Pocket-size — карманный

4. liquid-crystal display — устройство изображения на жид­ких кристаллах

5. once a week — раз в неделю

6. high-definition television (HDTV) — телевидение высокой четкости

7. high resolution television — телевидение с большим разре­шением

8. width-to-height ratio — отношение ширины к высоте

9. plasma display panel technology — производство плазмен­ных панелей

УПРАЖНЕНИЯ Упражнение 11.Просмотрите текст 4А и ответьте на вопросы.

1. When did the first TV set appear? 2.Were people interested in the new invention? 3. Why was the TV production stopped in 1940? 4. What is cable television? 5. What is digital television? 6. What is high-definition television?

Упражнение 12.Укажите, какие из следующих утверждений соответству­ют содержанию текста 4А.

1. A lot of people owned television sets in the first years after its invention. 2. First television black-and-white pictures were excel­lent. 3. Only few people owned television sets in the next few years after their appearance. 4. Black-and-white television was rapidly replacing colour television. 5. First television black-and-white pic­tures were not very good. 6. Only a few years ago colour television was rapidly replacing black-and-white television. 7. When the war was over, TV sets stopped coming off factory assembly lines. 8. Af­ter World War II 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 the World Fair in New York. 2. The students wanted to know whether colour television sets were produced at that plant. 3. After the war when the mass production of TV sets began, people realized they wanted to have a TV set at home. 4. Experiments proved that elec­tricity could travel instantly over a long piece of wire. 5. Can you tell me whether satellites are used for telephone communication? 6. It became clear television had a great influence on people's life.

7. Russian newspapers informed that about 2,000 satellites had been launched into the orbit. 8. We did not know whether the de­velopment of television had continued during the war. 9. We know he works at the problem of space communication.

Упражнение 15.Прочитайте и найдите предложения, где использовано правило согласования времен.

1. Some years ago India began its Satellite Instructional Televi­sion Experiment. This experiment showed (that) satellite television programs had been a success with schoolchildren, their knowledge level had increased considerably. It was found that children could remember and speak about programs which they had seen several weelc^back. 2. Many experts could not decide whether so much TV was harmful to the individual's health and mental activity or not. 3. Specialists did not know if it was possible to continue mod­ernizing the electronic equipment of this kind — the costs were too high. 4. There appeared some reports that we had technical means to use much more channels on a TV set and we should be able to see many sports and news programs from all parts of the world soon. 5. At first it was not clear whether new telephone and teletype communication with ships via six satellites was economical and re­liable or not. 6. It was announced that the cryogenic cable had been invented in Russia. 7. We read that for the first time electricity had been applied for industrial use in silver workshops in Paris. 8. We know different transmitters are used in a television system — one for the sound channel and the other for the picture channel. 9. We learnt from the lecture that electricity was still considered the main source for new technological developments.

УПРАЖНЕНИЯ ДЛЯ САМОСТОЯТЕЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫ

Упражнение 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 следующие слова:

development, conveniently, communication, production, con­tinuous, beginning, transmitter, action, recorder, electronic, si-

multaneously, 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 искать слово 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 setfoot on the Moon in July, 1969.

3. Special telephone setsare used at plants in tropical sea climate.

4. A great Russian scientist A.N. Krylov took an active part in the work of the first Atomic Commission setup at the Optical Insti­tute. 5. It was Popov who constructed the first radio set.6. One of the global tasks nowadays is to setup solar power plants on high orbits. 7. Ships are equipped with radar setshelping them to ori­ent at sea.

Упражнение 23.Найдите в словаре и запомните значения выделенных слов.

1. New directionsof research in robotics were discussed at the last conference. 2. There is no directconnection between those

processes. 3. This program is directedtoward the scientific study of various physico-chemical processes. 4. Our scientists must directtheir attention to the development of new technologies. 5. Further human progress is directlyconnected with the scientific and tech­nological progress. 6. Our task is to develop technological pro­cesses without a directparticipation of man. 7. The future of mankind depends on the directionin which scientific and techno­logical progress will be developing. 8. There is a directcommuni­cation between spacecrafts and the Earth, and between spacecrafts as well.

Упражнение 24.Поставьте глагол, приведенный в скобках, в соответст­вующих времени и форме.

The Life of a Student

While I (walk) across the campus (университетский городок) the other day, I (meet) my old friend Bill, whom I (see, not) since May. Naturally, we (stop) (talk) to each other for a few minutes. I asked him how he (do) in his classes that semester. He told me that he (take) a course in English that semester. He said that he (com­plete) the elementary course two semesters before, and by the next semester he (be) ready (take) the most difficult English course of­fered at this school. He also said that he (be) interested in getting his degree as soon as possible and he (ask, already) his adviser for permission 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 secret of his success (be) simple and he (study) at least two hours a day to improve his English.

After that I told Bill I (have) a little difficulty with my course in French at the moment. I said that I (study, not) very hard the last semester, 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 he wrote a letter to Chaplin:

«Everybody in the world understands your film "Golden Fever" ("Золотая лихорадка"). You will become a great man by all means.»

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.»

Упражнение 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 to build bigger, better and much more expensive TV sets. Experts de­clared that it was the most important change in television since the invention of colour television. They informed that a new kind of television had images so clear that watching it was like looking through a window.

But it became known that Japanese specialists had started their work on HDTV when nobody else in the world was thinking how to improve TV. The inventors expected that their standard for high-definition television would be used throughout the world. However, the Europeans have announced that they would set their own standard. And now it is not clear whether the Japanese stan­dard will be used or not. Some people consider that a single high-definition TV standard will allow to exchange news and may bring nations together.

CONVERSATION Exercise1. Answer the questions.

1. What invention was the center of attention at the World Fair in New York in 1939? (the first black-and-white television set) 2. What stopped the TV production? (World War II) 3. What influence 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 and high-definition television) 5. What is the latest and the most im­portant stage in the development of television since the appearance of colour television? (high-definition television) 6. What is the ad­vantage of high-definition television? (the television of much higher resolution) 7. What technology makes HDTV commercially practicable now? (plasma display panel technology)

Exercise 2.Make a sentence out of the two parts.