Notes to the Text

1. to have a look – глянути, подивитися

2. to break out – початися, вибухнути

3. pocket-size – кишеньковий

4. liquid-crystal display – пристрій зображення на рідких кристалах

5. once a week — один раз в тиждень

6. high-definition television (HDTV) – телебачення з високою чіткістю зображення

7. high resolution television – телебачення з великою розрізнювальною здатністю

8. width-to-height ratio – відношення ширини до висоти

9. plasma display panel technology– виробництво плазмових панелей

Exercise 10.Answer the following questions on the text.

1. What invention was the center of attention at the World Fair in New York in 1939? 2. Were people interested in the new invention? 3. What stopped the TV production? 4. What is cable television? 5. What is digital television? 6. What is high-definition television? 7. What influence has had television on people’s life and way of thinking? 8. What kinds of TV exist now? 9. What is the latest and the most im_portant stage in the development of television since the appearance of colour television? 10. What is the ad_vantage of high-definition television? 11. What technology makes HDTV commercially practicable now?

Exercise 11.Choose the correct translation of the following words.

surprisingly – подив, дивовижний, дивно;

evident – очевидно, очевидний, очевидність;

invention – винаходити, винахід;

communication – повідомляти, зв’язок, компанійський;

continuous – продовжувати, безперервний, безперервно;

essentially – істотний, по суті, суть;

brightness – яскравий, прояснятися, яскравість;

practicable – практичний, здійсненний, практика;

recorder – запис, записувати, реєструючий пристрій;

convenient – зручність, зручний, зручно;

attention – уважний, уважно, увага;

numerous – численний, кількість, число

Exercise 12.Read the following sentences and write T if the sentence is true; write F if it is false.

1. A lot of people owned television sets in the first years after its invention. 2. First television black-and-white pictures were excel_lent. 3. Only few people owned television sets in the next few years after their appearance. 4. Black-and-white television was rapidly replacing colour television. 5. First television black-and-white pic_tures were not very good. 6. Only a few years ago colour television was rapidly replacing black-and-white television. 7. When the war was over, TV sets stopped coming off factory assembly lines. 8. Af_ter World War II TV sets began coming off factory assembly lines.

Exercise 13.Search text 9A for the sentences where the rule of the Sequence of Tenses is used. Translate the sentences.

Exercise 14. Read the following sentences and point out the ways of connecting object clauses with the principal clause.

1. It was reported in 1939 that the first TV set was shown at the World Fair in New York. 2. The students wanted to know whether colour television sets were produced at that plant. 3. After the war when the mass production of TV sets began, people realized they wanted to have a TV set at home. 4. Experiments proved that elec_tricity could travel instantly over a long piece of wire. 5. Can you tell me whether satellites are used for telephone communication? 6. It became clear television had a great influence on people’s life. 7. Russian newspapers informed that about 2,000 satellites had been launched into the orbit. 8. We did not know whether the de_velopment of television had continued during the war. 9. We know he works at the problem of space communication.

Exercise 15.Read the sentences and find those ones where the rule of the Sequence of Tenses is used.

1. Some years ago India began its Satellite Instructional Televi_sion Experiment. This experiment showed (that) satellite television programs had been a success with schoolchildren, their knowledge level had increased considerably. It was found that children could remember and speak about programs which they had seen several weeks back. 2. Many experts could not decide whether so much TV was harmful to the individual’s health and mental activity or not. 3. Specialists did not know if it was possible to continue modernizing the electronic equipment of this kind – the costs were too high. 4. There appeared some reports that we had technical means to use much more channels on a TV set and we should be able to see many sports and news programs from all parts of the world soon. 5. At first it was not clear whether new telephone and teletype communication with ships via six satellites was economical and re_liable or not. 6. It was announced that the cryogenic cable had been invented in Russia. 7. We know different transmitters are used in a television system – one for the sound channel and the other for the picture channel. 8. We learnt from the lecture that electricity was still considered the main source for new technological developments.

Exercise 16.Pick out: a) synonyms;

b) antonyms;.

tiny – small, to disappear – to appear, a lot of – many, dif_ferent – various, next – following, short – long, to watch – to see, program – show, commonly – usually, less – more, possible – im_possible, true – untrue, small – large, nowadays – at present, large – tremendous, advance – progress, to start – to begin, major – main, to report – to announce, to occur – to take place, convenient – suitable

Exercise 17.Write the initial forms of the following words which can be found in a dictionary.

boxes, matches, beginning, tinier, owned, boundaries, possibly, replacing, less.

Exercise 18.Find in a dictionary the suitable meaning of the following words and word-combinations in bold type.

A. 1. The Japanese companies developed the first pocket-size colоur television set.2. Man first setfoot on the Moon in July, 1969. 3. Special telephone setsare used at plants in tropical sea climate. 4. A great Russian scientist A.N. Krylov took an active part in the work of the first Atomic Commission set upat the Optical Insti_tute. 5. It was Popov who constructed the first radio set.6. One of the global tasks nowadays is to set upsolar power plants on high orbits. 7. Ships are equipped with radar setshelping them to ori_ent at sea.

B. 1. Newdirectionsof research in robotics were discussed at the last conference. 2. There is no directconnection between those processes. 3. This program is directedtoward the scientific study of various physico-chemical processes. 4. Our scientists must directtheir attention to the development of new technologies. 5. Further human progress is directlyconnected with the scientific and tech_nological progress. 6. Our task is to develop technological pro_cesses without a directparticipation of man. 7. The future of mankind depends on the directionin which scientific and techno_logical progress will be developing. 8. There is a directcommuni_cation between spacecrafts and the Earth, and between spacecrafts as well.

Exercise 19.Read and translate the text without consulting the dictionary.

Recently it was reported in the press that the USA was trying to build bigger, better and much more expensive TV sets. Experts de_clared that it was the most important change in television since the invention of colour television. They informed that a new kind of television had images so clear that watching it was like looking through a window.

But it became known that Japanese specialists had started their work on HDTV when nobody else in the world was thinking how to improve TV. The inventors expected that their standard for high-definition television would be used throughout the world. However, the Europeans have announced that they would set their own standard. And now it is not clear whether the Japanese stan_dard will be used or not. Some people consider that a single high-definition TV standard will allow to exchange news and may bring nations together.

Task III.Read and translate the text.

Text 9B.

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