Grammar Revision

Sequence of Tenses

S₁ + V₁	(that)	+ S₂+	Present/Past/Future Indefinite
Present/Past/Future Continuous
Present/Past/Future Perfect

S₁ + V₂	(that)	+ S₂+	Past Indefinite / Continuous
Past Perfect
Future-in-the-Past

S₁ + V₂	what	+ S₂+	Past Indefinite
where	Past Continuous
if	Past Perfect
whether	Future-in-the-Past

Вказівні займенники й прислівники часу в прямій мові заміняються в непрямій мові відповідно змісту таким чином:

this, these	→	that, those
now	→	then
today	→	that day
tomorrow	→	the next day
the day after tomorrow	→	two days later
yesterday	→	the day before
the day before yesterday	→	two days before
last week / year	→	the previous week / year
ago	→	before
next year	→	the next year, the following year
here	→	there

Text A. The World of Hypotheses. Was Einstein Right?

Pre-text Exercises

1. Before reading the text, read the following questions. Do you know the answers already? Discuss them briefly with other students to see if they know the answers. The questions will help to give a purpose to your reading:

– Do you know that there exist many theories of gravitation sometimes flatly contradicting one another?

– Why is it important to understand processes in a microcosm?

– Do you know what equations are used to compute the gravitational field of space objects?

2. Learn to recognize international words:

universal, gravitation, traditional, curvature, phenomenon, cosmic, existence, process, microcosm, quantum, sensation, characterize, discussion, conference, symposium, idea, elementary, general, experiment, astrophysicist, computer, object, fundamental, problem, energy, academician, determine, homogeneous, attraction, condition, physical, electromagnetic, method, antagonistic, element, galaxy, evolution, mass.

Read and translate the text:

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<== попередня сторінка	\|	наступна сторінка ==>
To be One with the Computer	\|	The World of Hypotheses. Was Einstein Right?

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