И. А. Курбасова Е. И. Силантьева

11. Найдите в тексте и переведите предложения (а) с герундиальным оборотом (абз. 4, 6); (б) с придаточ­ными предложениями сказуемыми (абз. 5, 11).
12. Переведите текст письменно со словарем (15 мин.)
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Portable Hydro-Power Plants

(1) We all know of the Soviet Union having made a remarkable advance in power engineering. One of the lat­est achievements of the Soviet power engineers was their having designed a portable hydro-power plant. Its advan­tages are numerous.

(2) The weight of the power plant being equal to 5 kg, it can be delivered to remote regions without requiring any special transport. The power plant eliminates the need for erecting dams and is ready to convert hydro energy to electric current as soon as the cable of the assembled unit is put into the waterway. The design and the operational principles being simple, its installation does not require highly qualified personnel.
(3) One may say that the small weight and the great flexibility of the portable hydro-power plants will result in their being applied in areas remote from the power sup­ply systems. The electric current they will generate can be distributed among the consumers living nearby.
13. Переведите абз. 7, 10, 13, 14 текста A.
14. Прослушайте вопросы и ответьте на них согласно тексту А.
1. What is one of the important conditions for techni­cal progress? 2. Why do power engineers make efforts to discover new sources of energy? 3. Why was the construc­tion of the world's first A-power station significant? 4. Are now A-pcwer plants commercially successful? 5. For what countries are A-power plants particularly important?
6. What is the most characteristic feature of nuclear fuel?
7. How is the problem of radioactive waste disposal solved? 8. What is the most serious drawback pf the A-powt er plant? 9. What measures are taken to ensure safety for people at the A-power plant? 10. How does the autqr matic control provide a reliable operation of, the A-power plant? 11. What system distributes electricity among the consumers? 12. What transformations with a high vojtage a. c. are made at railway substations? 13. How is electron­ics applied in railway substations?
15. Подготовьте сообщение на тему "The Atomic Рощ-er Stations" согласно следующему плану.
1. The world's first A-power plant in the USSR.
2. The importance of atomic power plants for countries with small supplies of natural fuel.
3. The main feature of nuclear fuel.
4. The problem of radioactive waste disposal.
5. The measures to protect people from radioactivityi