Lesson One
I. Pre-text Exercises
1. Practise reading the following words:
wafer ['weifə], layer ['²å³ə], dioxide [dai'ɔksaid], underneath [,Λndə'ni:θ], surface ['sə:fis], crucial ['kru:ʃjəl], faithfully ['feiθfuli], mask [ma:sk],
etch [etʃ], concept ['kɔnsept].
2. State to what part of speech the following words belong:
Information, integrated, semiconductor, chemical, dissolved, electricity, carrier, typically, single, faithfully, individual, projected.
3. Form adjectives by adding the suffix -al to the following nouns, making changes where necessary:
Example: form — ôîðìà;
formal — ôîðìàëüíèé.
Optics, theory, electricity, digit, principle, structure, practice, profession, logics, idea.
4. Find the pairs of words which are opposite in meaning:
a) small, frequently, same, visible, rapid, early, simple, outside, addition, multiplication, to destroy, mountain, to sell, peace, known;
b) seldom, complex, late, slow, invisible, different, big, inside, subtraction, division, to construct, plain, to buy, war, unknown.
5. Give the initial forms of the following words:
processes, operated, flashing, equipped, substitutes, increasing, principles, coated, turns, dissolved.