VOCABULARY
Task 5
Give the English equivalents to the Russian words and phrases
1. Fossil fuels are (углеродосодержащие вещества), and they burn in air.
2. Today man uses such kinds of fuel as (уголь, нефть, газ) .
3. Solid fuels are divided into two main groups, namely (естественные и искусственные) .
4. Liquid fuels are derived from (сырая нефть) .
5. Petroleum is composed of (водорода, углерода и небольшого количества других элементов) .
6. Gaseous fuels are used to obtain (большая эффективность) .
7. Gas is used in (в жилых домах и в промышленности) in modern life.
8. Natural fuels include ( уголь, дерево, торф) and manufactured ones include (кокс, древесный уголь) .
9. Coke and charcoal are produced by (нагревание угля без воздуха) .
10. Gaseous fuels have following advantages(легкость распределения, экономия) .
11. According to the latest information the main sources of energy are (нефть, газ, уголь) .
12. Generally speaking, all types of fuel are important (как для жилья, так и для промышленности) .
Task 6
Match the words from the right column with the words in the left one
1. crude oil a) открытая разработка
2. fossil fuel b) смесь углеводородов
3. raw material c) древесный уголь и кокс
4. the chief sources d) материалы, содержащие
углерод
5. carbon – containing materials e) сырье
6. wood and peat f) главные источники
7. charcoal and coke g) жидкое топливо
8. liquid fuel h) сырая нефть
9. strip mining. i) органическое топливо
10. to derive from j) дерево и торф
11. mixture of hydrocarbons k) происходить от
Task 7
Fill in the numbered gaps in the following passage using the words below. Match numbers with letters.
(a) electricity, (b) petroleum, (c) provides, (d) source, (e) include, (f) turn, (g) energy needs, (h) fuel, (i) natural gas, (j) processed, (k) geothermal,
(l) fossil.
Coal, one type of ..1.. fuel, is one of the dirtiest kinds of energy used. It heats homes and runs factories. Other fossil fuels that come from the earth are ..2.. products: gasoline, natural gas. At the present time, some New York City buses run on ..3.. , which is cleaner and cheaper than regular gasoline.
Alcohol is quite commonly used as ..4.. in Brazil. It comes from one of Brazil’s main crops, sugar cane, which is easily ..5.. into alcohol. Methane gas, another ..6.. of fuel, comes from garbage, but it is not widely used. From under the ground , Iceland gets ..7.. energy, which provides most of the country’s heat and hot water .Other sources of energy ..8.. the wind and the sun. In Hawaii, for example, the strong winds in some locations ..9.. giant propellers to produce electricity. In many parts of the world the sun fulfills many ..10.. . Solar panels heated by the sun produce ..11.. . Solar energy already ..12.. many homes with heat and hot water.
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