Іноземна мова (за професійним спрямуванням)

It achieves the power – вона набуває здібності
After the Greek word – від грецького слова
Moreover – більш того
To rub – терти, натирати, шліфувати
Spark – іскра
Repel – відштовхувати
Sealing wax rode – палиця з сургуча
A rod of glass – скляна палиця
Amber – бурштин
Magnetism – магнетизм
Resin – смола

II. Read and translate the text.

The ancient Greeks knew that when a piece of amber is rubbed with wool or fur it achieves the power of attracting light objects. Later on the phenomenon was studied, and, the word electric, after the Greek word 'electron", meaning amber was used. Many scientists investigated electric phenomena, and during the nineteenth century many discoveries about the nature of electricity, and of magnetism, which is closely related to electricity, were made. It was found that if a sealing-wax rod is rubbed with a woolen cloth, and, a rod of glass is rubbed with a silken cloth; an electric spark will pass between the sealing-wax rod and the glass rod when they are brought near one another. Moreover, it was found that a force of attraction operates between them. An electrified sealing-wax is repelled, however, by a wax rod, and also an electrified glass rod is repelled, by a similar glass rod.

The ideas were developed that there are two kinds of electricity, which were called resinous electricity, and that opposite kinds of electricity attract one another, whereas similar kinds repel one another.

III. Put the missing letters.

A__ber	p__enomen__n	dis__over__	clo__h	a__r__ti__on
W__ol	el__ct__on	ma__net__sm	glas__	res__no__s
l__ght	sc__ent__st	se__lin__-w__x	r__d	r__p__l

IV. Answer the following questions:

1. When was found electric phenomena?
2. What does a force of attraction mean?
3. What kinds of electricity are there?

V. Put the letters in the right order to have a word.

Epice ________	owpre ___________	ctcleeiirty _________	ieuorsns_________
Bamre _______	ectelicr ___________	sxwaaigned ________	cttraa ____________
Olwo ________	eonleter ___________	eorfc _____________	miisarl ___________
Dro _________	csideroyv __________	eeprl _____________	tghli _____________

VI. Build the sentences from the following words.

1. was, the, electric, amber, word, used.
2. electric, many, phenomena, scientists, investigated.
3. a, found, was, that, it, force, of, them, between, operates, attraction.
4. that, are, the, ideas, were, two, of, kind, developed, there, electricity.
5. kinds, of, attract, opposite, one, electricity, another.

VII. Match the column A with the column B.