To have a look - взглянуть, посмотреть

To break out - начаться, разразиться

Pocket-size - карманный

4. liquid-crystal display - устройство изображения на жидких кри­сталлах

Once a week - раз в неделю

 

High-definition television (HDTV) - телевидение высокой четкости

Width-to-height ratio - отношение ширины к высоте

УПРАЖНЕНИЯ

Упражнение 11. Просмотрите текст 4А и ответьте на вопросы:

When did the first TV set appear? 2.Were people interested in the new invention? 3. Why was the TV production stopped in 1940? 4. What is cable television? 5. What is digital television? 6. What is high-definition television?

Упражнение 12. Укажите, какие из следующих утверждений соответствуют содер­жанию текста 4А:

A lot of people owned television sets in the first years after its invention. 2. First television black-and-white pictures were excellent. 3. But only few people owned television sets in the next few years after their appearance. 4. Black-and-white television was rapidly replacing colour television. 5. First television black-and-white pictures were not very good. 6. Only a few years ago colour television was rapidly replacing black-and-white television. 7. When the war was over, TV sets stopped coming off factory assembly lines. 8. After World War II TV sets began coming off factory assembly lines.

Упражнение 13. Найдите в тексте 4А предложения, в которых применено правило согласования времен, и переведите их.

Упражнение 14.Укажите способы присоединения придаточных дополнительных предложений к главному:

It was reported in 1939 that the first TV set was shown at the World Fair in New York. 2. The students wanted to know whether colour television sets were produced at that plant. 3. After the war when the mass production of TV sets began people realized they wanted to have a TV set at home.

4. Experiments proved that electricity could travel instantly over a long
piece of wire. 5. Can you tell me whether satellites are used for telephone
communication? 6. It became clear television had a great influence on
people's life. 7. Russian newspapers informed that about 2,000 satellites
had been launched into the orbit. 8. We did not know whether the
development of television had continued during the war. 9. We know he
works at the problem of space communication. 10. We learnt from that text
that B. Franklin had published his work about electricity in 1752.
11. Scientists wanted to find out if electricity could be used for a long­
distance communication. 12.Do you know if the "Moscow-Washington"
international bridge will be shown on television today?

Упражнение 15. Прочитайте и укажите предложения, в которых действует правило согласования времен:

1. Some years ago India began its Satellite Instructional Television Experiment. This experiment showed (that) satellite television programs had been a success with schoolchildren, their knowledge level had increased considerably. It was found ^hat children could remember and speak about programs which they had seen several weeks back. 2. Many experts could not decide whether so much TV was harmful to the individual's health and mental activity or not. 3. Specialists did not know if it was possible to continue modernizing the electronic equipment of this kind - the costs were too high. 4. There appeared some reports that we had technical means to use much more channels on a TV set and we should be able to see many sports and news programs from all parts of the world soon.

5. At first it was not clear whether new telephone and teletype
communication with ships via six satellites was economical and reliable or
not. 6. It was announced that the cryogenic cable had been invented in
Russia. 7. We have read that for the first time electricity had been applied
for industrial use in silver workshops in Paris. 8. We know different
transmitters are used in a television system - one for the sound channel
and the other for the picture channel. 9. We learnt from the lecture that
electricity was still considered the main source for new technological
developments.

УПРАЖНЕНИЯ ДЛЯ САМОСТОЯТЕЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫ Упражнение 16. Выберите соответствующий перевод следующих слов:

attention - внимательно, внимательный, внимание; surprisingly - удивительный, удивление, удивительно; recorder - записывающее устройство, запись, записывать; 4*

convenient - удобство, удооный, созывать;

numerous-бесчисленный, количество, многочисленный.

Упражнение 17. Назовите слова, от которых образованы производные:

development, conveniently, communication, production, continuous, beginning, transmitter, action, recorder, electronic, simultaneously, different, usable, central, calculator, possibility, disconnect.

Упражнение 18. Найдите синонимы и антонимы:.

tiny - small; to dissappear - to appear; a lot of - many; different -various; next - following; short - long; to watch - to see; program - show; commonly - usually; less - more; possible - impossible; true - untrue; small - large; nowadays - at present, now; large - tremendous; advance -progress; to start - to begin; major - main; to report - to announce; to occur- to take place; convenient - suitable.

Упражнение 19. Расположите в алфавитном порядке следующие слова:

true, picture, telephone, communication; world, research, assembly, invention; own, beginning, telegraph, central; satellite, first, artificial, convenient; turn, videotape, transmit, size.

Упражнение 20. Назовите первое по алфавиту слово в следующих парах слов:

concept/concert; complete/compare; invention/invasion; available/availability; commonly/commonless; commune/commit; compulsory/compunction.

Упражнение 21. Напишите исходную форму, по которой нужно искать данное слово в словаре:

boxes, matches, beginning, tinier, owned, boundaries, possibly, replacing, less.

Упражнение 22. Найдите в словаре подходящие значения для выделенных слов: 1. The Japanese companies developed the first pocket-size colour television set. 2. Man first set foot on the Moon in July, 1969. 3. Special telephone sets are used at plants in tropical sea climate. 4. A great Russian scientist A.N.Krylov took an active part in the work of the first Atomic Jommission set up at the Optical Institute. 5. It was Popov who constructed the first radio set. 6. One of the global tasks nowadays is to set up solar power plants on high orbits. 7. Ships are equipped with radar sets helping them to orient at sea.

Упражнение 23. Найдите и запомните значения выделенных слов: l.New directions of research in robotics were discussed at the last conference. 2. There is no direct connection between those processes. 3. This programm is directed toward the scientific study of various physico-chemical processes. 4. Our scientists must direct their attention to the

development of new technologies. 5. Further human progress is directly connected with the scientific and technological progress. 6. Oar task is to develop technological processes without a direct participation of man. 7. The future of mankind depends on the direction in which scientific and technological progress will be developing. 8. There is a direct communication between spacecrafts and the Earth, and between spacecrafts as well. 9. The directed research is being carried out to use underground hot water for heating houses.

Упражнение 24. Поставьте глагол в скобках в соответствующей форме:

The Life of a Student

While I (walk) across the campus (университетский городок) the other day, I (meet) my old friend Bill, whom I (see, not) since May. Naturally, we (stop) (talk) to each other for a few minutes. I asked him how he (do) in his classes this semester. He told me that he (take) a course in English this semester. He said that he (complete) the elementary course two semesters before, and by the next semester he (be) ready (take) the most difficult English course offered at this school. He also said that he (be) interested in getting his degree as soon as possible and he (ask, already) his advisor for permission to take the final examination. "I am glad (hear) that you (make) such good progress", I (say) to Bill. Then I asked him if he (can) tell me the secret of his success. He answered that the secret of his success (be) simple and he (study) at least two hours a day to improve his English.

After that I told Bill I (have) a little difficulty with my course in French at the moment. I said to him that I (study, not) very hard the last semester, but I (work) harder in the future.

Упражнение 25. Прочитайте текст. Перескажите его содержание, используя кос­венную речь:

Albert Einstein liked the film with Charlie Chaplin. Once he wrote a letter to Chaplin:

"Everybody inJhe world understands your film "Golden Fever" ("Зо­лотая лихорадка"). You will become a great man by all means."

Chaplin's answer was:

"I like you even more. Nobody in the world understands your "Theory of Relativity" and you have already become a great man."

Упражнение 26. Укажите недостающие формы глаголов, запомните их:
find, broke, putting, hung.
^ Упражнение 27. Прочитайте и переведите текст без словаря:

S Recently it was reported in the press that the USA were trying to build

bigger, better and much more expensive TV sets. Experts declared that it was the most important change in television since the invention of colour

television. They informed that a new kind of television had images so clear that watching it was like looking through a window.

But it became known that Japanese specialists had started their work when nobody else in the world were thinking how to improve TV. The inventors expected that their standard for high-definition television would be used throughout the world. However, the Europeans have announced that they would set their own standard. And now it is not clear whether the Japanese standard will be used or not. Some people consider that a single high-definition TV standard will allow to exchange news and may bring nations together.

CONVERSATION

Exercise 1. Answer the questions:

1. What invention was the center of attention at the World Fair in New York in 1939?(the first black-and-white television set).

2. What stopped the TV production? (World War II)

 

3. What influence has had television on people's life and way of thinking? (great influence; boundaries of time and space have disappeared)

4. What kinds of TV exist now? (satellite, cable, colour, digital and high-definition television).

5. What is the latest and the most important stage in the development of television since the appearance of colour television? (high definition

television).

6. What is the advantage of high definition television? (its picture five
times sharper compared to other kinds of television).

7. What are the main applications of HDTV? (homes, industry,
medicine, film production).

Exercise 2. Make a sentence out of the two parts:

1. The first black-and-white nine- 1. has been replaced by colour by-twelve inch TV sets television.

2. In a surprisingly short time 2. the development of TV became

digital television in which the usual signal is replaced by a digital code.

3. At present 3. were of historical importance in

1939.

4. Satellite and cable TV make it 4. television has had great influence posssible on people's life and way of thinking.

5. Recently black-and-white TV 5. is the most important stage in the

development of TV since the appearance of colour television.

6. The next major advance in 6. to watch TV programs in different

parts of the country and throughout the world.

7. The invention of high definition 7. there are different kinds of
television with a picture resembling television systems: satellite, cable,
a wide screen film colour, pocket-size, digital, high-
definition television.

Exercise 3- Read and learn:

At the Telephone

Mr. Smith: Can I use your telephone for a long distance call? I couldn't find a pay phone in the building.

Mr.Wilson: Sure.

Mr. S.: My wife is going to meet me in New York tomorrow. I want to tell her what time the train gets in.

Mr. W.: Here you are. New York you can dial the number direct. Dial 2 and then the number.

Mr. S.: There's no answer. I'll call later.

Mr. W.: You can use the telephone any time you want.

Mr. S.: Direct distance dialing is wonderful, isn't it?

Operator: Trunk-service (междугородная), number, please?

Mr. Jones: London Victoria 2884.1 say, operator, will you hurry it up

for me as I have a train to catch in a few minutes?
0.: Unless your number is engaged I can put you through

almost at once. I am sorry, sir, your number is engaged.

(After a few seconds.) I have got your number. Hold the

line, please. Mr. J.: Oh, it's you, Mary? MrsJones: Is it you, George, dear? How are you? So pleased to hear

your voice again! When are you going to come back?

Mr. J: 0.: Mr. J.:

Mrs. J.: Mr. J.:

Mrs. J.: Mr. J.:

I can't hear you, dear. Operator,will you try again.

I think that's better now.

Are you there? Is that you, Mary, dear? I say, can you hear

me?

Yes, dear, I can.

I shall be arriving at Waterloo Station at 5.40 this afternoon.

Will you come and meet me?

Certainly.darling.

There is something else I want to tell you.Get hold of Smith
2 at the office.will you? Ask him to ring me up tomorrow in

8 the morning.

0.: Your time is up. If you want to speak on drop another

sixpence, please. Mr.J: All right, dear, so long.

Exercise 4. Speak about:

1. The history of television development.

2. Future development of television.

Use exercise 1 and 2 and the following words and word combinations for your topic: to be interested in; research; it is announced (reported) that; to solve problems; it became clear; compared to (with); to call; have an advantage; to find application in.

Exercise 5. Comment on the following statements:

1. Critics usually say that the young people are too passive and too lazy (ленивы) because they watch TV so much now.

2. We don't need the telephone, telegraph and television.

Exercise 6. Read and smile:

A Letter to a Sweetheart

A young man was writing a letter to his sweetheart (любимая) who lived just a few miles away in a nearby town. He began to tell her how much he loved her and how wonderful he thought she was. But the more he wrote, the more poetical he became. Finally, he said that in order to be with her he would suffer the greatest hardshipsUmueHHH),he would face the greatest dangers (опасность) that anyone could imagine. In facCfo spend only one minute with her, he would climb (подниматься) the highest mountain, he would swim the widest river, he would fight the fiercest (сви­репый) ariimals.He signed his name, and then suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to mention something rather important. So,in a postscript below his name, he added: "By the way, I'll be over to see you on Wednesday night - if it doesn't rain."

A Frenchman in England

A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could speak English quite well but not perfectly. For one thing, his vocabulary was not large.

Once, for example, he was eating in a small country inn (гостиница) and he wanted to order some eggs. But he couldn't remember the word for eggs.

Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster (петух) walking in the yard. He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English.. The waiter told him that it was called a rooster. The Frenchman then asked what the rooster's wife was called.The waiter told him that she was called a hen. The Frenchman then asked what the hen's children were called. The

waiter told him that they were called chickens.The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born. The waiter told him that they were called eggs. "Fine!", said the Frenchman, "Please bring me two plus a cup of coffee and some toast."

TEXT 4B

Прочитайте текст и найдите информацию о том, в каких странах ученые работали над созданием телеграфной связи, какие трудности встретились при этом. Изложите основное содержание текста по-английски.

Telegraph

Benjamin Franklin, an American who is famous for his interesting and useful inventions, published his ideas about electricity in 1752. Scientists in many countries became interested in this wonderful form of energy. They wanted to find the answer to a very important question: could the electricity be used to develop a fast, efficient system of long-distance communication? Experiments proved that electricity could travel instantly over a very long piece of wire. But a note that was written on a piece of paper couldn't be put into a wire. How could electricity be used to send a message? A Danish scientist discovered that electricity could move a needle from left to right and that the needle could be pointed at letters on a piece of paper. Then a German government worker made up a code system that could be used with an electric needle. In 1837 two English scientists sent a message by electric telegraph for a distance of more than 1.6 kilometers.

Samuel Morse, an American portrait painter.was experimenting with an electric telegraph too. At first he connected a pencil to an electric wire. When the electricity came through the wire the pencil made wavy lines. Then Morse invented a code that used dots and dashes for the letters of the alphabet. Finally, he discovered that telegraph messages did not have to be written, they could be sent in sound.

On May 24,1844, the first long-distance message was sent by telegraph for 64 kilometers.

Telegraph companies were formed in many cities. By 1861 telegraph wires stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In Europe too, Samuel Morse's system became popular.

But telegraph wires couldn't be hung over an ocean. Messages to and from Europe had to be sent by ship-a journey of two or three weeks. A new method was needed.

The Atlantic Telegraph Company which was organized in 1856 wanted ^,0 try to lay a cable on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.