Match English words to their Russian equivalents

1. speed a) конкурентоспособный

2. maneuverability b) конструкторское бюро

3. competitive c) отделение

4. design office d) обогатить

5. division e) скорость

6. enrich f) маневренность

7. helicopter g) защита

8. life-support h) оружие

9. weapon i) вертолет

10. protection j) жизнеобеспечение

 

1.5. Make pairs of synonyms:

1. scholar a) modern
2. goal b) quickly
3. rapidly c) manufacture
4. produce d) aim
5. up-to-date e) scientist
6. undertake f) security
7. safety g) to start doing
8. maneuver h) ability
9. capacity i) move

Grammar revision

Open the brackets using the verbs in the form of the Gerund or Participle

 

1. Russia needs good specialists in the sphere (to design and manufacture) aircraft.

2. The scholars (to work) at the faculty are famous in the world.

3. Computer classes are equipped with personal computers (to have) an access to the Internet.

4. Our specialists possess the talent (to generate) new ideas.

5. The Faculty offers a program of study (to lead) to Candidate of Science degree.

6. Russia is one of the countries capable (to produce) competitive aircraft.

7. Students participate in research work (to bring) fame to their Faculty.

8. The Faculty pays special attention to (to bring up) new generations of researchers.

Speaking

1.7. Make a presentation on “The Aircraft Faculty”

Unit 2

Before you read

2.1 Read the following international words:

academician [∂‚kædι'mι∫n] monoplane ['mon∂υ‚pleιn]

aviation [‚eιvι'eι∫n ] modernization [mod∂naι’zeι∫n]

biplane ['baι‚pleιn] maneuverable [m∂ ‘nu:v∂r∂bl]

bomber ['bom∂ ] legend [‘ ledʒ∂nd]

parachute [ ’pær∂ ‚∫u:t

Match the words in A with their synonyms in B.

A B

1. invent в) project

2. construct b) soar

3. design c) build

4. glide d) drawing

5. type e) devise

6. sketch t) kind

 

Use the words from 2.2 in the sentences below, change the form if necessary.

1) Scientists …a test that shows who is mostly like to get the disease.

2) Leonardo da Vinci’s … show an immensely intensive and inquiring mind.

3) We are doing …on pollution.

4) …a square with the sides of 5 centimeters.

5) I don’t like that … of thing.

6) She watched the dove …above the trees.

 

Match the words in A with their Russian equivalents in B.

1. a number of a) с помощью

2. about b) через, сквозь

3. until c) тоже, также

4. by means of d) c тех пор

5. too close e) около, приблизительно

6. through f) ряд, несколько

7. also g) пока (не)

8. so h) слишком близко

9. since then i) таким образом

10. before k) до, перед

 

2.5 Translate the following into Russian:

Man-flight, man-powered aircraft, man-made aircraft, fixed-wing glider, powered airplane

 

Make the list of pioneers of aviation, then read the text and complete your list.

 

Pioneers of Aviation

The history of Man's achievement in flight goes back through centuries. The first recorded attempt of flying in heavier-than-air craft is found in the Greek legend of Daedalus and his son Icarus who succeeded in propelling themselves through the air by means of wings attached to the body with wax. But the experiment proved fatal to Icarus who flew too close to the Sun, which melted the wax, the wings dropped off and he was drowned in the sea.

In the 15th century the great Italian painter, scientist and engineer Leonardo da Vinci began his investigations into the possi­bility of man-flight. He designed the first men-powered aircraft and devised a fixed-wing glider and a helicopter. He also invented the first prototype to the modern parachute. Leonardo constructed a number of models with which he experimented. But his mathematical cal­culations, observations and sketches demonstrating his ideas on the possibility of soaring in the air came to light only in the late 19th century.

Since then many experimenters tried to build and fly man-made aircraft. But successes were random until in the 19th century a German scientist O.Lilienthal designed and constructed several types of gliders. Between 1890 and 1895 he built and flew five monoplane fixed-wing gliders and two biplane types. Actually Lilienthal made about 2.500 successful flights between 1893 and 1896 becoming the greatest of the early pioneers of gliding and so the father of heavier-than-air flight.

In December, 1903 the two brothers by the name of Wright made the first successful controlled and powered flight. But the very first powered airplane was designed and constructed by A.S.Mojaisky in 1884, 19 years before the Wright brothers' flight.

Vocabulary development

2.8 Find in the text English equivalents for the following:

полет человека; летательный аппарат, приводимый в движение мускульной силой человека; планер с неподвижным крылом; вертолет; парить в воздухе; планировать; полет на летательном аппарате тяжелее воз­духа; облетать планер; управляемый полет; моторный полет (полет с двигателем); созданный человеком летательный аппарат.

 

2.9 Make up possible word combinations.

A B

1) controlled a) aircraft

2) fixed-wing b) speed

3) heavier-than-air c) planes

4) man-made d) glider

5) aero-hydrodynamic e) flight

6) screw f) craft

7) flight g) institute

8) all-metal h) giants

9) multiengined i) bombers

10) long-distance j) fighters

11) highly-maneuverable k) theory

12) high-speed

 

2.10 Match the words in A to the definitions in B

 

A B

1. investigation a) suitable and likely to make smth. happen or succeed

2. grateful b) happening or chosen without any definite plan, aim, or pattern

3. observation c) experience, endure

4. favourable d) the process of watching smth. or smb. carefully

5. undergo e) a careful search or examination in order to discover facts, etc

6. random f) thankful for gifts, favours, etc

Comprehension

2.11 Answer the following questions on the text.

 

1 Where is the first recorded attempt of flying in heavier-than-air craft found?

2. According to the legend, were the first experiments with the wings, successful?

3. Who began first serious investigations into the possibility of man-flight?

4. What did Leonardo-da-Vinci design and invent?

5. When did his ideas on the possibility of soaring in the air come to light?

6. Who constructed several types of gliders?

7. How many successful flights did O.Lilienthal make between 1893 and 1896?

8. Who made the first controlled and powered flight?

 

2.12 Mark each statement as T (True), F (False) or N (Not Mentioned).

1. Man’s first attempts in flying heavier-than-air aircraft were successful from the very beginning.

2. The first serious investigations into the possibility of man-flight took place in the 17^th century.

3. Leonardo-da-Vinci devised only one thing: a fixed-wing glider.

4. Leonardo constructed 6 models with which he experimented.

5. Since then no more experiments were carried out to build and fly men-made aircraft.

6. Lilienthal was the greatest of the early pioneers of gliding.

Grammar revision