Exercise 16. Master the active vocabulary.

distinction – ðàçíèöà

endure – äëèòüñÿ

utility – ïîëåçíîñòü

usability – ïðèãîäíîñòü

safety – áåçîïàñíîñòü

to exploit – ðàçðàáàòûâàòü

electrical conductor – ïðîâîäíèê ýëåêòðè÷åñêîãî òîêà

in this sense – â ýòîì ñìûñëå

to reap – ïîæèíàòü

explicitly – ÿñíî, ïîäðîáíî

treatise – [tri:tiz] – òðàêòàò

Exercise 17. Answer the following question:

1. Can we define the distinction between science, engineering and technology?

2. What is engineering?

3. Are technologies exclusively products of science?

4. What does the development of technology depend on?

Exercise 18. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations:

ïîñëåäñòâèå, ïîëóïðîâîäíèê

ïðèêëàäíàÿ íàóêà

îòâåðãàòü

ñïîðíûé

óäîâëåòâîðÿòü òðåáîâàíèÿì

ñîáèðàòü òåõíîëîãè÷åñêèå ðåçóëüòàòû âîâðåìÿ

Exercise 19. Find the words with similar meanings:

tool aim

investigation advanced

to involve to create

purpose to decline

to innovate machinery

to resist implement

modern research

equipment to include

contemporary