Lesson One
I. Pre-text exercises:
1. Practise reading the following words:
means [mi:nz], branch [bra:ntʃ], ally [ə'lai], marine [mə'rin], broadcasting ['brɔ:dka:stiŋ], radar ['reidə], sophisticated [sə`fistikeitid], exhaust [ig'zɔst], qualitative ['kwɔlitətiv], instead [in'sted].
2. State to what part of speech the following words belong:
exploration, to apply, inventor, gigantic, concept, purely, powerful,
equipment, to reduce, magnetic.
3. Form adjectives adding the prefix un- to the adjectives and translate them:
Example: natural - unnatural природний - неприродний
important, able, reliable, happy, available, human, usual, productive,
limited, original.
4. Match up the words which are similar in meaning:
a) device, method, to show, to operate, to define, ray, time, to vary, to work out, common, proper, important, to make, in the sphere of, purpose;
b) aim, in the field of, to produce, significant, suitable, standard, to develop, to differ, period, beam, to determine, to function, to demonstrate, technique, instrument.
5. Give the initial forms of the following words:
operator, handling, parts, manufactured, growing, mechanical, watches, used, disadvantage, experimental.
II. Read and translate the text: