Exercises. Exercise 1. Translate the following phrases into Russian; use them in sentences or situations.Exercise 1. Translate the following phrases into Russian; use them in sentences or situations. 1. An industrial town. 2. An industrious student. 3. Industrial research. 4. The industrial revolution. 5. Industrial goods. 6. An industrial worker. 7. Industrial insurance. 8. Industrial medicine. 9. An industrial disease. 10. Industrial architecture. 11. Industrial classes. 12. Industrial sanitation. 13. Industrial development. 14. Industrial purposes. 15. Industrial relations. 16. An industrial enterprise. 17. An industrial centre. 18. An industrial school. 19. Industrial output. 20. Industrial action. 21. An industrial accident. 22. An industrial engineer. Exercise 2. Answer the following questions. 1. What industrial crops do you know? What are they used for? 2. What branches of industry are developed in your native town? 3. What kind of person can we call industrious? 4. What is being done at our factories and plants to prevent industrial accidents? 5. What industrial diseases do you know? 6. What is the difference between socialist and capitalist industry? 7. When did the industrial revolution in England take place? What is its historical role? 8. What are the main industrial areas of Great Britain? 9. Is it correct to say that Tom Sawyer was an industrious pupil? 10. What are the main characteristics of an industrial country? 11. What are the functions of an industrial engineer? 12. Can you describe the way paper (silk, steel, etc.) is produced? Will you name several more industrial goods and speak on the method of their production? 13. Have you ever been to an industrial exhibition? What can you say about it? Exercise 3. Paraphrase the following phrases using one of the words under discussion. 1. Accidents that take place at factories, plants, on construction sites, etc. 2. A worker engaged in industry. 3. A diligent girl. 4. A city with a great number of industrial enterprises. 5. A special school providing industrial training. 6. A country with a well-developed industry. 7. A refusal by employees to go on working, to force an employer to grant certain demands. Exercise 4. * Fill in the blanks using one of the words under discussion. 1. Are images of foreign policy shaped by... need? 2. The... Sergeant Hay had his answer pat for all these questions. 3. Yesterday the farmworkers came into the picture, demanding an increase in wages to bring them more into line with average... workers’ pay. 4. It had been printed in the Journal of... Health in England. 5. Over the same period, however,... production has increased by 65 per cent. 6. Heathrow passengers were delayed for an hour in the morning, as immigration officers voted to back «any further... action.» 7.It is clear that there would be an overwhelming response to national... action initiated by the Trades Union Congress. 8. The decision calls for plans, to be prepared by 1975, for the centralized collection and rendering harmless of... waste in big... centres. 9. The banana... on his island was on the verge of collapse. 10. You’ll find scores of... towns served by four or five doctors who are politely at each other’s throats. 11. You always looked down on... research. 12. The sister who was an... girl, and seldom treated herself to a bit of finery, cried her eyes out, at the loss of the necklace. 13. He was young and light-hearted and... in his profession. 14. Professor Abel-Smith adds that the principle might be extended to... accidents. 15. They began really to believe that Erik was no longer a poor instructor, but an... scientist in a well-pressed suit. 16. A three-day provincial tour of big... centres. 17.... workers’ pay claim. 18.... and service workers. 19. A campaign of total opposition to the... Relations Act. Exercise 5. Complete and expand on the following sentences using one of the words under discussion. 1. She complimented the students on... 2. Our country is... 3. In the North of England... 4. At the Exhibition of Economic Achievements in Moscow one can see... 5. Cars are produced by... 6. The main branches of... 7. Glass, steel, cast-iron and so on... 8. After leaving school many young people... 9. Birmingham is... 10. If a person is... Exercise 6. Use the following sentences and phrases in situations. 1. The later years of the nineteenth century saw the almost final breakdown of a pre-industrial way of life and economy. 2. What an energetic, industrious young man he seems to be. 3. To contemplate industrial action. 4. The industrial moguls. 5. The modern industrial State. 6. Industrial investment. 7.... with the maximum industrial effect. Exercise 7. Make up a list of nouns that go with the adjectives industrial and industrious; use several of the resulting phrases in short dialogues or situations based on the subject matter of English or American novels. Exercise 8. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. Горький — крупный индустриальный центр нашей страны. 2. Сейчас уделяется большое внимание промышленной эстетике. 3. Лен, хлопок, конопля и другие технические культуры выращиваются в различных районах. 4. Он очень старательный студент. 5. На этом заводе хорошо поставлено производственное обучение молодежи. 6. Число производственных травм на капиталистических предприятиях очень велико. 7. Многие африканские страны быстрыми темпами развивают отечественную промышленность. 8. Тяжелая индустрия — основа развития национальной экономики. 9. В Москве и других городах систематически организуются промышленные выставки. 10. Англия — высоко развитая промышленная страна. Revision Exercises (based on the Introductory Material) Exercise 1. Make up several questions of different types (including indirect questions) based on the following sentences: 3, 11, 13, 14. Exercise 2. Make up several sentences on the analogy of sentences 1, 9, 11, 21. Exercise 3. Comment on the following sentences: 2, 3, 10, 11. Exercise 4. Develop the following sentences into short situations: 6, 14, 17, 19, 21. Exercise 5. Build dialogues round the following sentences: 15, 18, 20.
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