1. Find equivalents.
A |
B |
1. improve |
a. прибор |
2. bring about |
b. измерять |
3. device |
c. электрическая лампа |
4. refine |
d. улучшать |
5. unit |
e. исследование |
6. steam engine |
f. нагреватель |
7. light bulb |
g. очищать |
8. research |
h. осуществлять |
9. heater |
i. единица (измерения) |
10. rate |
j. паровой двигатель |
11. ensure |
k. быть известным ( |
12. however |
l. значительный |
13. significant |
m. гарантировать |
14. academic |
n. учёный |
15. be famous (for smth.) |
о. однако, тем не менее |
2. False or true?
1. James Watt was the first to invent the steam engine
2. His invention brought about the industrial revolution in Britain because his steam engine worked more efficient
3. The watt is the unit of work of power
4. The power of most electronic devices is rated in watts
5. The Scottish physicist James Prescott Joule was famous for his experiments with heat
6. He discovered that various forms of energy have the same basis and that one form can change into another
7. Joule’s name denotes a unit of work of energy.
8. He had a brilliant academic education.
3. Find synonyms:
to convert into; to classify into; to provide; substance; to transfer from; to refine; matter; amount; to produce; to occur; to use; to turn into; to purify; to exploit; to get; to generate; quantity; to make up; to raise; different; to divide into; to switch from; to happen; to result in; various; to give; to obtain; way; to increase; method; to compose, to lead to.
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