II. Read and translate the text.

An Electric Car

Part 1

At present there are a lot of talks about electric cars, for they have the advantage of giving off no exhaust gases. The electric car has a long history. The first cars were built at the end of last century, but they could not compete against the internal combustion engine. They have several disadvantages. First, we have no really suitable batteries - they are too heavy, take along time to charge, have too small capacity and a relatively short life.

For a while the fuel cell looked very hopeful. This does not have to be charged, it generates its own energy from a chemical reaction. But this, too, proved too large and expensive.

An electric car would have to run 200-250 km on one charge to complete with the conventional car which can do about 200 km on a full tank. So scientists and engineers are looking for better storage batteries or cells, and ways of using energy more economically.

There are about 120 different electric cars around the world. Some can run 100 km and longer on one charge. This is quite sufficient for town traffic, where cars do not cover such long distances. Electric vans can have their storage batteries recharged while being loaded or unloaded.

Today there are more than 190 million cars in the world. In ten years there will be over 200 million not to mention of motorcycles. It is estimated that if these changed over to electricity, they would require six million kilowatt hours, and all the power stations in the world now generate only a little over a third of that. This means that tremendous efforts will have to be made in future to increase the power output.

 

 

III. Choose the correct statement

1. electric cars appeared:

a)in the 18^th century, b) in the 19 ^th  century, c) in the 20^th century.       

2. The weak point of the electric car is:
a) the body, b) the battery, c) the brakes.

3. Electric cars cover over 100 km on one charge and that them suitable for.

a) city passenger transport, b) town goods transport, c) high-way passenger transport.

4. For the electric cars to become universally used it is necessary:

a) to increase their production, b) to perfect their design, c) to generate more electricity.

 

IV. Define the forms and functions of participles. Translate the offer into Russian.

1. Increasing the voltage across a resistor, we increase the current which flows through the resistor. 2. The heat produced per second depends both upon the resistance of the conductor and upon the amount of current flowing through it. 3. Capacity is one of the important properties greatly effecting an electric circuit. 4. Using transformed you can increase or decrease the voltage of the alternating current. 5. The polarity of the poles does not change, those on one side being permanently of north polarity, those on the other side of south polarity. 6. Part of the energy being changed into heat, not all the chemical energy of the cell or battery is transformed into electric energy. 7. The crowded electrons on the link plate of the cell tend to move towards the copper one because of the electric pressure created. 8. A current passing through the winding of a solenoid acquires magnetic properties. 9. In this way it is possible to make strong magnets that are called electromagnets, the strength of the electromagnet depends the kind of iron placed within the coil.

V. Answer  the following questions

1. What disadvantages have the electric cars?

2. What scientists and engineers are looking for? Why?

3. How many types of electric cars do you know?

4. How many cars are there in the world?

5. Why cannot we use electric cars more widely?

 

СПИСОК ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ

 

Стандарты

1. Государственный образовательный стандарт профессионального образования (второго поколения).

 

 

  Учебная

1. Афанасьева О.В., Михеева И.В. Английский язык: - М.: Просвещение, 2005.

2. Выборова Г. Е. и др. Easy English: Базовый курс: Учебник для учащихся средней школы и студентов неязыковых вузов. – М.: АСТ-ПРЕСС КНИГА, 2006.

3. Карпова Т. А. English for colleges. Английский для колледжей.- М.: «Дашков и К», 2009.

4. Пассов Е.И. Лексика? Нет проблем…: - М.: «Иностранный язык» «ОНИКС», 2000.

 Словари

1.Современный англо-русский политехнический словарь/ Составитель В.В.Бутник – М.:Вече,2001.

Дополнительная

1. Примерная программа учебной дисциплины «Иностранные языки» для средних специальных учебных заведений (базовый уровень). – М., 2002