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Масачева И.А. English for power engineering : учеб. пособие / И.А.Масачева.; Алт. гос. тех. ун-т им. И.И.Ползунова. –…
UNIT 1
HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY
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Answer the questions. Then talk about your answers.
1) Do you know who invented electricity?
2) What role does electricity play nowadays?
3) Was the discovery of electricity a product of a single inventor?
4) What are the advantages of electricity?
5) Can you imagine your life without electricity?
It will not be wrong to describe electricity as being widely-used.
The application of electricity has grown to the point where most of us lead… Who inventedelectricity? A chain of inventions of electricity led to the modern-day use of electric power. Lightning…
2. Who was able to build the first electric motor?
3. What led to the creation of an electric power system?
4. What led to the modern-day use of electric power?
2. Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity through the experiment of flying a kite during a… 3. This has become Faraday’s great contribution to… 4. Thomas Edison invented the electric …....................................................................
ENERGY
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Answer the questions. Then talk about your answers.
1) What is energy?
2) What forms of energy do you know?
3) What do we need energy for?
4) How can we store energy?
In the language of science energy is the ability to do work. There are various forms of energy, such as heat, mechanical, electrical, atomic and so… Energy is needed for all our activities. Energy is needed to make anything… However, energy is very hard to explain. We know we have to 'save it' if we want to keep our bills down. We know that…
1. In the language of science energy is the ability..........................................................
2. Energy is needed for all… 3. If somebody is very active, we might say that he is..................................................
UNIT 3
NUCLEAR ENERGY
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Answer the questions. Then talk about your answers.
1) Do you know scientists who worked on the nuclear weapons?
2) When were nuclear weapons created?
3) Do you know what country used nuclear weapons?
4) What are the advantages of nuclear energy?
5) What are the disadvantages of nuclear energy?
Countries using nuclear power stations might also learn to make nuclear weapons of their own, and the superpowersalready have more than enough to… Also, many people are worried about the nuclear plants themselves. Nuclear… However human or mechanical error can never be entirely ruled out. There have been radiation leaks at nuclear plants…
1. Countries using nuclear power stations might also learn to make............................
2. The superpowers already have more than enough to… 3. Nuclear reactors produce powerful radiation which can kill …..............................
UNIT 4
ENERGY SOURCES
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Answer the questions. Then talk about your answers.
1) What energy sources do you know?
2) What are energy sources used for?
3) What energy sources are used in the Altai Region?
4) Do you know what energy sources are renewable and what are non-renewable?
Most of our energy comes from fossil fuels. Coal,oil and natural gas supply about 85 percent of US primaryenergy consumption.Although the… But fossil fuels are not the only source of energy, and burning fuel is not… Our fossil fuels - coal, gas, oil - are quickly disappearing. This energy capital takes millions of years to replace.…
1. Most of our energy comes from ………………………………………………..
2. The earth's atmosphere and biosphere may not survive the environmental… 3. But fossil fuels are not the only source………………………………………...
UNIT 5
SOLAR ENERGY
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Answer the questions. Then talk about your answers.
1) Do you like sunny weather?
2) Can people live without the Sun?
3) How can solar energy be used?
4) What are the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy?
Where does all this energy come from? It comes from within the Sun itself. Solar energy is the most popular energy. How can we use this free… We've used the Sun for drying clothes and food for thousands of years, but… The Sun is 150 million kilometers away and amazingly powerful. It is also a useful, cheap and reliable electricity…
1. Every day the Sun radiates an enormous amount of...................................................
………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Solar energy is the most popular …...........................................................................
UNIT 6
MECHANICAL ENERGY
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Answer the questions. Then talk about your answers.
1) What energy is associated with the motion and position of an object?
2) Can you give examples of mechanical energy?
3) Where does mechanical energy come from?
There are two types of mechanicalenergy - potentialenergy and kineticenergy. Supposea metal cylinderis lifted upand then released.It will fall. As… The cylinder has energy. It is called potential energy. Sometimes it is called… If water is pumpedfrom a large reservoirup to a small reservoir in the hills, it gainspotential energy. As the water…
UNIT 7
TIDAL ENERGY
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Answer the questions. Then talk about your answers.
1) Do you know what tidal energy is?
2) Where is this type of energy used?
3) Can tidal energy be used in the Altai region?
Tidal energy is considereda renewable source of energy. It only uses the energy from tidechanges instead of burningor consumingany form of energy… Tidal power utilizationis also considered a very reliable source of energy due… Consequently,all of the forces that work within the orbital systems create an imbalance in the earth's water levels.…
2. Tidal energy is considered a renewable.............................................................
3. Tidal energy only uses the energy… 4. Tidal power utilization is also considered a very reliable source of energy due to
ENERGY CONSERVATION
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Answer the questions. Then talk about your answers.
1) Do you know what conservation of energy means?
2) What should we do to save energy?
3) Do you save energy at home? How?
Energy conservation is an important element of energy policy. In general, energy conservation reduces the energy consumption and energy demand per… By reducing emissions, energy conservation is an important part of lessening… II. VOCABULARY
1. Energy conservation is the practice of.......................................................................
2. Individuals and organizations want to conserve energy in… …
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