1. Find in the text the English equivalents of the following terms: Передові методи, електрофізична обробка, модуль станка, система проектування, суміші твердих сплавів, методи вакуумної плазми, зміцнення деталей машин, гнучке виробництво, повністю автоматизоване виробництво.
2. Put all possible questions to the sentences: Intense work is being carried out on new robots.
Modern engineering thinking has created new automated coal-digging complexes and machine systems.
New technologies and equipment have been designed for most branches of engineering.
In recent years new highly efficient methods have been found.
3. Make up your own sentences using the following words and word combinations: Scientific and technological progress, engineering, robot, design, welding equipment, service life, compound, wear and tear, quality.
4. Read and translate the following sentences. Make them interrogative and negative. I am making a diagram now.
He is preparing for his report at the conference now.
He was doing an interesting work last week.
She will be working at our laboratory next year.
We are studying new drawings and specifications at present.
They were working on a new type of body fixtures last month.
5. Use the following sentences to describe modern science. Model: The volume of scientific information did not grow so rapidly in the 19th century. – The volume of scientific information is growing very rapidly now.
Knowledge did not expand so rapidly in the 19th century.
Not so many people took part in research in the 19th century.
Scientists did not work in big research teams in the 19th century.
Not so many new branches of science appeared in the 19th century.
Research centers did not grow so rapidly in the 19th century.
Scientific thinking did not develop so rapidly in the 19th century.
Scientists did not publish so many papers in the 19th century.
