Пояснения к тексту:

natural gas reserves                   запасы нефтяного газа

fast neutron reactor               реактор на быстрых нейтронах

Primary energy sources

1) Russia is rich in energy resources. In recent years, Russia has frequently been described in the media as an energy superpower. The country has the world's largest natural gas reserves, the 8th largest oil reserves, and the second largest coal reserves. Russia is the world's leading natural gas exporter and leading natural gas producer, while also the largest oil exporter and producer, though Russia used to interchange the latter status with Saudi Arabia until 2008. On 1 January 2011, Russia said it had begun scheduled oil shipments to China, with the plan to increase the rate up to 300,000 barrels per day in 2011.

2) Russia is the 3rd largest electricity producer in the world and the 5th largest renewable energy producer, the latter due to the well-developed hydroelectricity production in the country. Large cascades of hydropower plants are built in European Russia along big rivers like Volga. The Asian part of Russia also features a number of major hydropower stations, however the gigantic hydroelectric potential of Siberia and the Russian Far East largely remains unexploited.

3) Russia was the first country to develop civilian nuclear power and to construct the world's first nuclear power plant. Obninsk Nuclear Power Station was built in the «Science City» of Obninsk, about 110 km southwest of Moscow.

4) Currently the country is the 4th largest nuclear energy producer, with all nuclear power in Russia being managed by Rosatom State Corporation. The sector is rapidly developing, with an aim of increasing the total share of nuclear energy from current 16.9% to 23% by 2020. The Russian government plans to allocate 127 billion rubles ($5.42 billion) to a federal program dedicated to the next generation of nuclear energy technology. About 1 trillion rubles ($42.7 billion) is to be allocated from the federal budget to nuclear power and industry development before 2015.

5) Russia is moving steadily forward with plans for much expanded role of nuclear energy, nearly doubling output by 2020. Exports of nuclear goods and services are a major Russian policy and economic objective. Russia is a world leader in fast neutron reactor technology.

8 . Прочитайте 4-й и 5-й абзацы текста и письменно ответьте на вопросы:

1) What are the objectives of nuclear power development in Russia?

2) What are the plans of Russia in the field of nuclear energy production?

3) What place does Russia take as nuclear energy producer?

Вариант IV

1. Перепишите и переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова с окончанием -s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т. е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа имени существительного;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного (см. образец выполнения № 1).

1. Session of the British Parliament usually begins early in November.

2. The Westminster Abbey is also known for its Poet^’s Corner.

3. One of the greatest treasures of the Abbey is the oaken Coronation Chair made in 1300.

4. The production of this device requires a lot of engineer's work.

5. Some students choose the oilman’s profession.

6. The professions of teacher and doctor are very important.

2. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на перевод на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным (см. образец выполнения № 2).

1. St. Paul^’s Cathedral is the largest protestant church in England.

2. A fine armour collection is exhibited in the Crown Jewels.

3. There are many football grounds in our city.

4. The bus stop is not far from here.

5. Several Moscow University physicists work at this problem.

6. There are only daylight lamps in this room.

3. Перепишите и переведите предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения прилагательных (см. образец выполнения № 3).

1. The game which attracts the greatest attention in England is football, or soccer.

2. The more you practice English, the better you know it.

3. This text is not so difficult for translation as the previous one.

4. He often spends more money than he earns.

5. The more he studies the problem, the more he likes it.

6. Your translation is better than mine.

4. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений (см. образец выполнения № 4).

1. There are some 200 museums in London.

2. Has anybody seen this movie?

3. There was nothing to eat at home.

4. I got the book without any difficulty.

5. I don’t know about it, ask somebody else.

6. There is no uniform school organization or curriculum in the USA.

5. Перепишите и переведите предложения. Определите в них видовременные формы глагола и укажите их инфинитив (см. образец выполнения № 5).

1. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain.

2. The dean will receive you on Monday.

3. The Great Fire destroyed many Saxon and Norman churches.

4. In 1980 the best sportsman from five continents met in Moscow.

5. Practical work is an essential part of University education.

6. A group of foreign students will arrive at our city in five days.

6. Перепишите и переведите предложения. Подчеркните в них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог (см. образец выполнения № 6).

1. The experiment had been completed by the end of last month.

2. What are you looking at?

3. There are two main political parties in the USA.

4. Teenagers study at high school four years.

5. Agriculture of the USA is highly developed.

6. High-quality computers are being produced by this American company.

7. English is spoken in many countries.

8. My friend has mastered two foreign languages.

9. When I entered the room the secretary was speaking to somebody on telephone.

10. She announced to the workers that the experiment was dangerous.