение 18. Выпишите сначала синонимы, а затем антонимы.tiny — small; to disappear — to appear; a lot of — many; different — various; next — following; short — long; to watch — to see;program — show; commonly — usually; less — more; possible — impossible; true — untrue; small — large; nowadays — at present,now; large — tremendous; advance — progress; to start — to begin;major — main; to report — to announce; to occur — to take place;convenient — suitable.Упражнение 19. Расположите слова в алфавитном порядке.true, picture, telephone, communication; world, research, assembly, invention; own, beginning, telegraph, central; satellite,first, artificial, convenient; turn, videotape, transmit, size.Упражнение 20.
Назовите в следующих парах первое по алфавиту слово.concept/concert; complete/compare; invention/invasion; available/availability; commonly/commonless; commune/commit; compulsory/compunction.Упражнение 21. Напишите исходную форму, по которой нужно искатьслово в словаре.boxes, matches, beginning, tinier, owned, boundaries, possibly,replacing, less.Упражнение 22. Найдите в словаре подходящее значение для выделенных слов или словосочетаний.1. The Japanese companies developed the first pocket-size colour television set. 2. Man first set foot on the Moon in July, 1969.3.
Special telephone sets are used at plants in tropical sea climate.4. A great Russian scientist A.N. Krylov took an active part in thework of the first Atomic Commission set up at the Optical Institute. 5. It was Popov who constructed the first radio set. 6. One ofthe global tasks nowadays is to set up solar power plants on highorbits. 7. Ships are equipped with radar sets helping them to orient at sea.Упражнение 23. Найдите в словаре и запомните значения выделенныхслов.1. New directions of research in robotics were discussed at thelast conference. 2. There is no direct connection between those71processes.
3. This program is directed toward the scientific studyof various physico-chemical processes. 4. Our scientists must directtheir attention to the development of new technologies. 5. Furtherhuman progress is directly connected with the scientific and technological progress. 6. Our task is to develop technological processes without a direct participation of man. 7. The future ofmankind depends on the direction in which scientific and technological progress will be developing. 8. There is a direct communication between spacecrafts and the Earth, and between spacecraftsas well.Упражнение 24.
Поставьте глагол, приведенный в скобках, в соответствующих времени и форме.The Life of а StudentWhile I (walk) across the campus (университетский городок)the other day, I (meet) my old friend Bill, whom I (see, not) sinceMay. Naturally, we (stop) (talk) to each other for a few minutes.
Iasked him how he (do) in his classes that semester. He told me thathe (take) a course in English that semester. He said that he (complete) the elementary course two semesters before, and by the nextsemester he (be) ready (take) the most difficult English course offered at this school.
He also said that he (be) interested in gettinghis degree as soon as possible and he (ask, already) his adviser forpermission to take the final examination. «I am glad (hear) that you(make) such good progress», I (say) to Bill. Then I asked him if he(can) tell me the secret of his success. He answered that the secretof his success (be) simple and he (study) at least two hours a day toimprove his English.After that I told Bill I (have) a little difficulty with my course inFrench at the moment.
I said that I (study, not) very hard the lastsemester, but I (work) harder in the future.Упражнение 25. Прочитайте текст. Перескажите его содержание, используя косвенную речь.Albert Einstein liked the film with Charlie Chaplin. Once hewrote a letter to Chaplin:«Everybody in the world understands your film "Golden Fever"("Золотая лихорадка").
You will become a great man by allmeans.»Chaplin's answer was:«I like you even more. Nobody in the world understands your"Theory of Relativity" and you have already become a great man.»72Упражнение 26. Дайте недостающие формы глаголов, запомните их.find, broke, putting, hung, began, seen.Упражнение 27. Прочитайте и переведите текст без словаря.Recently it was reported in the press that the USA was trying tobuild bigger, better and much more expensive TV sets. Experts declared that it was the most important change in television since theinvention of colour television. They informed that a new kind oftelevision had images so clear that watching it was like lookingthrough a window.But it became known that Japanese specialists had started theirwork on HDTV when nobody else in the world was thinking how toimprove TV.
The inventors expected that their standard forhigh-definition television would be used throughout the world.However, the Europeans have announced that they would set theirown standard. And now it is not clear whether the Japanese standard will be used or not. Some people consider that a singlehigh-definition TV standard will allow to exchange news and maybring nations together.CONVERSATIONExercise 1. Answer the questions.1. What invention was the center of attention at the WorldFair in New York in 1939? (the first black-and-white televisionset) 2. What stopped the TV production? (World War П) 3.
Whatinfluence has had television on people's life and way of thinking?(great influence; boundaries of time and space have disappeared)4. What kinds of TV exist now? (satellite, cable, colour, digital andhigh-definition television) 5. What is the latest and the most important stage in the development of television since the appearanceof colour television? (high-definition television) 6.
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