3.22. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian.

1. New entertainment devices have been developed, such as video recorders and CD players.

2. The development of ICs led to a great increase in the use of electronics in everyday items.

3. Telephone uses electronics to provide automatic dialing and answer phone facilities.

4. The positive terminal of the capacitor is connected to the output of the amplifier.

5. A resistor is used to add resistance to a circuit.

6. Carbon resisters are made of compressed graphite.

7. These values meet all the needs of circuit designers.

8. The musicians play in a recording studio. Each voice and instrument is recorded using different microphones.

9. The widespread use of television remote control units has turned people into couch potatoes.

10. Pulsed signals are used to prevent interference from any constant infra-red background noise.

11. Metal detectors were developed for military purposes to locate hidden explosives.

12. Magnetic switches are being used on windows and doors now.

13. The effectiveness of a metal detector depends on the size and position of the object and how far beneath the ground it is buried.

14. Special detectors are used to screen passengers for concealed weapons at airports.

15. We have been investigating the problem since 1990.

16. Two members of the group had been designing a machine to enable the blind to read.

17. The method is currently being computationally evaluated.

18. By the time you come they will have been living here for 20 years.

19. The new device will have been tested by the end of the week.

20. In summer many students will be sent to a big plant for industrial training.

3.23. Put a verb in brackets into appropriate form.

1. A sequence of binary numbers can … in a digital format.(store)

2. An audio codec microchip … the compressed file into an analogue sound signal. (convert)

3. Digital audio players (DAPs) … by rechargeable batteries. (power)

4. Recording … also … in many players that have a built-in microphone. (allow)

5. Hearing loss can … both by sound level or listening time. (cause)

6. In 2001 the first MP3 players … into mobile phones in South Korea. (install)

7. In 2005 half of all music sold in Korea … directly to mobile phones. (sell)

8. Unfortunately before we make the experiment, their work … (publish).

9. This term … for a long time. (use)

10. The title of the article … . (change)

11. The problem … no one. (interest)

12. Axioms … no proof but theorems do. (require)

13. The results … by the presence of impurities. (affect)

14. This problem can … from several points of view. (approach)

15. A printer gets … temporally to a user as his own whilst he uses it. (assign)

16. These parts … of steel throughout. (make)

17. These requirements must … . (meet)

18. The intellect … into action. (involve)

19. Several factors … the quality of broadcast signal. (affect)

20. Last summer we … a plant producing washing machines. (visit)

21. Resistors … with coloured bands to ease the problem of making such small components. (code)

22. The values … above. (show)

23. The tuner … to the detector. (connect)

24. Microprocessors … now … to control many household items such as automatic washing machines, dishwashers, sewing machines and food processors. (use)

25. Electronic timers … in digital clocks, water heaters, electric cookers and microwave ovens. (find)

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