I. Pre-text Exercises

1. Practise reading the following words:

though [ðou], personnel [,pə:sə'nel], sewer ['sjuə], vehicle [' vi:ikl], live [laiv], schedule ['ʃedju:l], available [ə'veilbl], focus ['foukəs], appropriate [ə'proupriit], iconoscope [ai'kɔnəscoup], target ['ta:git], vulnerable ['vΛlnərəbl].

2. State to what part of speech the following words belong:

visible, length, ordinary, different, amplifier, amplification, scientific, atomic, needed, unbelievable, semiconductor, industrial.

3. Form verbs with an opposite meaning adding the prefix dis - and translate them:

Example: to approve — ñõâàëþâàòè;

to disapprove — íå ñõâàëþâàòè.

to cover, to appear, to place, to continue, to agree, to charge, to connect, to assemble, to join, to close.

4. Match up the words which are opposite in meaning:

a) high, thin, hot, small, long, visible, possible, increase, known, important, include, different, fast, expensive, early, tremendous;

b) late, tiny, cheap, slow, unimportant, unknown, decrease, impossible, invisible, short, big, cold, thick, low, exclude, the same.

5. Give the initial forms of the following words:

scientists, invented, calculating, developed, formulating, advances, introduced, units, computing, shaped, circuits, devised, machines, designing.

 

II. Read and translate the text