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PART 1 ................................................................. 17
Unit 1. About myself ................................................ 18
Unit 2. My Working Day .......................................... 36
Unit 3. My Academy ................................................. 52
Unit 4. My Home Town ............................................. 62
Unit 5. Russia is my Homeland .................................. 76
Unit 6. The United Kingdom ...................................... 94
Unit 7. The United States of America ........................ 111
Unit 8. Higher Education in the UK .......................... 125
Unit 9. My Future Profession ................................... 135
PART II .............................................................. 146
Unit 1. Metals ....................................................... 148
Unit 2. Metalworking ............................................. 159
Unit 3. Materials Science and Technology ................... 173
Unit 4. Machine-tools ............................................. 183
Unit 5. Plastics ..................................................... 196
Unit 6. Welding .................................................... 208
Unit 7. Automation and robotics ............................... 216
Unit 8. Computers ................................................. 228
Unit 9. Modern Computer Technologies ...................... 246
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1. Alloys .............................................................. 264
2. Manufacturing of plastics .................................... 265
3. Principles and process of polymerisation
in plastics production ......................................... 269
4. Resins .............................................................. 272
5. Industrial plastics: rigid and flexible foams ............ 278

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7. Gear ................................................................ 285
8. Bearings ........................................................... 288
9. Construction of an automobile .............................. 291
10. Two-Stroke and Diesel engines ............................ 299
12. AC Motors ...................................................... 301
13. Engineering as a profession ............................... 304
14. Automation in Industry, flxed and programmable
automation ....................................................... 308
15. History of Robotics ........................................... 312
16. Measurements .................................................. 314
17. Computers ...................................................... 317
18. History and Future of the Internet ...................... 319
19. Agricultural Machinery ...................................... 320
Appendix A .......................................................... 324
Appendix B .......................................................... 325
Appendix .......................................................... 336

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Did you write a plan? Give me your plan, please. Is this
plan effective? 7. The Black Sea is in the South of Russia.
8. This is Mike. He works as an engineer. Mike is a
highly qualified engineer. 9. There are some schools in
our street. The schools are new. 10. Gagarin was the
first cosmonaut of the world. 11. In summer the sky is
blue and the sun shines brightly. 12. The Petrovs are
very friendly. 13. This is Anns book. I dont like such
books. 14. Winter begins in December.
Exercise 1.4. Insert () the article where
necessary.
1. This ... pencil is broken. Give me that ... pencil,
please. 2. I can see three ... boys. ... boys are playing.
3.1 have ... bicycle. ... bicycle is black. My ... friend has
no ... bicycle. 4. Our ... room is large. 5. We wrote ...
dictation yesterday dictation was long. 6. She has two
... daughters and one ... son. Her... son is ... pupil.
7. My ... brothers ... friend has no ... dog. 8. This is ...
tree ... . tree is green. 9. She has ... ball ... ball is ...
big. 10. I got ... letter from my ... friend yesterday ...
letter was interesting.
Exercise 1.5. Use the articles a, an, the where it is
necessary.
1. Yesterday I saw... new film, but ... film wasnt very
interesting. 2. London is situated on ... Thames. 3. Yuri
Gagarin was ... first man to fly over ... Earth in spaceship. 4. My daughter will go school ... next year. 5. I decided to visit ... Ivanovs, but they were not at ... home.
6. In ... summer we live in ... country. 7. Lomonosov, ...
great Russian scientist, was born in ... small village on ...
shore of ... White Sea. 8. ... United States of America is
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one of ... most powerful countries of the world. 9. Is

your dress made of ... silk or ... cotton? 10. ...Peters
brother is ... student and we are ... pupils. 11. What
would you like: ... apple or ... orange? 12. What ...
strange man he is!
Exercise 1.5. Use the articles a, an, the where it is
necessary.
1. ...Volga is ... longest river in ... Europe. 2. ... History and ... Literature were ... my favourite subjects at
... school. 3.What is ... nearest way to ... Drama Theatre? 4. ... butter and ... cheese are made of ... milk.
5. Usually I get up at ... 7 oclock in ... morning.
6. ...Rostov is situated on ... Don. 7. Will you have ...
cup of ... tea? 8.What ... good friend you are! 9. We
shall go to ... cinema ... next week together with ...
Petrovs. 10. This is ... book, ... book is very interesting.
11. Do you see ... sun in ... sky today? 12. He is ...
engineer by ... profession.
Exercise 1.6. Insert () the article where
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Three men came to ... New York for ... holiday. They
came to ... very large hotel and took ... room there.
Their room was on ... forty-fifth floor. In ... evening ...
friends went to ... theatre and came back to ... hotel
very late.
I am very sorry, said ... clerk of ... hotel, but ...
lifts do not work tonight. If you dont want to walk up
to your room, we shall make... beds for you in... hall.
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Then he turned to his friends and said: It is not easy

to walk up to ... forty-fifth floor, but we shall make it
easier. On ... way to ... room I shall tell you some jokes;
then you, Andy, will sing us some songs; then you, Peter will tell us some interesting stories. So they began
walking up to their room. Tom told them many jokes;
Andy sang some songs.
At last they came to ... thirty sixth floor. They were
tired and decided to have... rest. Well, said Tom, now
it is your turn, Peter. After all... jokes, I would like to
hear ... sad story. Tell us ... long and interesting story
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money, idea, family, darkness, knowledge, sea, hour, tree,
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