1. The text you are to read is headlined “Boiling water reactors”. In your opinion, what problems are discussed in this text?
2. If you were to make a report on this theme what would you speak about? What information would you include in your report? Write down 5-6 key sentences.
3. Think of 4-5 questions the answers to which you would to find in the text below.
4. In pairs, discuss these questions. In case you can’t answer your groupmate’s questions, give your opinion. ( How many of the questions did you manage to answer using the information of the text?)
5. The definitions of the words given in bold type in the text are in the box below. Match these words and their definitions.
| round plate or short cylinder of wood or metal, fitting closely inside another cylinder or tube in which it moves up and down or backwards and forwards used in engines, pumps, etc. |
| apparatus for the controlled production of nuclear energy. |
| set of toothed wheels working together in a machine, esp. such a set to connect the engine of a motor vehicle with the road wheels. |
| mechanical device for controlling the flow of air, liquid, gas or electrons in one direction only. |
| (the amount of) force exerted continuously on or against smth by smth which touches it. |
| material for producing heat or other forms of energy. |
| to place (to fix) apparatus in position for use. |
| violent, rushing steam of liquid (esp. water). |
| bar or rod joining parts of a machine, or transmitting power. |
| engine or motor whose driving-wheel is turned by a current of water, steam or air. |