• Гідрологія і Гідрометрія
• Господарське право
• Економіка будівництва
• Економіка природокористування
• Економічна теорія
• Земельне право
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• Медична радіологія
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• Міжнародний маркетинг
• Основи екології
• Предмет Політологія
• Соціальне страхування
• Технічні засоби організації дорожнього руху
• Товарознавство продовольчих товарів

Comprehension Check

In the text find the main function of a) the main rotor b) the tail rotor.

Find in the text pros and cons of using a helicopter.

3. Match the given titles with the corresponding paragraphs. Whatch out! There is an extra title.

1. Civil helicopters

2. Military helicopters

3. Helicopter advantages

4. Tail rotor

5. Creating lift

6. Helicopter features

7. Air ambulance

8. Use of helicopters

9. Helicopter disadvantages

10. Aerial crane

11. Aerial firefighting

12. Helicopters help police.

Give your own definitions for the words from the box.

Hovering flight; sling; aerial crane; fuel tank; rotor blade; loading equipment, fuel consumption.

Read the text again and decide if these statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. Helicopters are fixed-wing aircraft.

2. Rotating blades send the air stream downward thus creating lift.

3. Helicopters can operate only from well prepared runways.

4. Helicopters are able to load and unload without landing.

5. Helicopters are used for military and peaceful purposes.

6. Function of the tail rotor is to produce additional lifting force.

7. Helicopters can carry loads by means of slings.

Look at the text and ask 15 questions to the text.

Vocabulary Focus

Match words in A with words B to form the word combinations.

A B

create range

take off consumption

rotating attack

counteract lift

loading blades

fuel equipment

long vertically

aerial torque

Make up sentences using word combinations from ex.1.

Match the synonyms.

A B

helicopter equip

mount create

airstrip runway

traditional rotary-wing aircraft

restrict conventional

auxiliary limit

disadvantage additional

generate drawback

Fill in the table with the proper part of speech derived from the word given.

Writing

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