3.1Text-based assignments (text a, ознакомительное чтение) language study

(A) Exercise 1. Read the international words and guess their meaning. If necessary consult the dictionary.

Profession, engineer, civilization, technician, physics, mathematics, machine, design, theory, idea, problem, process, person, system.

1. Exercise 2. Analyze the following pairs of words to point out the words that convey more extensive concepts and those expressing more narrow, concrete notions.

(B) Exercise 3. Supplement the following table with appropriate nouns from the text A.

(B) Exercise 2. Find the word with a general meaning.

(B) Exercise 5. Read the text and find the words that denote:

1. names of engineering professions;

2. main areas of engineering;

3. the tasks the engineer undertakes while solving a problem.

(C) Exercise 9. Paraphrase:

1. fair or moderate, not expensive price;

2. to find metals;

3. something shared by two or more things or people;

4. to pass the solution to other people;

5. to develop gradually or naturally (e.g. civilization);

(C) Exercise 10. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words given before:

1. solution, solve, solvable, solver

1. It may take a lot of time to find a …to a complex problem in engineering.

2. A computer can … a problem faster than any human being.

3. A computer has often been referred to as a problem ….

b) communication, communicate, communicable, communicative, communicably

1. A computer must be able to … with the user.

2. Fiber optics a new development in the field of ….

3. Some people working in computer installations aren’t very … because they are shy.

3. mechanic, mechanism, mechanize, mechanical, mechanically, mechanistic, mechanics, mechanization, mechanized

1. Today’s computers are less … than they used to be.

2. The … devices in a computer system operate more slowly than the electromagnetic devices.

3. The … of the brain is very complicated but unlike a computer it isn’t … .

3. reliable, reliability, rely on, reliance, reliant

1. He is a qualified specialist and can be … .

2. The … of these materials attract the customers’ attention.

3. The design solution must be safe and … .