2.Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following:

underground passage

construction

to eager

to take part

to perform workers

construction

passing of tunnels

permanent complications

3.Answer the questuons

1.Why was the idea of building underground passage popular?

2.How was it called at first?

3.Who gave help?

4.Why there were many workers involved?

5.What for was the contest held?

4.Complete the sentences:

1. Another real possibility of building underground in Kiev …

2. Timber, bitumen, cement, iron , steel, granite, marble, pumps, escalators and others like …

3. However many specialists were joined to the project …

4. Creative ideas, original decisions of problems, …

5. In summer in 1949…

6. The representatives of public organizations of city, academies of…. 7. The exhibition of collective projects was opened in …

Lesson 7

1. Read and translate the text:

Computers and Сareer.

Computers have been used more and more frequently in Great Britain. Today many Britons use them every day. According to recent statistics every third person has contact with a computer at work. The ability to operate at least some basic computer programs is a major requirement when applying for a job as an accountant secretary or an administrative clerk. A lot of older people often have to learn new skills to be able to stay іn their jobs.

Access to personal computers is also growing. The number of people who purchase them is gradually increasing. Today most people have computers at home, others are planning to buy one soon.

Computers in Great Britain are being increasingly used in numerous walks of life. They are revolutionising the design, printing, manufacturing, accountancy, banking, telecommunication, energetics, the mining industries and the railway system.

The computer is no longer simply an object of fascination but an absolute necessity. Many analysts are of the opinion that in a few years' time the inability to operate a computer will be treated as a kind of cultural illiteracy.

2. Mind the following words and word-combination:

Recent statistics

to have a contact with co0mputer at work

to operate basic computer programs

to learn new skills

access

3. Answer the following questions.

1. Does every Briton has a computer at home today?

2. Do many people have contact with a computer at work?

3. Is the ability to operate basic computer programs a major requirement when applying for some jobs?

4. Are computers in Great Britain being used preferably in advertising and marketing?

5. Do a lot of old people often have to learn new skills to be able to stay in their jobs?

6. Is the computer the only an object of fascination in Great Britain?

7. Is having contact with computer at work and operating the new skills very important nowadays?

Lesson 8