44. Reread the part of the text dealing with electric heating and do the following tasks.
A. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.
Electric heating doesn’t differ from other central systems.
The fuel is burned at an electric power plant that must be situated close to the building being heated.
The temperature can be controlled by thermostats.
An electric heating unit can be placed in the ceiling and floors, but can not in walls.
B. What type of heating is pictured? Fill in the scheme with the correct words from the text and fill in the table below.
Electrical Heating |
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Necessary equipment |
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Advantages |
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Key-words |
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Description |
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C. Arrange the information about electrical heating in a few sentences.
45. Fill in the following table summarizing the whole information of Text 5.
Title of the part |
Main topic of the part |
Key-words |
Brief version or topic sentences of the part |
1) |
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2) |
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3) |
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4) |
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5) |
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46. Write the précis based on Text 5. Use the following plan and clichés given below.
1. Introduction (state the title of the article, its purpose and content)
The text is about…
The main points discussed in the text…
The text deals with…
2. Development (summarize the information of Text 5)
The text consists of … parts.
The first part deals with …
The second part is devoted to …
The third part describes …
The next part gives information about …
And finally, the fifth part touches upon …
3. Conclusion (end your précis with a general conclusion)
We can conclude that…
The conclusion is that…
LANGUAGE FOCUS
47. Combine the words from the column on the left with the suitable nouns from the column on the right. Translate them into Russian.
1) electric |
a) surface |
2) continuous |
b) cable |
3) uniform |
c) area |
4) surface |
d) unit |
5) condensed |
e) loop |
6) average room |
f) blower |
7) electrically driven |
g) heating |
8) metal |
h) air |
9) hot-water |
i) height |
10) automatic |
j) temperature |
11) knee |
k) systems |
12) breathing |
l) level |
13) air-conditioning |
m) heater |
14) cool |
n) steam |
15) (in)direct |
o) valves |
16) skirting |
p) boards |