Text A. George Stephenson

George Stephenson was a British inventor and engineer He is famous for building the first practical railway locomotive.

Stephenson was born in 1781, in England. During his youth he worked as a fireman and later as an engineer in the coal mines of Newcastle. He invented one of the first miner's safety lamps independently of the British inventor Humphrey Davy. Stephenson's early locomotives were used to carry loads in coal mines, and in 1823 he established a factory at Newcastle for their manufacture. In 1829 he designed a locomotive known as the Rocket, which could carry both loads and passengers at a greater speed than any locomotive constructed at that time. The success of the Rocket was the beginning of the construction of locomotives and the laying of railway lines.

Questions:

What was George Stephenson and what is he famous for? What is his main invention?

Text B. Electrical and Electronics Engineering

This is the widest field of engineering, concerned with systems and devices that use electric power and signals. Among the most important subjects in the field are electric power and machinery, electronic circuits, control systems, computer design, superconductors, solid-state electronics, robotics, lasers, radar, consumer electronics, and fiber optics.

Electrical engineering can be divided into four main branches: electric power and machinery, electronics, communications and control, and computers.

Text C. Electric Power and Machinery

Engineers working in this field design and operate systems for generating, transmitting, and distributing electric power. Several important developments appeared in this field. One of these is the ability to transmit power at extremely high voltages in both the direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) modes, reducing power losses. Another is the real-time control of power generation, transmission and distribution, using com­puters.

5. Переведите на русский язык следующие слова:achievement, basic, concept, founder, input, inventor.

6. Переведите на английский язык следующие слова: движение, допускать, достижение, изобретатель, концепция.

7. Переведите на русский язык предложение, содержащее модальный глагол или его эквивалент. For other types of signals the carrier level may have to be increased.

8. Выпишите из текста «А» предложение, содержащее сказуемое в страдательном залоге. Переведите предложение на русский язык.

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КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА № 1

Вариант № 2

Выполните следующие задания:

1. Образуйте форму множественного числа следующих существительных: work, capacity, power, fiber, element, flight, branch, method.

2. Напишите формы указательных местоимений в единственном и во множественном числе.

3. Образуйте степени сравнения следующих прилагательных и наречий: large, small, new, many, famous, interesting, general.

4. Прочтите и переведите тексты. Текст «А» переведите письменно и ответьте на вопросы после текста.